Everyone is looking for clean energy, because awareness is growing of the problems the use of fossil fuels is creating. Although alternate forms of energy from wind and waves is viable now, solar energy is more accessible to all, since it needs only a solar cell placed in the sun to start generating energy. SolarGaps from Ukraine offers a new type of window blinds that do double duty. You can control the smart shades by an app on your smartphone, and while they screen your house from the fierce rays of the sun, they capture and store the energy falling on them. The smart shades use an in-built solar tracking technology that can reduce the amount of electricity you consume by an impressive 70%.
At SolarGaps, innovator Yevgen Erik and his team aim to change the way we consume energy in our homes. The designers claim their window blinds can generate power up to 100 Watts per ten square feet of window space. According to SolarGaps, this is enough energy to light up 30 LED bulbs or charge three MacBook simultaneously. It is very easy to setup on the window, since SolarGaps offers complete instructions to get everything up conveniently.
The smart shades begin harvesting energy from the sun almost as soon as they have been setup, and the user can power up a range of household gadgets. To catch the optimum amount of sunlight, SolarGaps offers an app for smartphones that has the option of adjusting the orientation of the window blinds. Along with controlling the orientation, the app also shows the amount of energy produced by the system. Therefore, the user only has to adjust the orientation until it produces the maximum energy.
If you have a battery storage system in your home, connect it to the smart shades to store the energy it produces. This can power up your emergency power supply when you need it, say at night, or when clouds cover the sun in the daytime. Therefore, with the smart window blinds from SolarGaps, you can generate your own electricity and save on your electricity bills. The smartphone app allows the user to monitor and adjust the smart blinds from anywhere in the world.
SolarGaps has fashioned their window blinds from Aluminum, with each blind covered with a set of high-efficiency solar cells from SunPower, a company based in California. The company claims their solar cells can last up to 25 years, and these window blinds are capable of operating in widely varying climates. For instance, the window blinds operate comfortably from -40°C to +80°C.
The company is making solar window blinds in different sizes for accommodating then on all types of windows. The smallest variety, XS, measures 32 inches x 36 inches or 810 mm x 910 mm and costs about $390. A wide range of sizes is available, including small, medium, large, extra-large, and extra-extra-large as well.
SolarGaps is currently targeting homeowners, and their solar window blinds is making green energy easily available to everybody.
