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Hybrid Solar Lighting

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Fiber optics brings sunlight inside.

Curt Maxey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Hybrid solar lighting systems focus highly concentrated sunlight into a fiber optic bundle to provide sunlight in rooms without windows or conventional skylights. The flexible sunlight bundles are easily routed through small openings and around obstacles to carry the light to where it is needed. The optical fibers terminate in hybrid luminaires where the sunlight is combined with electric light that is automatically adjusted to keep the overall light level constant within the lighted area. The hybrid solar lighting concept was originally proposed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in...Read full article

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    Published: June 2008
    ConsumerenergyFeaturesfiber optic bundleindustrialOak Ridge National Laboratoryoptical fibersSensors & Detectors

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