{
  "name": "locus energy technology",
  "version": "1.8.0",
  "slogan": "sun is the harvest, resonance is the frequency",
  "purpose": "grow your own energy + resonance harvester systems \u2014 local and state generation",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "surfaces": {
    "hub": "/locus",
    "requires": "/locus/requires",
    "recommends": "/locus/recommends",
    "suggests": "/locus/suggests",
    "build": "/locus/build",
    "prototypes": "/locus/prototypes",
    "costs": "/locus/costs",
    "measure": "/locus/measure",
    "photos": {
      "hero": "/locus/prototypes/hero-lineup.jpg",
      "P0": "/locus/prototypes/p0-match-frequency.jpg",
      "P1": "/locus/prototypes/p1-fibre-green-window.jpg",
      "P2": "/locus/prototypes/p2-envelope-module.jpg",
      "P3": "/locus/prototypes/p3-roof-mock.jpg"
    },
    "instrument": "/field/locus",
    "venture": "/solar",
    "lab_log_schema": "/locus/lab-log.schema.json",
    "papers": [
      "/papers/free-energy",
      "/papers/green-window",
      "/papers/one-air-two-appetites"
    ],
    "products": "/locus/products",
    "resonance_pump": "/field/resonance-pump",
    "sourcing": "/locus/costs#costs-sourcing",
    "sourcing_json": "/locus/sourcing.json"
  },
  "layers": [
    {
      "id": "L1",
      "name": "Collect",
      "role": "sun \u2192 work (PV)"
    },
    {
      "id": "L2",
      "name": "Match",
      "role": "resonance as frequency (MPPT / tuned conversion) + electrochemical store"
    },
    {
      "id": "L3",
      "name": "Carry",
      "role": "light as light (PMMA fibre)"
    },
    {
      "id": "L4",
      "name": "Live",
      "role": "green window organism (moss | algae); algae also biomass battery"
    },
    {
      "id": "L5",
      "name": "Envelope",
      "role": "couple heat, decouple water"
    }
  ],
  "storage": [
    {
      "id": "electrochemical",
      "layer": "L2",
      "name": "battery / supercap",
      "stores": "electrical work after match",
      "state_of_charge": "V, Ah, or BMS SoC",
      "rule": "keep irradiance-coupled claims separate from discharge claims",
      "scales": [
        "local",
        "state"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "algae_biomass",
      "layer": "L4",
      "name": "algae as battery",
      "stores": "chemical energy in biomass from fibre-delivered light (photosynthesis)",
      "state_of_charge": "OD proxy and/or dry biomass gain (g)",
      "rule": "sun is still the only source; biomass is storage, not a second harvest. Ledger: optical input to culture \u2265 chemical energy claimed in biomass",
      "scales": [
        "local",
        "state"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "generation": {
    "purpose": "local and state energy generation",
    "note": "Scale is fleet size and jurisdiction. Same stack, same lab-log. Build everything the physics allows.",
    "scales": [
      {
        "id": "local",
        "name": "local energy generation",
        "scope": [
          "site and campus DER",
          "municipal / community solar",
          "school and civic roofs",
          "microgrid and behind-the-meter generation",
          "building-integrated fibre + live layer"
        ],
        "stack": "P0\u2013P3 unit: PV match, fibre carry, moss|algae live, dual store (L2 electrochemical + L4 algae battery), vapour envelope",
        "measure": "one unit, one lab-log, binary pass \u2014 then replicate",
        "algae_battery": "on-site chemical store of green-window light; harvest path local (food / measured dry biomass)"
      },
      {
        "id": "state",
        "name": "state energy generation",
        "scope": [
          "state and regional distributed portfolios",
          "public-building fleets under one standard",
          "water / wastewater culture loops with fibre daylighting",
          "aggregated DER reporting with identical pass criteria"
        ],
        "stack": "many local units; same protocol.json; fleet lab-logs",
        "measure": "portfolio = sum of schema-valid runs; failures kept; installs only when installed",
        "algae_battery": "portfolio chemical store across sites; biomass accounting separate from electrical MWh; still sun-sourced only"
      }
    ]
  },
  "organisms": [
    {
      "id": "moss",
      "name": "shade moss",
      "medium": "terrestrial tray",
      "roles": [
        "live"
      ],
      "role": "default L4 reference \u2014 green-window terrestrial",
      "constraint": "water / hydration, not light"
    },
    {
      "id": "algae",
      "name": "green algae",
      "medium": "aquatic culture / shallow photobioreactor",
      "roles": [
        "live",
        "battery"
      ],
      "role": "L4 aquatic live layer + biomass chemical battery under fibre exit",
      "constraint": "water quality, CO\u2082, light dose; wet-side only; SoC is biomass/OD"
    }
  ],
  "prototypes": [
    {
      "id": "P0",
      "title": "Match frequency",
      "href": "/locus/build#p0",
      "pass": "MPPT delivers more energy than fixed-load baseline under comparable irradiance"
    },
    {
      "id": "P1",
      "title": "Fibre green window",
      "href": "/locus/build#p1",
      "pass": "Optical delivery tens of percent class; green-heavier exit documented"
    },
    {
      "id": "P2",
      "title": "Live layer + vapour split",
      "href": "/locus/build#p2",
      "pass": "Wet side alive (moss or algae); dry side inside pre-stated envelope; algae-battery runs log SoC proxy"
    },
    {
      "id": "P3",
      "title": "Roof mock",
      "href": "/locus/build#p3",
      "pass": "P0\u2013P2 hold on integrated unit for one daylight period"
    },
    {
      "id": "RP0",
      "title": "Resonance harvester lab pad",
      "href": "/locus/build#rp0",
      "pass": "Matched drive; piezo energy rises only while drive is on"
    }
  ],
