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SANTA MONICA B IG BLUE BUS Santa Monica, CA

Type: Public Civic Transportation Owner: City of Santa Monica Architect: Lorcan O’Herlihy

The client desired to upgrade 300 shelters throughout the city of Santa Monica with a new design that included specialty lighting and real-time digital schedule information while being completely off-grid. A site solar analysis was performed at each site to determine the solar availability and calculate the size of the solar panels and battery storage systems. Lighting was designed to provide adequate illumination without conflicting with surrounding businesses, traffic, and other light sources. We worked closely with LOHA architects to design the shelters and integrate solar power, LED lighting with timer and photocell controls, real-time digital, WIFI and battery storage units. All low-voltage components were utilized in order to minimize space required for components and increase efficiency. Integrated controls were provided to ensure the lighting and signage is operated automatically when needed. The solar panels (located on top of the shelter canopies) utilized thin-film solar panels in order to allow all shelters to be off-grid and avoid necessity of metering or grid connections. Lighting was designed using a special diffuse material in conjunction with side-mounted linear LED strip lights.

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