The French Ministry for Ecology sponsored the Clover Street Lamp project for Paris Climate Conference 2015. The selected designer, Mathieu Lehanneur, invented the urban lighting furniture collection Clover.
The lamp resembles a tree: a wooden pole—only local wood used—with three petals on top that house the lighting within and is accompanied by a matching wooden bench. The lights are equipped with LED lighting, positioned downward to maximize the light capacity.
The lamps’ upper surface is equipped with solar panels that face the sun and collect solar energy during day time. This gives Clover Lamp three hours of streetlight autonomy.
The lamp’s self-service hatch allows pedestrians to charge their phones while getting some rest on the bench.
With his range of urban furniture, Lehanneur demonstrates the capacity of renewable solar energy and inspires new ways of making our cities a cleaner and better place to live.
