Groundbreaking curtain to reduce world’s energy consumption
Groundbreaking curtain to reduce world’s energy consumption
Schmidt Hammer Lassen - SHL
Denmark is a leader within research in cheap plastic solar cells. The accumulated insight is now employed in the textile industry for the development of the curtain Suntiles©, which has a triple function of shading against the sun, absorbing solar energy and storing it for later use. Moreover, its decorative surface is designed by one of Denmark’s leading textile designers Astrid Krogh.
Frederik C. Krebs, Risø Danish Technical University, said of the curtain,
“It enables the exploitation of the sun’s energy in a far less energy-consuming manner than earlier. The most groundbreaking aspect of the curtain is that it brings together several energy saving technologies in a well known function – the curtain.”
Henrik Sørensen of Esbensens Consulting Engineers said that the curtain will revolutionize in particular office buildings, since they are responsible of 50 % of the energy consumption of buildings in the world. Businesses are looking at saving money and the world large quantities of energy by using the curtains.
Astrid Krogh is the woman behind the development of the new curtain. For the last two years, she has worked in collaboration with a cross professional team of innovators from Risø DTU, Kvadrat, and schmidt hammer lassen architects to develop Suntiles©.
“The curtain has innovative qualities which incorporate the sensitivity, texture and wellness characteristic of the curtain textile,” explained the artist.
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