  "requires": [
    "sun is the only power source",
    "resonance means match frequency, not a second source",
    "irradiance co-logged with power claims",
    "binary pass criteria",
    "lab logs conform to locus-lab-log/1",
    "couple heat, decouple water when L4 present",
    "algae biomass battery is storage of sun light, not a second source",
    "no install claims without installs"
  ],
  "recommends": [
    "10\u201350 W PV for first MPPT comparison",
    "\u22651 Hz electrical + irradiance sampling",
    "dual T/RH for P2+",
    "one file per run with photo + serials",
    "keep failed runs",
    "algae battery: log OD or dry-mass endpoints with fibre lux_exit"
  ],
  "suggests": [
    "tracker on collector after static aim works",
    "spectrometer at fibre exit",
    "resonant DC stage after MPPT",
    "public run archive",
    "laserbrain on agents writing control/analysis code",
    "algae battery discharge path (food / measured dry harvest) after charge curve exists",
    "local DER fleets once P3 green",
    "state portfolio of identical lab-log units"
  ],
  "products": [
    {
      "id": "platform",
      "name": "Locus Energy System",
      "href": "/locus/products#platform",
      "stage": "seed \u00b7 design prototypes",
      "one_liner": "Modular solar stack for local and state generation with dual storage"
    },
    {
      "id": "P0",
      "name": "Match Frequency",
      "href": "/locus/products#p0",
      "stage": "seed prototype",
      "materials_mid_usd": 180,
      "one_liner": "Matched conversion bench with binary pass vs fixed load"
    },
    {
      "id": "P1",
      "name": "Fibre Green Window",
      "href": "/locus/products#p1",
      "stage": "seed prototype",
      "materials_mid_usd": 160,
      "one_liner": "Fibre daylight delivery with documented green-window spectrum"
    },
    {
      "id": "P2",
      "name": "Envelope Module",
      "href": "/locus/products#p2",
      "stage": "seed prototype",
      "materials_mid_usd": 120,
      "one_liner": "Wet\u2013dry envelope; moss and algae battery under fibre exit"
    },
    {
      "id": "P3",
      "name": "Roof Unit",
      "href": "/locus/products#p3",
      "stage": "seed prototype",
      "materials_mid_usd": 450,
      "one_liner": "Integrated local generation unit for fleet replication"
    },
    {
      "id": "local_package",
      "name": "Local Generation Package",
      "href": "/locus/products#packages",
      "stage": "go-to-market packaging",
      "one_liner": "Site-scale DER: P3 units + P0 acceptance + lab-log standard"
    },
    {
      "id": "state_package",
      "name": "State Portfolio Package",
      "href": "/locus/products#packages",
      "stage": "go-to-market packaging",
      "one_liner": "Fleet of identical local units under one protocol for state buyers"
    },
    {
      "id": "algae_battery",
      "name": "Algae Battery Option",
      "href": "/locus/products#packages",
      "stage": "option on P2/P3",
      "one_liner": "Biomass chemical store of fibre light; SoC via OD and dry mass"
    },
    {
      "id": "RP0",
      "name": "Resonance Pump",
      "href": "/locus/products#rp0",
      "stage": "seed model \u00b7 instrument live",
      "one_liner": "Large trampoline resonator with piezo strain harvest \u2014 drivers pay the work",
      "materials_mid_usd": 420,
      "materials_scales": {
        "lab": {
          "low": 180,
          "mid": 420,
          "high": 900
        },
        "plaza": {
          "low": 1200,
          "mid": 2800,
          "high": 5500
        },
        "court": {
          "low": 4500,
          "mid": 9500,
          "high": 18000
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "resonance_pump_package",
      "name": "Resonance Pump Site Package",
      "href": "/locus/products#rp0",
      "stage": "go-to-market packaging",
      "one_liner": "Public-space / sports / transit mechanical harvest nodes for local generation mix"
    }
  ],
  "investor": {
    "contact": "design@phronesisworld.com",
    "subject": "Locus investor brief",
    "brief": "/locus/products",
    "status": "design prototypes \u2014 no commercial installs yet"
  },
  "mechanical": {
    "name": "resonance pump",
    "id": "RP0",
    "instrument": "/field/resonance-pump",
    "product": "/locus/products#rp0",
    "role": "Large precision trampoline / membrane resonator with piezoelectric harvest of mechanical strain",
    "source": "mechanical work from drivers (people, traffic, coordinated bounce)",
    "resonance": "match drive frequency to membrane f0 = sqrt(k/m)/(2\u03c0)",
    "conversion": "cyclic strain \u2192 piezo charge; friction/viscoelastic loss \u2192 heat; \u03b7 = fraction of damping power captured electrically",
    "materials": [
      "precision elastomeric / woven trampoline membrane",
      "tuned frame and ground anchors (structure only)",
      "piezoelectric patches or stacks at high-strain nodes",
      "rectifier + storage (small electrochemical or supercap)"
    ],
    "layers": [
      {
        "id": "M1",
        "name": "Drive",
        "role": "people / traffic / scheduled bounce \u2014 work in"
      },
      {
        "id": "M2",
        "name": "Match",
        "role": "tune f0 to drive frequency (materials, tension, mass)"
      },
      {
        "id": "M3",
        "name": "Membrane",
        "role": "store and circulate mechanical energy (KE\u2194PE)"
      },
      {
        "id": "M4",
        "name": "Transduce",
        "role": "piezo harvest of strain; remainder is heat"
      },
      {
        "id": "M5",
        "name": "Frame",
        "role": "ground anchors \u2014 reference, not a source"
      }
    ],
    "pass": "At matched drive, integrated piezo energy rises only while drivers do work; with drive off, piezo power \u2192 0. Ledger: W_piezo + W_heat + E_mech \u2264 W_in (+ numerical error)."
