Pavegen's Bird Street installation in London, just off Oxford Street Energy and data harvesting firm, Pavegen, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global engineering and technology company, Siemens, to bring its technology to smart city projects around the world. UK-based Pavegen produces an interactive flooring technology which converts the kinetic energy of footfall into off-grid electricity, data and rewards. It has delivered more than 200 installations around the world which include at transport hubs such as Heathrow and a leading Middle Eastern airport (launching this March), at schools in the US and UK, in corporate HQs and sports facilities in cities including London, Rio and Seoul. Recent highlights include creating the world’s first smart street with Transport for London in London’s West End and powering a new park near the Whitehouse in Washington DC. "Pavegen is all about putting people at the heart of smart city infrastructure,” said Laurence Kemball-Cook, founder and CEO, Pavegen. “Siemens has the skills, resources and network to help us deploy at scale in key locations such as transport hubs and new build developments." Jenny Bofinger-Schuster, senior vice president sustainability and cities at Siemens, said: "This is an exciting opportunity to combine Siemens’ engineering and project management skills with Pavegen’s innovative technology which connects people directly to energy generation and data collection." Working together, the team will initially be targeting airport infrastructure, mixed use developments, hospitals and looking to integrate Pavegen technology into local distributed energy grids. The Pavegen surface consists of a series of interlocking triangles. As people walk across the patented system, the top surface moves vertically by between 5mm and 10mm. This downward force creates a rotation in the electro-magnetic generators below, which produces around 5 watts of continuous off-grid power for the duration of the footstep. The system also incorporates low power Bluetooth beacons which can reward users for their steps via apps. If you like this, you might be interested in reading the following: Pedestrian power lights up Las Vegas What claim to be the world’s first smart street lights powered by footsteps are helping to reduce CO2 emissions in the US city Read more Free charging for US public Freestanding nanogrid combines wind, solar and batteries to provide up to six USB charging ports and LED lighting Read more New materials for smart (er) energy by Rudy de Waele Read more
UK interactive flooring technology company Pavegen has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering and technology giant Siemens to bring its technology to smart cities. The two companies will initially focus on locations including airports, hospitals and mixed-use developments where Pavegen's technology can be integrated. Its flooring product converts kinetic energy deriving from people walking into off-grid electricity. Pavegen already has installations at Heathrow, at schools in the UK and the US, on a street in Middle Eastern and at sport facilities globally.