While this may not be groundbreaking technology that is coming off of some amazing new scientific discovery, it surely is something that could work a lot better than all those fancy gadgets that surround us constantly. Green technologies need not always come from high end research and development programs and sometimes going back to our past can also help us immensely. Bending light from the to light up interiors is nothing new and it is a technique that was widely in use in many major structures of South-East Asia in the last few centuries. But electricity had put an end to all that. Now with new found necessity to save energy, Solbene takes inspiration from the past.
Ishikawa Optics & Arts and Inosyo have independently developed techniques for illuminating the interior of buildings that reduce the reliance on electric lighting. Harking back to Victorian drives to light interiors without electricity, Inosyo’s new skylight system funnels natural light from a glass dome on the roof through mirrored tubes and into any room. The result is ceiling fittings that are as effective as fluorescent lights. The new lights can work as effectively if not more than the lights powered by electricity and the fact that it is sunlight makes it a lot better for your eyes too!
Installing such a system won’t be cheap though, as a 10 square meter room will set you back by $4,800. But that might still be a small price to pay for the amount of energy that one can save with this technology. The main feature obviously lies in the fact that it can keep the heat out but not light. Now the future goes back to the past!
Via: Uber Gizmo
