Sunlight inside buildings
Electricians Agustín Revuelta and Ivan Rodriguez have designed a lighting system of pavilions by natural light for transport to the interior through very reflective tubes and fiber optics. Both are former students of the Instituto de Formación Profesional San Jorge de Santurtzi, who have called INAR.
This system collects sunlight through aluminium and plastic skylights in the form of a tube. These skylights have a domed structure at the top, through which natural light penetrates through the hole. Thus, being the inside of the tube full of reflective mirrors, they transport the light into the building. The system is designed for industrial buildings and common work areas, and only for being a bright day (which doesn't even have to be sunny) is enough to achieve a pleasant lighting to the eye, without lighting spotlights. Therefore, the use of artificial light should be limited to night, which allows to reduce electricity consumption by up to 80%.
This year he has won the award for the company they organize in Bizkaia. In fact, Revuelta and Rodríguez have created the company of the same name and plan to install an explanatory stand for its operation before the summer in the San Jorge Institute itself. In fact, applications related to natural lighting have not so far had a great impact on the Basque Country, despite its existence (the first one developed in Australia in 1989).
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