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Google Patents US20100045044A1 - Vertical motion wave power generator And earlier this month, Pavegen and Tribal Planet launched the very first sustainable “red carpet” in San Francisco.US20100045044A1 - Vertical motion wave power generator There’s no rule book here.”Īnd it seems that this human energy may be taking off.Īlready confirmed for an installation in Westfield, the largest shopping center in Europe, Pavegen is now expanding to the US, which they hope will bring more focus to the importance of renewable energy. Pavegen is really pioneering the area of kinetic energy. Kemball-Cook continues by asserting that this human energy could one day be as beneficial as other popular clean energy sources, though that will admittedly take time: “What we are trying to do is kind of what solar did over the last 70 years. So we’re trying to change the way that people are thinking about sustainability, because in 20 years time, even if we have totally clean energy powering the city, if people don’t care, they’ll still litter in the streets…they still won’t look after the environment they live in. When a child jumps on a Pavegen tile, their face lights up, because they actually see what they’ve done-they see the energy they’re creating. What we buy and how we use our energy, these are all decisions that we need society to start thinking about seriously…so part of what we want to do is connect communities together and make people feel energy. People in New York have a decision to make every day: do they get a cab, do they ride on the subway, do they take a bus? They have that decision. It’s actually about changing the way people behave and how they think. Sustainability is more than just nuclear power. For example, the technology can be used to illuminate paths as pedestrians walk upon them, which could potentially curb crime. Now imagine 10 people,” he continued, “that’s 50 watts of energy continuously.” That may not seem like an exorbitant amount of energy, but it is enough to supply power for a number of needs. “When a person walks, they generate 5 watts of energy continuously, so you are, we all are, a 5-watt power-feed. In an interview with Futurism, Pavegen CEO Laurence Kemball-Cook noted that this is a new area of energy production, one which comes with a lot of exciting possibilities. In short, the company is converting the kinetic energy from your footsteps into electricity.
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This creates kinetic energy through electro-magnetic induction, and that energy can then be used to power lighting or whatever else is needed.
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The technology is basically a multifunctional, custom flooring system that is outfitted with a wireless transmitter, which allows the data from the tiles to be captured, and generators that harness kinetic energy as people walk. That sounds complicated, but the way that it works is simple: As people walk over the flooring, the pressure causes generators in the flooring to vertically displace. Pavegen, a British clean-tech company, is taking an innovative approach to sustainability by generating energy from something that most people do every day: walk.