LightMirror

Date de soumission 16 août 2020 Fondateurs Dimitri Ionescu

Le projet en détails

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Quel est le problème résolu ?

There is some evidence that daylight exposure can affect postoperative outcomes in patients and, consequently, that daylight should be considered in hospital design. Study shows that amount of daylight in a patient's room significantly impacts the patient's length of stay. Still, the absence of daylight in hospitals is huge. 68% of the hospital rooms don't receive any sunlight during the year. The lack of natural light also leads to high energy costs for heating and lighting the building.

Comment est-il résolu ?

LightMirror is an architecture startup developing reflective panels to bring sunlight and reduce heating needs in hospitals and care homes. Inclined reflective panels at the roof's edge redirect sunlight to another building's windows. Natural light becomes a controllable asset, and the main benefits are free solar gains, an increase in well-being and a cut in the energy usage of the building by up to 30% (reduces lighting and heating). The startup is developing the process and testing products to make the installation but acts as a classical architecture company with its clients.

Qui sont les clients potentiels ?

Healthcare buildings

En quoi cette solution est-elle différente ?

Having natural daylight in healthcare buildings: -will lower the energy cost of lighting and heating -reduce the patient stay and enhance the process of healing -reduce the stress and anxiety of the healthcare workers More natural light in buildings influences well-being and the healing process. When a facility aims to reduce its energy need to nearly zero-energy buildings, LightMirror’s renovation works are implemented ten times faster, are thirty times cheaper and emit sixty times less greenhouse gas than classical renovation. The principal emissions reduction concerns the materials and construction works.