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Now, you can turn your home into an intelligent family without spending $ 200. Just add a little bit of functionality, you can save a lot of electricity, to contribute to the protection of the environment a force.
An entrepreneur called SolarGaps invented a smart solar shutters that save you up to 70% of electricity. These shutters can automatically track the sun during the day, adjust the best angle to carry out solar power.
Ukrainian entrepreneur and CEO Yevgen Erik said in an interview: "When I was developing my own smart home project, I suddenly thought of why the solar panels and mobile louvers can not be combined? My own home is very large I realized that in the summer, we consumed much more energy on air conditioning than the energy that the roof solar system could produce, so if we could use the shutters to be more efficient in blocking the sun while generating electricity, then We do not have to install solar panels on the roof. "
Erik said he thinks "it's the best time to launch SolarGaps," he said, adding that he has already raised $ 13,000 in cash on the Kickstarter, and says he said it was the cheapest and most efficient alternative to energy. Target at $ 50,000. On this platform, the price of the blinds is between $ 390- $ 4895 - half of the expected retail price.
In addition to solar power, SolarGaps can also save energy by blocking indoor light and reducing air conditioning costs by around 40%. Every 10 square feet of windows can produce 100-150 watts of open renewable energy, enough for 30 LED lights or 3 MacBook power supply. A set of south-facing three-bedroom apartment installed SolarGap, the daily can produce 600 watts or about 4000 watts of electricity. While office buildings or retail space can produce more than 10 times the power. As with traditional rooftop solar panels, the rest of the energy can be stored for later use or sold to power companies.
SolarGaps, of course, combines the popular intelligent features to make these shutters more efficient and customizable. They can be combined with smart devices such as Google HOME, Amazon Echo, Nest Thermostat, etc. to control via voice, temperature, or through smartphone applications. You can set up SolarGaps to match your itinerary and needs, such as when you need to wake up or enter the room automatically open the blinds.
Another significant advantage is that SolarGaps is not a permanent solution, you can easily remove the away, which allows tenants can also easily and economically use these smart shutters.
"Can you imagine how many people can make our residents a pleasant energy producer? At present, billions of people can not access solar power because they live in apartments that can not install solar panels on the roof," says Erik. Whether you live in a house or an apartment, SSolarGaps is your window to a green energy.
Erik believes that the future of solar energy will be more personalized. He pointed out that Germany's energy system almost five years ago and the United States almost, and now Germany has begun to use solar energy and about 1 million solar individual producers, which is obviously more beneficial than centralized power supply.
"Solar power is still focused on large-scale solar power stations that power a large number of consumers," Erik said. "But if everyone can do solar power at home, we can produce more solar energy and better cope with climate problems." Some high-rise apartment buildings and commercial centers use our solutions to even self-powered. "
