Partnered with Solar Power, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox remodel its Century City Studio to eco-friendly building. Solar Power, Inc. has completed the installation of 160 kW photovoltaic (PV) solar system (produce enough power to supply the equivalent of up to 150 homes). It was mounted on Fox Studio’s historic Building 99 using Solar Power’s SkyMount commercial rooftop system, as well as conventional racking.
Brooklyn design company SMIT (Sustainable Minded Interactive Technology) has created Tensile Solar, a cool and lightweight shade powered by the sun (through CIGS photovoltaic cells).
From Wikipedia:
Copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) (CAS NO. 12018-95-0) is a I-III-VI2 compound semiconductor material composed of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium. The material is a solid solution of copper indium selenide (often abbreviated “CIS”) and copper gallium selenide, with a chemical formula of CuInxGa(1-x)Se2, where the value of x can vary from 1 (pure copper indium selenide) to 0 (pure copper gallium selenide). It is a tetrahedrally bonded semiconductor, with the chalcopyrite crystal structure, and a bandgap varying continuously with xfrom about 1.0 eV (for copper indium selenide) to about 1.7 eV (for copper gallium selenide). It is used as light absorber material for thin-film solar cells.
Tensile Solar is come in various designs: saddle, tent, pole mount and the last is intended to a larger architectural structures, such as a party tent.
The Moon-Leaves designed by Marta Laudani and Marco Romanelli for an Italian design firm, Plust. The Moon-Leaves are maxi stylized leaves in luminescent polyethylene and finished by photoluminescent.
They harness the solar power during the day, and loads of energy to offer a soft glow at night, making an unusual decoration or a sign useful to guide guests to your front door.
Seating is the main purpose of a bench. However, modern people do something more on the bench. Waiting for someone to become one of the new functions. Design of bench freed itself from tradition. This is a new approach of thinking what the bench is. While the traditional role, this bench becomes WiFi hot-spots and night-lighting with a thin film solar battery. In addition, made of aluminum and recycling plastic considered eco-issues.
Solar products are easily installed and do not require any wire hookup. You can move them around as the seasons change or as you experiment with different looks to your garden, paths, flowerbeds, pool, deck or dock. Consider solar powered path lights for a beautiful incandescent effect on your garden path. How about some gentle solar garden lights for the highlights in your garden – or a cluster of solar light sticks for a beautiful effect. Solar patio lights make your outdoor gathering space warm and inviting and most come with both amber and white light settings. Solar pool lights create an exquisite effect as they float on either pool or pond, throwing a soft glow onto the water’s surface. Solar power can also do the job when more direct lighting is required: for instance a solar flood light provides strong illumination for security and solar post lights provide a classic look but can also provide strong white light if needed.
Solar products are innovative mechanisms that help conserve energy, thus, help maintain the ecosystem. Solar products are environmentally friendly and are usually cost effective as well. Today, there are several solar power products in the market for our home and office use. Solar products include items such as solar hot water heaters, solar heating systems, solar panels, solar flashlights, small radios, solar calculators, solar battery chargers, solar lanterns, solar lighting, solar car batteries and much more.
Solar products are perfect for campers, hikers or anyone who spends lots of time outdoors. Thin-film photovoltaic technology is perfect for charging many consumer products, solar cell designs are a proven success currently being used in space, military equipment, and large grid systems.
Solar products are currently growing at over 25% annually. Sales of thin film solar products are growing at over 33% annually. Most analysts project that thin film solar markets will continue to grow faster than traditional silicon wafer markets. In order for the solar industry to supply the amount of solar product needed to meet market demand, exponential growth rates will become endemic for at least the next decade.
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Executive Summary about Solar Fountain by Jeff Snyder
A water feature can be relaxing. For those of us that want the stress reducing and atmosphere enhancing benefits of flowing water without the expense and hassle, a free-standing solar water fountain just may be the answer.
Solar fountains are similar to standard fountains in look and function, except the power to run them comes from a solar panel instead of an electrical outlet. The solar panel converts sunlight into electricity, which in turn powers the pump that circulates water through the fountain. This means that most solar fountains available today require direct sunlight to operate.
For one thing, solar fountains are relatively inexpensive. So go ahead and give solar fountains a try.
Solar Fountain Pumps
Executive Summary about Solar Fountain by Christine Douglas
If you want a beautiful water feature in your yard, you’ll need power of some kind. There are many reasons you may choose to use solar fountain pumps. There are many different kinds of solar fountain pumps. The first kind is an all-inclusive fountain with solar power built right in. You simply place the fountain in an area that gets ample sunlight, and enjoy! From bird baths, to cherubs, these fountains are lovely and a great use of the sun.
Other types of solar fountain pumps are for larger water features. Larger solar powered fountain pumps are available in many sizes and styles. If you choose to use a solar fountain pump, there are a few things you need to keep in mind. The fountain can be in the shade if desired, as long as the solar collector is in the sun most of the day.
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Executive Summary about Solar Lighting by Simon Harris
Outdoor solar lighting adds to the looks, or curb appeal, of a home. Because there are so many designs and styles of outdoor solar lighting, people can use them anywhere.
How Solar Lights Function
Small photovoltaic cells turn sunlight into solar electricity.
Options for Solar Lights
Some outdoor solar lights turn on when they detect motion. Other solar lights remain on from dusk until dawn.
Disadvantages of Solar Lights
There’s only one common flaw with solar lights.
Benefits of Solar Lights
One of the most talked-about benefits today is the fact that solar lights are an eco-friendly alternative to the traditional, electricity-using outdoor lights. Solar lights are also a fairly inexpensive option in terms of both purchasing and use. Finally, solar lights are easy to install. With traditional outdoor walkway lighting, for example, users needed to dig a trench and bury the wire that connected the lights to the power source. In the end, outdoor solar lighting may be the wave of the future.
10 Uses for Outdoor Solar Lights
Executive Summary about Solar Lighting by Dave Joa
Solar Lighting can be used in many ways
Here are just a few examples of practical applications for outdoor solar lighting:
1. Solar Accent Lights
For specialist use in the yard or garden these are designed for accent lighting along the edges of driveways, walkways, paths and entrances to homes, garages and other buildings.
2. Solar Lanterns
Typically these solar light fixtures include many different and unique designs of solar lights to enhance any part of your garden and yard.
3. Solar Motion Sensor Lights
Because solar lights are easy to install they can be located in those places where traditional lights and the wiring required are a problem.
4. Solar Spot Lights
Use solar spots to light up any individual objects outside you home such as trees, bushes, a flower bed, statues or even a pond or stream.
5. Solar Flood Lights
If you want to light a much larger area then solar flood lights will help you to do this.
6. Solar Sign Lights
7. Solar Pond and Pool Lights
Today you can now get small solar powered lights in a wide rage of different colors that will float permanently in your pool or pond to giving a dramatic and potentially moving light show all night long.
8. Solar Flag Light
Just like the solar sign lights there are now specialist lights for lighting the flag on your flag pole if you have one or the whole flag and pole together.
9. Solar Rope Lights
These are great for creating great lighting effects anywhere in your yard and garden but especially on patios and decks, They can be run along anything such as under a deck railing or around things such as tree trunks and deck posts or hung on buildings or in trees.
10. Solar Christmas Lights
Yes, you now even get solar Christmas lights for your tree or other features outside and around your home.
