We do! Sky lights, fiber optic sky light extenders, etc. humans are always trying to light up their artificial caves with sunlight.
Building architecture used to have amazing creative designs to capture this free lighting.
However, cheap efficient indoor lighting removed this as a driving force, so newer buildings don't have the same design constraints
I have never seen fiber optic sky light extenders in real life
Light extenders are fairly common in the UK - not fibre optic, but basically they look like if silvery tubes connected to a glass dome on the roof. Fairly common when a house extension leave a hall without a window.
interesting
They work on the principle of total internal reflection. Same as a fiber optic cable.
But they eventually leak so cheap LEDs it is.
Did you hear about that curved building in London that reflected light so well you could cook an egg in the street a block away? I think you could make an argument for white surfaces to reflect light into buildings but full blown mirrors are probably a fire hazard.
20 Fenchurch. It melted car plastics.
You'd want to run captured light through a diffuser anyway.
Which is what they did at 20 Fenchurch.
I don't think it would be such an issue witn flat mirrors. The curvature focuses light into a single point much like a magnifying glass.
Vegas had a death ray building too.
We are not solarpunk enough
Not Indiana Jonesy enough.
We tried but it causes alien's to come down and pick up their stones and lady friend.
Aziz, light!
Thankyou Aziz.
Clouds make it annoying and inconsistent. Also people need light at night regardless, so lights are always needed.
I like the idea of the lighting inside simulating the lighting outside you can have supplemental electrical lights to provide enough light to do stuff but if its bright outside it can be brighter and energizing inside when its overcast or evening it can be cozy and relaxing inside.
Id imagine this helps the circadian rhythm a bit but also prevents getting flashbanged when stepping outside during the day and having to wait for the eyes to adjust as much when stepping outside during at night
If we invented mirror batteries, the mirrors could hold onto the sunlight long after the sun has set. /s
It Can start a fire.
Only if they focus the reflected light
Guys, i think they mean interior decoration.
I did this with a strategic mirror in the dark corridor. But the house entrance was also there, and in a long stretch between sleeping and living room with a window on either end.
Money. Solar tubes are not cheap to buy or install. The longer they have to go, the more expensive they become.
You don't have permission to access "http://www.homedepot.com/b/Doors-Windows-Windows-Skylights-Solar-Tubes/N-5yc1vZc5f2" on this server.
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Its a link to solar tubes on the home depot website. I'm not familiar with this error.
I figured. Oh well.
Same error here. I can't access their home page either, so it's probably a geoblock.
Yeah +1 on the geoblock theory. Usian websites have a lot of trackers and spyware, which are illegal in a lot of other places (like the EU). Instead of fixing the sites, it's cheaper to geoblock those areas. At least they're not lying about their compliance and spying without permission...
Ohh that’s cool
Dang, beat me to it.
Too much potential for bad luck in multiples of 7 years. Also, some buildings skip the 13th floor. Just saying...
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