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Exhibitors: Pocketful of Sunshine

Sep 11, 2014

Sunlight is possibly the most plentiful resource available to us in the southern hemisphere – and it’s free! These Exhibitors show us some of the ways in which solar power can be harnessed and used in the home:

 

Mark Blumenthal’s Solar Bottle is a low-cost, modified water cooler bottle with a black painted tin can which acts as a passive solar heater.

 

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Image: A  prototype of Solar Bottle by Mark Blumenthal

 

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Image: The Solar Bottle undergoing a measurement run

 

Deon du Preez’s Solazela, on the other hand,  is a high-pressure solar water heater made entirely from recyclable plastic material – providing a household with over 125 litres of hot water per day.

 

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Image: Solazela performance testing station

 

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Image: Deon Du Preez’s Solazela

 

Want to know more about our other Exhibitors? Look out for next week’s newsletter as we continue to feature some of the fantastic solutions you’ll be able to see at the Showcase in October!