Footfall Energy Harvesting

Laurence Kemball-Cook is Managing Director and founder of Pavegen systems, he has a background in industrial design engineering and design management. Prior to Pavegen's launch he project managed various development projects for leading UK energy companies. Specialising in improving sustainability for the built environment via the integration of emerging clean-technologies and materials.

 

In 2009 he won an international design award from the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and the Design Council becoming an honorary lifetime fellow to the RSA. He studied Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University.

Pavegen Systems ltd develops paving systems that generates energy from the kinetic energy of people walking. In high footfall environments, Pavegen harvests the energy for applications such as street lighting, information and advertising displays. The energy is stored within the slabs or flows directly into a lighting fitment depending on the configuration. The slabs are retro-fitted in minutes and are designed to withstand the hard wearing urban environments.

Pavegen is in the process of commercialising its technology and is working with a number of organisations to facilitate the deployment of trial units available in late 2010 at key showcase locations throughout Europe.