Cisco And Morgan Solar Unlock Clean Energy Adoption In Office Spaces
Cisco News, Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Cisco and Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based company that specializes in solutions for integrating solar energy into urban environments, have announced a pilot project to power collaboration and meeting spaces with solar energy.
The first pilot project is currently deployed at Cisco's Toronto Innovation Centre with plans to include two additional customer sites. The concept leverages Morgan Solar's Energy Blinds, capturing clean, solar energy in a direct current (DC) microgrid, and Cisco's Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch, which helps to distribute energy within the room. Cisco's Webex platform is also integrated and detects when the room is not in use to help maximize energy generation and minimize energy consumption.
'To take meaningful steps towards a sustainable future, businesses need to think creatively about how to get there,' said Wayne Cuervo, Director of Cisco Canada's Digital Impact Office. 'Collaborating with forward-thinking companies like Morgan Solar, we're driving the development of smart solutions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from traditional energy generation technologies and giving businesses new pathways towards sustainability.'