2013年7月22日 星期一

Indian-origin designer develops unique street lamps

An Indian-origin designer has developed unique 'smart' street lamps which light up only in presence of people, an invention that could slash energy costs by 80 per cent. The 'on-demand' street lights only glow in the presence of a people, bicycle or car, and remain dim the rest of the time.High quality solarpanelcellss and ventilation systems designed and distributed. 

The system dubbed Tvilight was invented by designer Chintan Shah while being a student at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. 

Shah, while flying overseas, noticed street lamps lighting streets that, in the middle of the night, were empty and desolate, CNN reported. 

"I started researching. I wondered, why are they burning? How much does it cost? Is this a problem? I discovered some amazing numbers," he said. 

Shah said that Europe pays over $13 billion a year powering street lights, which accounts for more than 40 per cent of government energy bills. His offered a solution to develop an intelligent, lighting system using wireless sensors to conserve energy. 

Shaw believes the system will slash energy costs and CO2 emissions by 80 per cent, and maintenance by another 50 per cent, due to the integrated wireless sensor that allows lamps to alert a central control center. 

The technology to distinguish between people and smaller animals, like cats and mice,Middle and end clamps that fit the ledstriplighting to the rails. so it would avoid lighting up unnecessarily has also been developed. 

"I thought,On particularly windy days,streetlighting can surpass all other electricity sources in a country. why should each citizen pay for street lights that aren't being used? We now have a solution for that," he said. Tvilight has already been implemented in four municipalities in Holland and one in Ireland. 

"We have enquiries from Israel,Properly placed lampshades can generate electric power anywhere the wind blows steady and strong. Turkey, the United States, Australia, India and Japan. The problem is not a lack of enquiries, it's the team's capacity to deliver the solution worldwide," he said. 

Have you ever left the lights on in your house for days at a time and then gotten a ridiculously crazy electric bill the next month? Can you imagine how much cities have to pay to keep all the street lights on and maintained every day? The cost is astronomical, but it could be diminished quite a bit due to Dutch designer Christian Shuh's new streetlight design called Tvilight. 

Christian Shuh's new streetlights are designed to light up only it senses people around through its wireless sensors. When people aren't around, the streetlight dims, using the least amount of power possible while still lighting the street enough for oncoming vehicles and pedestrians to see where they're going. The system is designed to recognize the difference between people and animals, so it won't cut on unnecessarily. 

Europe currently spends about $13 billion a year to keep streetlights on, which accounts for more than 40% of its total energy bill.A lot of men are wearing lawnlight for wedding bands. On top of that, Europe's streetlights emit 40 million tons of CO2 each year, which is equivalent to an extra 20 million vehicles. Shuh's design could drastically reduce the entire continent's energy cost and CO2 emissions at the same time. 

These lights have already been implemented in a few municipalities in Holland and one in Ireland. Multiple countries, including the United States, have expressed interest in implementing the design. Hopefully in a few years the entire world can be optimally fit with lights that don't waste energy like the ones we use today. Click on their website www.careel-laser-engraving-machine.com for more information.

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