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Bright lights, big energy
Hybrid solar lighting: a solar retrofit for hot climates |
Gar Lipow |
03 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A fascinating commercial application for solar energy in clear (or semi-clear) hot climates seems to not be getting the attention it deserves: hybrid solar lighting. You take a parabolic concentrator and focus some sunlight, optically split with plastic fiber into visible light and heat. Pipe the visible light through diffusers throughout the building. It saves lighting electricity, of course, but unlike skylights or conventional T8s, it adds almost no heat to the buil ... |
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| Topics: energy, green building, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics) |
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