Adam Mikloski, a Hungarian designer has designed Mango, an eco friendly LED street light powered by rainwater and sunlight. Mango designed leaf like structure, top part is suitable to install tiny solar cells and also for collecting rainwater. As water runs down the Mango, it rotates a set of turbines. The power from solar cells and turbines will be stored in the inbuilt rechargeable batteries.
Executive Summary about Solar Home by Anne Clarke
By now many people know it is possible to generate energy without the use of dwindling traditional resources. This stimulated atmospheric cycle is the product of a solar biosphere that remains in constant, gradual motion. You can draw energy directly from the sunlight, you can save money on energy costs, and you can be a big part of the effort to protect our planet. Remember, though, solar panels are not the only type of solar technology available that can harvest a decent alternative to electricity from the sun. There are wind turbines, solar panels, biospheres, and many other innovative solar power mechanisms that have made headway in an extreme scientific objective to help protect the earth. Despite what many people might believe, there are solar solutions available as alternative energy sources that virtually anyone can choose over electrical energy. Soon construction companies for homes, office buildings, apartment complexes, and more will adopt new methods of design that will dovetail more easily with solar technology.
Strawberry Tree is designed by Strawberry Energy, a business group of Serbian student-entrepreneurs. It is a solar powered charging booth for mobile phones, cameras and even MP3 players.
Strawberry Tree uses solar panels on top and Lithium batteries make this recharging device can still be used at night. In the middle, there are various types of connections adjusted with the type of gadgets and it is also equipped with chair so we can sit and chat while waiting for the battery recharging process.
In an effort to reduce the amount of grid electricity used in their offices, Tourism London has announced the world’s tallest solar powered tree that will be able to produce about 8.6KW of power. Electricity generated will provide income to pay for the project during the contract period. It was designed to be a visual landmark to highlight the importance of clean, renewable energy and features three pole mounted array of photovoltaic modules. It stands at seven meters tall and has 27 leaves. The whole project aims to produce 10,000 kWh of electricity every year, which is about half of what’s taking office each year, and will also help offset about 10 tons of CO2 per year from coal-fired power plants.
NOTHING dESIGN GROUP, a Korean design studios and Asiana Airlines, a Korean airlines company, together with Korea International Cooperation Agencies (KOICA) have collaborated to develop and install Solar Powered Street Lights to the world cultural heritage sites designated by UNESCO in the Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The lights installed there to protect and provide security for tourists visiting the area.
Total electricity consumed by street lights were installed to keep the highway safe after dark is very surprising. To reduce the load on the grid, industrial designers have often thought of potential systems that use renewable solar energy. In addition, because the street lights installed in the open, they can easily harvest solar energy for lighting at night.
Orkys, a solar powered orchid light come from Vivien Muller, the designer of eco-friendly gadgets, Photon Synthese.
Capture sunlight through flexible solar cells in the leaves, Orkys is a very interesting decorative items for the modern interior, and energy efficient way of lighting up the room.
You have heard about the proverbial hairdryers, have you not? Those noisy types of mopeds sprawling the streets of suburbia?
Now the Cambridge University students have created a solar-powered racing car that travels at 60mph speed, using the same power as a hairdryer. The car is to be completed by summer 2009, in time for the World Solar Challenge, an annual gruelling race across the Australian outback, from Darwin to Adelaide. The Cantabrigian creation, the Bethany, is highly tipped to win the competition.
The Bethany’s power source is collected via silicon cells that cover the car’s top; under this top, the car will be an efficient electric device. The car itself looks sleek and shiny, and, thanks to such design, weighs mere 170kg, has a battery management control system in place, an energy generating braking system, and an energy-efficient hub motor. The team behind the car’s creation estimates that the car will take 50 times less power than a normal car running on petrol.
Cambridge University may be the second oldest in England, but it is likely to be the first when it comes to devising new ideas for cars. At least, they definitely hope to show how future green vehicles can be generated based on the Bethany model. To quote their spokesperson, “at a time when the automotive industry is being forced to look at a low-carbon future, our vehicle demonstrates the enormous potential of energy-efficient electric vehicle technologies”. About 75 students from across the Cambridge University have been working on the vehicle’s design and build. Their efforts were supported by a network of corporate sponsors, academics, and specialist advisors.
In the next months the racing team of four students will be testing the car across the Outback, working in four-hour shifts, to cope with the heat. During the race, though, the Bethany will be fitted with an advanced cruise control system. It will be automatically adjusting speed, depending on the changes to road conditions and weather. The only thing the drivers will be left to do will be to steer the car and stay alert.
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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.
Solar Lights better known as landscaping lights are lights that are charged up during the day from the sun’s light. At dusk, they turn on automatically, and remain illuminated overnight, depending on how much sunlight they receive during the day. They must be placed in a position where they receive as much direct sunlight as possible during the day, as solar lights can fail to illuminate at night if placed in shady positions. Depending on the brand, some solar lights will not illuminate on rainy or cloudy days because they have not been able to recharge without sunlight. Solar lights are generally waterproof if sealed correctly. Most brands require rechargeable batteries, which are charged by solar power during the day, and can last up to 12 months. Solar lights do not provide as much light as a standard electrical lighting system, but they are easily installed and maintained, and provide a much cheaper alternative to electrical based products.
Types of Solar Lights and Their Uses
Executive Summary about Solar Lights by Jerome Sturgeleski
There are several types of solar lights and many different designs from which to choose. If you have a hankering for solar spot lights a little out of the ordinary, there are solar spot lights encased in stone like cases.
On one end is the solar panel which is barely noticeable and the other is a spot light. There are also solar lights that are a little out of the ordinary. We could call them novelty solar lights since they serve a purpose like light a way or act as a spot light. These novelty solar light come as dog statues that resemble a black Labrador, golden retriever or British bull dog.
There are other types of unique solar light that include a statue of a frog, a snail, an owl, a parrot, a squirrel, or even a rabbit holding a solar spot light. One truly unique solar novelty light is an angelic harpist or a fairy with alternating, color changing lights.
