Introducing the Cisco Innovation Center Pilot Project

We are collaborating with Cisco to develop the next generation of solar.

Cisco and Morgan Solar, a Toronto, Canada-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.

This project is currently live. We will publish performance once the testing is completed.

About Morgan Solar Energy Blinds

Reduce Energy Consumption

Energy Blind Features & Benefits

  • Improved insulation cuts heating/cooling costs and GHG impact

  • Reject heat to reduce urban heat island effect

  • Local energy generation powers a DC microgrid

Make Comfortable Spaces

  • Increase availability of diffuse daylight

  • Redirect light into the indoor environment to offset lighting

  • Provide insulated windows for comfort

Add intelligence

  • Intelligently track the sun

  • Powered by Morgan Solar’s industry-leading digital twin technology

  • Report on GHG impacts and energy consumption

  • Simple to install and control