Lighting system combining daylight concentrators and an artificial source

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A combined lighting system for a building interior includes a stack of luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) an optical conduit made of preferably optical fibers for transmitting daylight from the LSC stack a collimating, lens set at an angle, a fixture for receiving the daylight at one end and for distributing the daylight as illumination inside the building, an artificial light source at the other end of the fixture for directing artifical light into the fixture for distribution as illuinination inside the building an automatic dimmer/brightener for the artificial light source and a daylight sensor positioned near to the LSC stack for controlling the automatic dimmer/brightener in …