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Smart Energy Glass Generates Its Own Power

Smart Energy Glass Generates Its Own Power

By Naresh Kumar on March 17, 2010

Dutch entrepreneurs Casper van Oosten and Teun Wagenaar have created a special glass panel which collects solar energy and generates its own power.

Users can control the light levels in their room by switching between three modes: dark, privacy and bright, which serves to collect solar energy. This sun power can be used to generate electricity to be used locally or can be fed back to the grid.

A video below explains more:


Smart Energy Glass from Peerplus on Vimeo.

Peerplus

[via TreeHugger]

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