Roof Lighting with Recycled Plastic Bottles

Nancy Varela and Daniel Espinoza Diaz

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Abstract: The carbon footprint currently produced on the planet forces universities and government entities to seek solutions to basic services and other social needs, which are positive with the environment. One of these solutions is linked to indoor lighting without electric power consumption. The Moser lamp offers a solution that takes care of environmental health and at the same time is accessible to social sectors with lower purchasing power. This lamp consists of a water bottle with chlorine exposed to sunlight. The test carried out by the authors collects data that coincide with those obtained by Moser, in the sense that they generate the lighting required for housing. The criteria of the authors are that more controlled trials should be carried out in order to determine the replicability of the exercise, as well as experiment with other elements to obtain chemiluminescence, mainly at night, since the Moser lamp can only be used together with the sunlight. Examples of these elements are luminol and synthetic luciferase and luciferin, which can chemically provide luminescence indoors.

Keywords: Moser; lamps; illuminance; bottles; chlorine; water; sunlight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88917

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