Case Study

Mini-Optical Light Shelf (MOLS)

Patent No. US 6,239,910 B1 - Awarded May 29, 2001

Benefits

• MOLS creates shadow-

free indirect lighting

• MOLS provides ambient

light levels of 25-30 foot-
candles as much as 35-40
feet from the window

• MOLS enhances the visual

MOLS Installs Easily Into Windows MOLS Redirects Daylight.
environment (better color,
light quality, and
connection to the outdoors)

• MOLS saves energy,

allows electric lights to be
switched off during the day

• MOLS integrates as easily

as mini-blinds and takes
less space than light
shelves

• MOLS improves worker

productivity

• MOLS daylights deep into

the space: 15’ back for
each vertical foot of glazing
above typical 7’ window
height. MOLS Daylighting of an Office -- shadows are spaces between the windows.

Lighting is the largest end-use consumption of electricity in commercial

buildings. Approximately 887 billion kWh of electricity are consumed in
commercial buildings each year.

The innovative MOLS system uses passive side-lighting optics to

daylight the space. Daylighting reduces energy consumption while
Architectural Energy
Corporation enhancing the quality of the visual environment. MOLS can be as
2540 Frontier Ave., Suite 201 easily applied as conventional interior mini-blinds for both new and
Boulder, CO 80301 retrofit construction. MOLS is being refined and developed for
303-444-4149 widespread commercialization where, in addition to the significant
800-450-4454 energy savings benefits, there will be personal (productivity and health)
www.archenergy.com benefits, and environmental (pollution reduction) benefits.