Marjan van Aubel: The beautiful future of solar power
Marjan van Aubel: El preciós futur de l'energia solar
Marjan van Aubel promotes extreme energy efficiency through intelligent design. Full bio
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through the Austrian mountains.
per les muntanyes d'Àustria.
this beautiful, stone, remote hut,
cabanya remota, preciosa, feta de pedra
I get very enthusiastic.
em sento molt entusiasmada.
which is free and available,
què està a l’abast de tots i és gratuïta,
on a beautiful location,
en un lloc molt bonic,
always have to be so ugly?
els panells solars sempre tan lletjos?
and I'm a solar designer.
i sóc dissenyadora solar.
sustainability and technology.
sostenibilitat i tecnologia.
that expand in size
que poden augmentar de mida
that use the properties of colors
utilitzen les propietats dels colors
all over the world, such as MoMA.
d'arreu del món, com el MoMA.
that something was missing.
que faltava alguna cosa.
called the "Solar Revolution,"
anomenat “Revolució solar”,
la suficient llum solar
we receive enough sunlight
with enough electricity
a tot el món
I just want to focus on solar.
centrar-me en l’energia solar.
solar panels more efficient and cheaper.
més eficients i barats.
has dropped enormously.
s’ha reduït en gran mesura.
started producing them on a large scale.
començat a produir-los a gran escala.
has increased a lot.
ha millorat moltíssim.
of 44.5 percent.
del 44,5 per cent.
about the image of solar cells,
de les cèl·lules solars,
for the last 60 years.
durant els últims 60 anys.
just stacked onto something.
simplement posada sobre alguna cosa.
integrated into our environment.
millor integrades en el nostre entorn.
problem of our time.
més gran de la nostra era.
the government, the engineers --
el govern, els enginyers,
things through design.
les coses amb el disseny.
exemples de la meva feina.
the crystal company.
l’empresa dels cristalls.
onto a certain place.
a un lloc concret.
to focus the light onto a solar panel,
per dirigir la llum cap a un panell solar,
but using aesthetics.
però amb estètica.
with you in the light,
a l’estació d’acoblament,
these chandeliers.
bringing the light indoors.
when I came across this technology
en descobrir aquesta tecnologia
fotovoltaica sensibilitzada per colorant',
on photosynthesis in plants.
converts light into sugar for plants,
la llum en sucre per a les plantes,
into electricity.
la llum en electricitat.
funcionen inclús a l’interior.
tenen diferent eficiència,
have different efficiency,
on the color spectrum.
en l’espectre de colors.
red is more efficient than blue.
és més eficient que el blau.
a glass colored surface,
una superfície de vidre acolorida,
just used for esthetics,
sols per estètica,
and is able to harvest electricity,
pot recol·lectar electricitat,
consists of these colored solar cells.
formada per cèl·lules solars acolorides.
through USB ports.
mitjançant ports USB.
it's always very important,
sempre és molt important
efficiency and aesthetics.
color for indoors.
molt estable per a l’interior.
the most asked question I get:
can I charge from this, then?"
pot carregar aquesta taula?”
complicated answer of like,
does it have enough light,
"Rep la suficient llum?",
that read the light intensity of the room.
la intensitat de la llum de l’habitació.
how much light it's getting,
quanta llum està rebent
because yesterday we installed a table
perquè ahir vam instal·lar una taula
a Amsterdam,
a phone from this table.
un telèfon en aquesta taula.
the more energy you can harvest.
més energia pots recol·lectar.
in a gallery in London, in Soho,
d’una galeria de Londres, al Soho,
moderna de vidre tenyit.
could come and charge their phones
venir i carregar els seus telèfons
just a window anymore.
ser sols una finestra.
as a little power station.
un petit generador d’energia.
about how much I love solar,
de quant m’agrada l’energia solar,
panells solars a la meva teulada.
i és un monument,
more accessible and for everyone,
estiguin a l’abast de tots,
that can afford a sustainable lifestyle?
permetre’s un estil de vida sostenible?
where we directly need it.
on realment la necessitem.
amazing technologies out there.
tecnologies meravelloses.
I see every surface as an opportunity.
veig cada superfície com una oportunitat.
in the train through the Westland,
en el tren per Westland,
with all the greenhouses.
on estan tots els hivernacles.
vaig pensar:
with transparent solar glass?
vidre solar transparent?
I created Power Plant.
vaig crear una planta elèctrica.
rega amb aigua amb nutrients,
that pumps around nutrified water,
to grow more yield per square meter.
la producció per metre quadrat és major.
coming from these colored LED lights
les làmpades LED de colors
will live in big cities,
a les grans ciutats,
from the other side of the world,
on the location itself.
to build these in off-grid places --
en llocs sense connexió elèctrica,
to water, electricity --
model of the power plant,
“Power Plant” de 4 metres d’altura,
and experience how plants grow.
com creixen les plantes.
and for the plants.
com per a les plantes.
all these modern technologies.
les tecnologies modernes.
"But where are the solar panels?"
“On estan els panells solars?”
design really works,
el disseny funciona,
and you don't notice it.
les superfícies siguen productives.
where all the windows, curtains, walls,
les finestres, cortines, parets,
on the place where we need it,
on la necessitem,
solar cells accessible for everyone.
puga accedir a les cèl·lules solars.
close to the people with you,
l’energia solar a tot el món,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marjan van Aubel - Solar designerMarjan van Aubel promotes extreme energy efficiency through intelligent design.
Why you should listen
Marjan van Aubel is an award-winning solar designer whose innovative practice spans the fields of sustainability, design and technology. In collaboration with scientists, engineers and institutions -- such as Swarovski and ECN.TNO, the Dutch Energy Centre -- van Aubel works to promote extreme energy efficiency through intelligent design. From working with expandable materials to domestically integrating solar cells that mimic the process of photosynthesis in plants, she adds a double function to objects and puts them to work: a table is not just a table, but also a producer of electricity.
Van Aubel strives to redefine our current relationship with solar technology and accelerate its transition to ubiquity. Graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2012 and the Rietveld Academy DesignLAB in 2009, she has since exhibited at world-class institutions, including the V&A (London), the Design Museum (London) and the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). Her work is also part of the permanent collection at the MoMA in New York, the Vitra Design Museum, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, The Montreal Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia.
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