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What is the news?
The Ministry of Science & Technology has decided to promote a unique Start-up in Daylight Harvesting Technology.
What is Daylight Harvesting?
Daylight Harvesting works on the simple premise that facilities can optimally utilize natural light where available and cut down on the use of artificial light during daylight hours.
Benefits: a) Reduced carbon footprint, b) Improve building energy efficiency and c) reduces electrical lighting energy consumption.
What is the Government doing to promote Daylight Harvesting?
The Technology Development Board(TDB) under the Ministry of Science and Technology will provide Rs 5 crore as support to a startup called Skyshade Daylight Private Limited for developing Daylight Harvesting Technologies.
This startup has already developed several technologies which harvest huge quantities of sunlight for a building.This helps in reducing electrical lighting energy consumption by 70-80 per cent, besides reducing air-conditioning needs.
Source: This post is based on the article “Ministry of Science & Technology has decided to promote a unique, possibly India’s first, Start-up in latest Daylight Harvesting Technology” published in PIB on 4th Mar 2022.
