Liter of Light
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liter-of-light-162-12135191
title:
Liter of Light
text:
Liter of Light is an open source design for a low-cost light tube that refracts solar light to provide daytime interior lighting for dwellings with thin roofs. Daylighting is cheaper than using indoor electric lights during the day. The device is simple: a transparent two-liter bottle is filled with water plus a little bleach to inhibit algal growth and fitted into a hole in a roof. The device functions like a deck prism: during daytime the water inside the bottle refracts sunlight, delivering a
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encyclopedia
description:
Open source light tube design
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liter_of_Light
date created:
2012-05-31T06:21:56Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:46:14Z
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