Energy experts at a workshop yesterday termed the solar pipe light an efficient and feasible solution for lighting industrial buildings.
The workshop titled “Solar Pipe Light Project: An efficient way of using of day light in industries” was jointly organised by Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) and German organisation GIZ at a city hotel.
GIZ’s Sustainable Energy for Development (SED) initiated a pilot project with CHANGE, a youth organisation working in the field of renewable energy, water and sanitation and social business development, to conduct a study to develop a simple, customised innovative solution of using natural daylight in industries.
Innovator of the solar pipeline solution Sajid Iqbal, also founder of CHANGE, said that it was one of the simplest and innovative ideas of channelling the daylight through a reflective hallow pipe into the industries to ensure proper illumination without any electricity.
He said that a year-long project had finally piloted prototypes in two settings – one in a small cottage factory and another in an ice-cream factory. The pilot project is helping the host industry to use free natural lighting during daytime for 10-12 hours covering around 750-800 square-feet.
“The solar pipe lights illuminate the same area the CFL bulbs do. But it saves more monthly energy expenditure with zero-carbon emission,” he added.
