Sundolier – Natural Lighting For Buildings

The Sundowner is a system that lights a room using natural light. The device makes the most of the daylight outside and funnels it inside a building into a chandelier. The chandelier disperses the light in an effective way throughout a room.     

The Sundowner has been designed by Sunflower Corporation to light a room of around 1000 to 2500 square feet. It achieves this by using its active two-axis tracking mount, which has a couple of reflectors built into it, to reflect the light in such a way to focus it into a funnel. The light is fed into the building to be distributed by the sun chandelier into the room. The chandelier distributes the light along with the ceiling and walls of the room. It also prevents anyone from being dazzled by the light when looking up underneath it.

Though a room could be lit with natural light through a skylight, skylights can cause a few problems. They often provide very localized lighting and on bright days it is hard to lookup around them due to the brightness. They can also cause heat to escape a building during the cooler months and allow the building to overheat during the warmer months. To fully light a room, especially a large one, a skylight would need to be rather large, which would exacerbate these problems.

The Sundowner provides electricity-free lighting during daylight, though on cloudy days a room may require additional electric lighting to help boost lighting levels. The system helps to provide effective lighting to a building and can help reduce energy bills, even during cloudy times. Sunlight is said to help boost productivity in learning, boost sales in retail, and help workers to be more productive, which could mean many additional advantages to use the system.

The Sundowner provides electricity-free lighting during daylight, though on cloudy days a room may require additional electric lighting to help boost lighting levels. The system helps to provide effective lighting to a building and can help reduce energy bills, even during cloudy times. Sunlight is said to help boost productivity in learning, boost sales in retail, and help workers to be more productive, which could mean many additional advantages to use the system.

Source: iGreenSpot