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Walk over Sustainable Dance Club floor tiles to generate power

By Damir Beciri
2 Comments17 April 2010

sustainable-dance-club-pavement-powerPiezoelectric power generating technology isn’t quite new, however, its implementation and optimization is becoming more popular these days. We already wrote about Pavegen in one of our previous articles and in this article we’re going to write about an example in Toulouse, France. The energy provided by pedestrians is used to generate electricity in order… »

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Pavegen flexible paving slabs generate energy from footsteps

By Damir Beciri
4 Comments8 December 2009

pavegen-systems-energy-genrating-pavement1The need to reduce carbon emissions and keep costs down increases the importance of renewable energy for most governments and the tech industry. With that in mind, investments are being made in the popular green energy sectors such as wind, solar, and wave energy. However, our footsteps utilize and channel kinetic energy too, and an… »