LED solar lamp post Disano Illuminazione
ON OFF by Giugiaro

A revolutionary road lighting fixture uses the best technologies available to increase safety for pedestrians, while reducing environmental impact.
Designed by Giugiaro Architettura and manufactured by Disano illuminazione, OnOff was launched at Remade, Portugal, the exhibition of high-tech products that are built using recycled and recyclable materials.
The project is part of a number of events promoted by Cestec, a Lombardy-based company created to support manufacturers in the production of excellent products, using environmentally friendly recyclable materials.
OnOff is a lighting fixture specially developed to increase safety for pedestrians and to reduce environmental impact starting from the production stage.
The luminaire is made of aluminium, an entirely recyclable material, whose design combines a pole and a lighting fixture into one single object.
As to consumption, the opportunity to exploit solar power is the most interesting aspect. In fact, a photovoltaic panel is fitted on the lamp cover. That means that OnOff can be powered independently without connecting it to the mains. The batteries provide in any event a five-day run time in the absence of solar radiation.
The photovoltaic system turns solar power into electricity, thanks to the use of semiconductor materials such as silicon, which is reduced to sheets to create photovoltaic cells.

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