6. DSSC - Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Ambient/Diffuse Lights
Translucent
Simple Manufacturing
Little material use
8-10% efficiency
On the brink of coming to market!
9. PROBLEM
STATEMENT
I. Net Energy benefit
II. Modular
IV. For the
average home
owner
V. Life - cycle focused
III. Retrofit - able
Material
Choice*
Exposed Area
End of Life
Repairable
Long Term Use
Reconfigurable
Adaptable Circuitry
Standard attachment
Less Material Use
Stand-alone system
Modular
Less parts
One-way to install
No specialized knowledge
(e.g. circuitry)
Disassembly
Non permanent fixtures
Ability to remanufacture
14. Charger Shelf (or light)
Few Fasteners
Sunshine Wall
Concept Refinement
Modular Units
Retrofittable Slot
Applied to
Existing Glass/Acrylic Brick Wall
Reconfigurable Leads
DSSC (FTO Glass)
Reconfigurable Overall
Design
15. Charger Shelf (or light)
Few Fasteners
Sunshine Wall
Concept Refinement
Modular Units
Retrofittable Slot
Applied to
Existing Glass/Acrylic Brick Wall
Reconfigurable Leads
DSSC (FTO Glass)
Reconfigurable Overall
Design
16. Charger Shelf (or light)
Few Fasteners
Sunshine Wall
Concept Refinement
Modular Units
Retrofittable Slot
Applied to
Existing Glass/Acrylic Brick Wall
Reconfigurable Leads
DSSC (FTO Glass)
Reconfigurable Overall
Design
17. Charger Shelf (or light)
Few Fasteners
Sunshine Wall
Concept Refinement
Modular Units
Retrofittable Slot
Applied to
Existing Glass/Acrylic Brick Wall
Reconfigurable Leads
DSSC (FTO Glass)
Reconfigurable Overall
Design
18. Charger Shelf (or light)
Few Fasteners
Sunshine Wall
Concept Refinement
Modular Units
Retrofittable Slot
Applied to
Existing Glass/Acrylic Brick Wall
Reconfigurable Leads
DSSC (FTO Glass)
Reconfigurable Overall
Design
19. PROBLEM
STATEMENT
I. Net Energy benefit
II. Modular
IV. For the
average home
owner
V. Life - cycle focused
III. Retrofit - able
Material
Choice
Exposed Area
End of Life
Repairable
Long Term Use
Reconfigurable
Adaptable Circuitry
Standard attachment
Less Material Use
Stand-alone system
Modular
Less parts type
One-way to install
No specialized knowledge
(e.g. circuitry)
Disassembly
Non permanent fixtures
Ability to remanufacture
(D. for Sus.)
20. Decision Making
Solar Cells (FTO
cell)
Cell End Caps Battery
Materials (Embodied
Energy)
Glass vs. PET * Plastic NiMH
Manufacturing Molded Molded vs. Extruded
Other FTO coating, Ti2O
Conductor, cut outs and
user signage
1. Retrofit-able (vs. from scratch glass wall)
2. Glass vs. PET for DSSC
3. Modification of End Caps Design - for moulding ability
21. Overall Impact
1. DSSC are still new and not mass produced for commercial
use, the embodied energy is 720MJ/m2 (Maria Parisi et al) ,
“favourable compared with other solar technologies, due to less
manufacture heat needed for process”.
2. Modularity and retrofitability in design ensures less material impact
3. Until life cycle is thoroughly assessed, not ethical to bring
product to market
4. Concept of efficiency (or doing more with energy in our
own homes) is an important factor for the future (DSSC or
not)
Editor's Notes
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
If we look at the alt. energy spectrum… predominantly solar, wind and hydro - more medium and large scale for obvious economic reasons. This looks at ways of generating energy, but some other technologies exist like piezo (used to collect kinetic energy on busy train platforms in Japan, or dance floor in europe)… and we get into the realm of what I mentioned before… capturing the ambient energy in a home/environment. *Doing more with the energy that exists, where it exists. * But you’ll notice… there are very few products that reach out to the household (indoor) small scale energy capture. Okay, except for a solar calculator or dancing desk flower. This is where I look to target.
If we look at the alt. energy spectrum… predominantly solar, wind and hydro - more medium and large scale for obvious economic reasons. This looks at ways of generating energy, but some other technologies exist like piezo (used to collect kinetic energy on busy train platforms in Japan, or dance floor in europe)… and we get into the realm of what I mentioned before… capturing the ambient energy in a home/environment. *Doing more with the energy that exists, where it exists. * But you’ll notice… there are very few products that reach out to the household (indoor) small scale energy capture. Okay, except for a solar calculator or dancing desk flower. This is where I look to target.
I decided to play off of DSSC, a new technology of solar cells best for:
ambient/diffuse light
translucent (aesthetic)
SIMPLE manufacturing technology
Little material usage for create cells
8-10% efficieny
See examples here (research, Sony, Artist Marjan Van Aubel)
This technology is on the brink of coming to market!
***This product is a ______________ product design (mention from class)
1. You head out to work all day
2. The ambient sunlight it stored for you in your furniture
3. You come home and cook dinner
Net energy benefit - obvious design consideration, root of issue
Modular - adaptable over time, attract designers, all users can build it (no special expertise)
Retrofit-able - No need for proprietary *newly manufactured* system, more things is against the premise of the design
For the Average Home Owner person - encourage sustainable actions in less intimidating, aesthetic, non-complex manner. Let sustainable actions (baby steps) be welcoming and do-able by the average public and homeowner.
End of Life and Materials high consideration - given the nature of the project.
Add Matrix? Or explain in context of lecture?
Add Matrix? Or explain in context of lecture?
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
Energy is everywhere! In the 21st century - we are looking for all variations of ways to make, capture or use less energy. Looking in our homes is not large scale solution, but affords us opportunities to “recycle” or recapture energy and use it again with out any transmission (even 10% of all our energy in our home).
Look at it as giving 2nd life to ambient energy, a FORM of efficiency (maybe not generation - doing more with what we demand, on site, no transmission losses, but low scale production)
Our world demands responsible energy production and consumption. Designers can no longer ignore the social/envrionmental imperative of their work in this century. The Energy Everywhere Collection works on a premise of doing more with the energy that exists already in our environment.
![ENERGY IS EVERYWHERE…
JUST WAITING TO BE
RECYCLED!
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