Energy Harvesting Flooring

How it works.

Energy harvesting flooring.

Put this another way. Dubbed crowd farming the idea was to install a flooring system that would take advantage of piezoelectric principles by harvesting power from footsteps in crowded places such as train stations malls concerts and anywhere where large groups of people move. Energy floors aims to create awareness about renewable energy generation and environmental impact. I would guess a disco floor equipped with energy harvesting and packed with 100 hyped up teenagers bopping like mad you might generate enough power for a few led lights.

A motion converter is discussed which converts linear progression caused by traffic related impulse forces to be. Pavegen tiles convert footsteps into usable electricity. The present application describes techniques for the harvesting of kinetic energy from the movement of people and or vehicles. We do this by making energy production visible interactive smart and fun.

As pedestrians walk across the pavegen system the weight from their footsteps compresses electromagnetic generators below producing 2 to 4 joules or around 5 watts of power of off grid electrical energy per step. In 2007 two mit graduate students proposed the idea of installing piezoelectric flooring in urban areas. Energy harvesting flooring alyssa fujimoto november 17 2014 submitted as coursework for ph240 stanford university fall 2014 introduction. Our roots our story starts in 2008 when we open the world s first sustainable dance club and let partygoers loose on our energy generating dance floor.