30 Jun, 2009
SOLAR SHADE
Here is a great innovation that all must apply to their surroundings. This one is truly a sustainable design that could be use for a long time and maybe forever. This one adapts creatively to the scorching heat brought by Global warming by giving shade and collecting heat for energy use and storage. This is called Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North in partnership with Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab which they plan to educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds.
The canopies have solar cells on top and large handles on the base mean that the canopy can be rotated by pupils or teachers to get the most efficient orientation in relation to the sun throughout the day.
LED displays communicate how much energy is being generated and whether the device needs turning around.
As a government funded initiative, the VEIL solar-shade is a future possibility for the integration of solar-energy harvesting technologies into a form that is pragmatic (providing shade & energy), evocative and educational. Current Australian school curriculum utilize information around consumption and energy as an educational device, and we have designed this interactive concept to explore the visual connection between energy collection and consumption.
This promises more adptation of this concept, from sheds in playground to waiting sheds on public streets, to waiting porch on every houses, to gazebos, etc.
Check more information of this via max4object.
