One of the bus shelters on the McMaster University campus, located in Hamilton, Ontario, is lit by two solar cells affixed to its roof. But what makes the solar cells unique is the fact that they’re not, obviously, panels.
Instead, they curve, and the curve – which naturally follows the bus shelter’s roof – means not only are they unobtrusive, perhaps even aesthetically pleasing, but that future shelter occupants won’t have to stand in the dark on those long winter evenings. Not only do the curved panels run LED lights, whose output is bright enough to read by, but each fixture uses only 600 milliwatts of power.