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The NOMAD Portable Solar Light
An increasing number of companies has been working to create portable solar products, which are ideal for people living in remote, off-grid areas. One of them is O’SUN, which has created a range of products under the Nomad banner. The company now has joined the Practitioner Network, a global initiative to connect companies that are [...]
The Solar Eclipse Pavilion from Michael Jantzen
The Solar Eclipse Pavilion is a design proposal for a large steel public art gathering-place that converts energy from the sun into electricity for the community in which it is built. This solar energy conversion takes place through a 7000 square foot array of photovoltaic solar cells, which are mounted on the top of the [...]
In Focus: LED Lamp Innovation
Large-scale adoption of retrofit LED lamps are forecasted to lead to $100 billion in global energy savings over the next five years, according to a recent report from IMS Research entitled, “Opportunities for Power Components in LED Lighting,” which is based on numerous interviews with leading industry suppliers. Rapid growth in the conversion toward LED [...]
The Trace Solar Lamp
Today researchers, artists and designers across the world are making the best possible efforts to make maximum use of solar energy. This will not only cut down the dependency on the depleting natural resources of the earth, but will also save the environment and make it a better place to sustain life. Gionata Gatto and [...]
The Mango Solar Street Lamp Concept
Mango is an eco friendly street light concept for India from a Hungarian designer, Adam Mikloski. Designed in the shape of a mango leaf, the LED powered street lamp concept can gather both rainwater and sunlight for recycling power. In India, monsoons bring huge downpours and summers are marked with bright sunlight. Therefore, this unique [...]
MIT Students Develop $20 Solar Lamp for Remote India
A team of seven students from MIT and Rhode Island School of Design havecreated a low-cost lamp that could be used by millions of people inremote parts of India. Dubbed Enlight, the lamp costs just $20 and runson renewable solar energy. The lamp can withstand drops on the floor and can easily be taken apart [...]
The Solar Pebble Lamp by Plus Minus Design
The Solar Pebble is the brainchild of industrial designer AdamRobinson of Plus Minus Design. The stunning lamp has been designed to transformlives in rural Africa by providing the masses a way to illuminate theirhomes on renewable solar energy. The LED Solar Pebble is powered by batteries that are recharged byrenewable solar energy harvested by a [...]
Solar Night Ease Lamp
Whilemost eco-conscious homeowners are now trying to help the planet bygoing off-grid and installing a solar power station right on theirrooftops, industrial designers are working on products that might suitthe requirements of others who have just begun greening their home. Hungariandesigner Stefan Wallmann has come up with an easy-to-use night lampthat gets powered by onboard [...]
Sun-powered lamppost glows for 20 nights on a single charge
Designedby Joel Högberg, Björn Rehammar, Viktor Karlsson and Peter Flodin,students at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, thesolar-powered lamppost aims to provide a sense of security in Africanvillages where grid electricity is still a futuristic dream. With atop-mounted solar panel and low-wattage LEDs, the designers expect thelamppost to run for 20 nights on a completely [...]