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ICRM2010-Green Manufacturing,Ningbo, China A Design of Fluorescent Fiber Solar Concentrator (FFSC) and Outdoor Testing for Remote Indoor Day Lighting 1 2 3 Wang Chen , H. Abdul-Rahman , S.P.Rao 1,2,3Center of Project and Facilities Management (PFM), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: 1derekisleon@ ABSTRACT Different from the conventional luminescent solar concentrator (LSC), a 1200mm×1200mm solar concentrator consisting of 150 pieces of three-color 1m long, 2mm diameter fluorescent fibers (FFSC) has been designed and mounted on a University building roof and the concentrated light is transported to a remote dark room through 10m long, 2mm diameter clear optical fibers. Outdoor testing for remote indoor day lighting and power producing evaluation has been conducted. A 31-day monitored data from 24 May2008 to 23 June2008 has been presented and the results reveal that even though FFSC is not practical yet to replace the conventional BIPV approach for power producing, it has a pleasant potential in remote indoor day lighting for large amount application in building integration. Keywords: Fluorescent Fiber Solar Concentrator (FFSC), Remote Indoor Day Lighting 1. INTRODUCTION As a solution to the energy issues, solar energy is made widely available for day lighting and direct production of electricity. Various methods have been developed to collect, concentrate, transport, store and convert solar radiation such as the light pipe, optical fibers, optical solar concentrators, and luminescent solar concentrators (LSC), and so on [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. However, many limitations remain in such devices, such as strict dependence on beam irradiation and difficulties for wiring and so on. After pr