An early-stage business idea focused on LEDs as an alternative light source for solar simulators has been declared overall winner of the inaugural UCD CleanWeb Sprint Award.
UCD PhD engineering student Laura Tobin received €1,000 to pursue the commercialisation of her project, which is being carried out with Prof Ravindranathan Thampi, UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, under the supervision of Prof John T. Sheridan, UCD School of Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering.
Tobin’s research demonstrated that LED lights can be easily varied on a real time basis to allow tailored artificial sunlight be used for both photovoltaic testing and indoor lighting. Using a sensor to detect the level of light in a room or location, the technology can then vary the light intensity and spectral distribution accordingly.
Unlike the currently used light bulbs, LEDs are energy-efficient are cheaper to buy, have longer life-spans and have lower maintenance requirements.
Speaking at the presentation of the award, Brendan Cremen, UCD director of enterprise and commercialisation, said: “Our team at NovaUCD was delighted to work in partnership with the UCD Earth Institute in the design and delivery of the inaugural Sprint at UCD, which is focused on testing new business ideas in an exciting and fun environment.”
“One of the objectives of Sprint is to engage with UCD researchers at an earlier stage in the commercialisation process and to use internal and external experts to assist them in understanding and defining more clearly the commercial potential of the outputs emerging from their research activities.”
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