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Beeswax Luminaires: Sustainable lighting through materials design
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Biogenic materials like beeswax have potential for sustainable manufacturing by reducing environmental impact.
Description
This study introduces “Beeswax Luminaires”, a sustainable lighting solution made from natural beeswax and water via ice-casting. The objectives are to characterize beeswax properties, optimize luminaire design for mechanical strength and light diffusion, and develop scalable robotic fabrication.
Results indicate that beeswax maintains rigidity up to 50°C and possesses suitable translucency for lighting. Parametric modeling produced corrugations enhancing flexural rigidity and light diffusion uniformity. Robotic fabrication precisely controlled coating thickness and quality, reducing product defects.
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Life-cycle assessment showed the production was energy-efficient, consuming less energy than traditional methods. These findings support Beeswax Luminaires as an eco-friendly lighting option, combining sustainability, optimized design and efficient manufacturing.
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Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page edmond.mpg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.17617%2F3.Y45QGZ ↗
landing page · from edmond mpdl mpg de
- DOI doi.org/10.17617/3.y45qgz ↗
DOI / persistent id · from edmond mpdl mpg de
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API edmond.mpg.de/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.17617%2F3.Y4… ↗
metadata API · from edmond mpdl mpg de
Topics
- Stated by source
- Materials Science and Engineering · Materials Science and Engineering
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Biomaterials · Biomaterials · Chemistry · Computer Science & AI · Data visualisation and computational design · Data visualisation and computational design · Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Engineering · Engineering · Humanities · Life Sciences · Materials Science · Materials Science · Medicine & Health · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics · Social Science
Provenance · 2 source records, 27 field assertions
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| Edmond | doi:10.17617/3.Y45QGZ | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Edmond | doi:10.17617/3.Y45QGZ | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
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