Ministry of Science & Technology has decided to promote a unique and India's first, Start-up in latest Daylight Harvesting Technology.
Daylight Harvesting Technology
Daylighting is a term used for bringing of natural sunlight into buildings and rooms for illumination thereby reducing electrical lighting energy consumption.
This is accomplished using lighting control systems that are able to dim or switch electric lighting in response to changing daylight availability.
The solar energy spectrum has 45 per cent energy as visible light and this can be used to harvest building illumination for about nine to eleven hours a day.
Significance
Lighting is a fundamental requirement of our daily life. Daylight is available universally and it is a very clean and cost-efficient source of energy.
The proposed technologies, harvest huge quantities of sunlight for a building and make available for building illumination which reduces electrical lighting energy consumption by 70-80%, besides reducing air-conditioning (cooling load) consumption.
It will thus reduce carbon footprint and improve the building energy efficiency.
Meeting our energy requirement during the day by using daylight harvesting technology will contribute immensely to meet one of the commitments of the five nectars of ‘Panchamrit’ -- to make India as Net Zero emission country by 2070.”
This unique project in itself may prove to be a game changer & may become a mass movement for Environmental Conscious Life Style in years to come.