AÑO
2019
CATEGORÍA
Hogar
OBJETIVOS
Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
PAL. CLAVE
power, photosynthesis, off-grid
PAÍS
Netherlands
CRÉDITOS
Ermi van Oers
LINK
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/11/15/living-light-ermi-van-oers-microbial-energy-photosynthesis-lighing-lamp-good-design-bad-world-dutch-design-week/?li_source=LI&li_medium=bottom_block_1
Living Light
An off-grid lamp powered by photosynthesis.
Dutch designer Ermi van Oers has created a lamp that uses a living plant to generate its own electricity – and plans to scale up the technology to power entire smart cities. The Living Light uses microorganisms to convert the chemical energy that a plant naturally produces during photosynthesis into an electric current. Van Oers designed the lamp to be fully self-sufficient, so it can function off-grid, rather than needing to be plugged into an electrical socket. She has already began to apply the technology – known as microbial energy – to public spaces, and is collaborating with the municipality of Rotterdam to light up one of its parks. Van Oers claims that future cities could be powered exclusively by plants in a similar way, by replacing the electric grid with a more sustainable microbial energy system.