/challenges-projects/design-challenges/energy-harvesting/b/blog/posts/a-very-compact-guide-to-energy-harvesting---part-020Practical Energy HarvestingI&#39;m now back in my Lab and able to lodge decent posts. Here&#39;s a dual purpose Car Port - It keeps the shade off the cars and also generates power.Plenty of power for an EFM32!en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/energy-harvesting/b/blog/posts/a-very-compact-guide-to-energy-harvesting---part-020Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:49:40 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:688bf53e-ce9a-4e12-8988-b9d1fc9dde9eDAB0<p>Hi Monte,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am glad you made it home safely.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your points are well taken, we can indeed harvest a lot of energy with just a little effort.</p><p>The best way to make it happen is to design it into the infrastructure so that nobody has to do anything to collect and use it.</p><p>Once it becomes part of the life process, it can be expanded and maintained.</p><p>We just need to make it so painless for the masses that they do not notice they have been helped.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16099&AppID=106&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">