By Steve
When choosing outdoor solar lights, it is all about application, application, application. This is the biggest consideration when deciding on a particular light. Let’s consider what goes into a solar light.
First, you have a photovoltaic cell that captures the light. The bigger the cell, the more light it can capture and convert to energy. Size is not everything though. The biggest factor when dealing with solar cells is the efficiency. That is where the biggest advancements in technology are happening.
Next, you need something that stores the energy. Most solar lights use nickel cadmium batteries for . . . → Read More
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Up until this point, we have mostly discussed outdoor solar lights and the different applications for them. In this article, I would like to discuss indoor solar lighting. Yep! Indoor solar lights! Most of us find that even during the day, the rooms of our homes can be quite dark, unless the windows are left open. This means we either sacrifice our privacy, or turn on the lights. Lights = electricity, right? Not necessarily.
One great way to light up the inside of your home during the day is with a “solar skylight”. These aren’t actually solar . . . → Read More
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Out of all the different kinds of solar lighting that you can install around your home, outdoor solar lighting is by far the easiest and safest to install. That makes it an ideal first project for the do-it-yourself solar lights enthusiast.
The good thing about outdoor solar lights is that (in most cases) there is no wiring involved at all. With low voltage landscape lighting, wiring is needed to run from the lights to an external power source in order to function,even though the voltage level is very low and relatively safe. But solar lighting is powered entirely . . . → Read More
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With the increased use of solar lights in residential and commercial applications, there is a push for more advanced technologies to integrate indoor solar lights into more and more applications. One such technology is called “ hybrid lighting technology”.
Artificial lighting accounts for the largest percentage of electricity use in commercial buildings in the United States. Hybrid solar lighting provides a promising new way to reduce energy consumption while also delivering increased benefits associated with natural lighting in commercial buildings.
Hybrid solar lighting contributes to meeting the requirements set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for renewable energy consumption by . . . → Read More
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Many of you have seen the little solar lights that are used as accent lights in gardens or along walkways or whatnot to add aesthetic appeal to a home’s landscaping. In fact, when most people hear the term “solar lights”, that is usually the picture that pops into their head. With the mindset of our society going more and more toward “green technology” (rightly so), we are seeing more and more of these green lighting solutions.
A quick internet search will show that, not only are the solar landscape accent lights very popular, but there . . . → Read More
