Olympic Delivery Authority

Energy harvesting tiles for French National Railway Company

Pavegen have been commissioned by France's national railway company, SNCF (French National Railway Company), to install 6 kinetic energy tiles in the middle of a corridor in SNCF's Innovation & Research office in Paris.

Intelligent lighting: realising responsive, smart illumination

The concept of intelligent lighting has drastically changed in recent years, moving away from applications relating to stage lighting and non-stationary illumination in order to encompass sustainability in energy consumption, through the ability to wirelessly control on/off and dimming/brightening functions according to sensory input from the environment of operation.

Heated trousers, sustainable walkways:new ball game at London Olympics

With the Olympics underway, the whole world is looking to London and the excitement the Games are promising over the next couple of weeks. What sometimes goes unnoticed is the innovation that is ever present in the games, the limelight being stolen by exciting duels, explosive races and record breaking performances.

Pedestrians to power walkway to London 2012 Olympic park

A pioneering walkway leading to the Olympic Park will be lit round-the-clock by the footsteps of a million spectators during the London 2012 Games.

Energy harvesting - a weird business

There are now an enormous number of universities and research centers developing energy harvesting, meaning the capability to make small electronic devices self sufficient, often for decades. Their work does not necessarily reflect the market potential, however.