Fiber Optics Brings Sunlight Inside
Photonics SPECTRA
June 2008Hybrid solar lighting systems focus highly concentrated sunlight into a fiber optic bundle to provide sunlight in rooms without windows or conventional skylights. . .
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Here Comes the Sun
Business tn
May 2007Sunlight Direct hopes its technology, inspired by ancient times, becomes light fixture. . .
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Pure profit
Knoxville News Sentinel
Apr 22, 2007East Tennessee cleantech companies cultivate environmentally conscious market sector. . .
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Sunlight Direct's Hybrid Solar Lighting: Fiberoptic Brilliance
Popular mechanics
March 2007THE BEST OF GREEN DESIGN: As much as 90 percent of the energy used
in incandescent lighting is shedwhere it should be — in the sun. . .
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An Even Smarter Lighting System
Buildings Magazine
Dec 2006Holding the future of lighting in the palms of their hands, the researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, have the potential to drastically change the way you manage your facilities' power consumption. . .
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Firm will sell 'indoor sunshine' to local businesses
Pacific business news
Nov 3, 2006With hybrid cars making waves in the auto industry, hybrid solar lighting might be the
next big splash – combining the benefits of sunlight with the consistency of traditional
electric lighting.. . .
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ORNL spin-off beta tests hybrid solar lighting
EE TIMES
Aug 21, 2006The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has transferred its hybrid solar/artificial-light technology to Sunlight Direct LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.), a company spun off from ORNL to commercialize the approach. . .
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Staples: Yeah, we've got hybrid lighting technology
Long Island Business News
Aug 18, 2006The lights inside a Staples retail outlet somewhere on Long Island will soon be powered by a hybrid lighting system developed by the Department of Energy. . .
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Hybrid Solar Lighting Gaining Momentum Around Nation
Renewable Energy Access
Aug 15, 2006Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been developing the fully integrated hybrid solar lighting (HSL) technology, which collects sunlight and distributes it via optical fibers into the interior of a building. . .
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ORNL wins six R&D 100 Awards, pushing total to lab-leading 128
R&D 100 Awards
July 5, 2006Hybrid solar Lighting System, developed by Jeff Juhs, David Beshears, Duncan Earl, Curt Maxey, Melissa Lapsa, Wes Wysor, Christina Ward and Randall Lind of the Engineering Science and Technology Division, John Jordan of ORNL Creative Media and Sunlight Direct of Oak Ridge. . .
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The Control Of Light
FORBES
Oct 31, 2005Thomas Edison made a good start, but he
really didn't get the whole picture with
artificial light. He missed the
nanotechnology angle.. . .
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TVA, Sunlight Direct Team Up On Hybrid Solar Lighting Project
Public power
Oct 2005Commercial buildings represent the largest energy end-
use sector in the United States. Lighting is the largest
end-use energy consumption in commercial buildings.
Imagine a technology with the potential to reduce lighting
costs by as much as 50 percent. . .
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Blue-Green Acres
Scientific American
Aug 29, 2005What do you get when you put
polluted water, fossil-fuel exhaust,
sunlight and heat-loving green
slime into a metal box? . . .
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Bringing a little sunshine into our lives Hybrid solar lighting may be next big thing
MSNBC.com
March 24, 2005With hybrid cars making waves in the auto industry, hybrid solar lighting might be the
next big splash – combining the benefits of sunlight with the consistency of traditional
electric lighting.. . .
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Up Ahead: Hybrid Lighting
Architectural Lighting
Feb 12, 2004An emerging technology combining natural and electric light together in a
single luminaire confronts conventional wisdom on daylighting design. . .
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Let the Sun Shine In
DISCOVER
July 2004Atop a three-story building at the east end of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in rural
Tennessee, the warped image of researcher Jeff Muhs reflects off a silvery 46-inch-wide
dish aimed at the afternoon sun. . .
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Hybrid solar lighting doubles the efficiency and affordability of solar energy in commercial buildings
CADDET Energy Efficiency
2000Throughout the 1900s, use of the sun as a source of energy has evolved considerably. . .
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Sunlight In, Electricity Out
Scientia
Solar energy, long regarded as costly and impractical, is emerging as a viable alternative to fossil fuels,
and UT researchers are narrowing the gap between the sun’s present use and its future potential. . .
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Tech Council Presents Navigator Awards
East Tennessee Technology Exchange
The Innovation Valley Technology Council recognized five area companies for
forging the path of technology excellence. . .
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Navigator Awards
Navigator
Duncan Earl and John Morris, Sunlight Direct: Outstanding Entrepreneurs of the Year Award. . .
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