Eco Factor: Sculptural streetlights powered by solar energy.
The folks over at Marco De Gregorio have designed a stunning way to make the streets of tomorrow elegant and illuminate them with green energy after dark. Known as the “City Leaves,” the conceptual streetlights are aesthetically designed to resemble natural forms. The system comes with photovoltaic panels that harness the energy of the sun during daytime and store it in on-board batteries.
After dark the built-in batteries release power, which then fuels the LEDs the streetlights are equipped with. Designed to make the streets look elegant during daytime and illuminated during night, the streetlights could actually make people believe that renewable energy powered systems don’t always look dumb.
Via: Marcodegregorio/TDB
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The term ”green” is on everyone’s minds these days, whether it’s getting more green as in making more money, or going green environmentally. The need for more green technology and practices is definitive, as the impact on our environment from our appetites for fossil fuel machinery and methods of generation electricity have taken a toll. An effort does have to be made to repair our planet, but many consider the loss of amenities to be too great to surmount. However, there are ways of getting by: solar water heating devices, electric high speed trains getting installed for public transport, and so forth. If you start going a little more green, it’s like giving a cash advance to the Earth.
Looks really interesting, nice and green!!
Is going to be build or what!
Where is it?