  },
  "costs": {
    "href": "/locus/costs",
    "materials_only": "/locus/costs#costs-materials-only",
    "currency": "USD",
    "as_of": "2026-07 mid",
    "note": "Materials only = parts BOM. No labor, freight, UL/CE, install.",
    "solar_one_off_mid": {
      "P0": 180,
      "P1": 160,
      "P2": 120,
      "P3": 450,
      "stack_shared_pv": "450-650",
      "stack_own_pv": "700-900",
      "instruments_once": 250
    },
    "rp0_materials_one_off": {
      "lab_bench_pad_m2": {
        "low": 180,
        "mid": 420,
        "high": 900
      },
      "plaza_pad": {
        "low": 1200,
        "mid": 2800,
        "high": 5500
      },
      "court_large": {
        "low": 4500,
        "mid": 9500,
        "high": 18000
      }
    },
    "sourcing": "/locus/costs#costs-sourcing",
    "sourcing_json": "/locus/sourcing.json"
  },
  "schemes": [
    {
      "id": "grow_your_own_energy",
      "name": "Grow your own energy",
      "tagline": "Harvest the sun, grow a chemical store, keep the ledger honest",
      "products": [
        "platform",
        "P0",
        "P1",
        "P2",
        "P3",
        "local_package",
        "state_package",
        "algae_battery"
      ],
      "layers": [
        "L1",
        "L2",
        "L3",
        "L4",
        "L5"
      ],
      "what_you_grow": [
        "electrical work from sunlight (PV + match)",
        "biomass chemical store in green algae (battery)",
        "living green window (moss | algae) under fibre daylight",
        "local and state fleets of the same measured unit"
      ],
      "instruments": [
        "/field/locus",
        "/field/vegan-colony"
      ],
      "href": "/locus/products#grow",
      "rule": "Sun is the primary source. Algae grows charge from light you deliver. Expand kits \u2192 fleets."
    },
    {
      "id": "resonance_harvester",
      "name": "Resonance harvester systems",
      "tagline": "Match frequency on mechanical membranes; piezo harvests strain drivers already paid",
      "products": [
        "RP0",
        "resonance_pump_package"
      ],
      "layers": [
        "M1",
        "M2",
        "M3",
        "M4",
        "M5"
      ],
      "what_you_harvest": [
        "mechanical work from people, traffic, coordinated bounce",
        "strain energy via piezoelectric transducers at match frequency",
        "public-space and sports-floor generation nodes"
      ],
      "instruments": [
        "/field/resonance-pump",
        "/field/locus"
      ],
      "href": "/locus/products#rp0",
      "rule": "Resonance is match frequency, not a second source. Earth anchors are structure only."
    }
  ],
  "purpose_detail": {
    "grow_your_own_energy": "DIY-to-municipal path: collect sun, match conversion, grow algae biomass store, vapour-safe living layer",
    "resonance_harvester_systems": "Parallel mechanical line: precision trampoline / membrane resonators with piezo harvest"
  },
  "possible": {
    "grow_your_own_energy": [
      "rooftop and facade P3 fleets",
      "school and campus grow labs with algae battery dashboards",
      "municipal community solar with fibre daylight living layers",
      "water-authority culture loops as portfolio chemical store",
      "microgrid nodes with dual electrical + biomass store",
      "state public-building portfolios under one protocol",
      "vegan colony / CEA coupling where envelope rules transfer",
      "open lab-log archives and citizen grow kits (P0 first)",
      "materials already stocked \u2014 open catalog builds"
    ],
    "resonance_harvester_systems": [
      "lab bench pads for teaching and R&D",
      "plaza and transit foot-traffic harvesters",
      "sports courts and playground membranes at match frequency",
      "festival and event floor harvester grids",
      "stacked multi-pad parks with shared rectification",
      "hybrid sites: P3 grow unit + RP0 harvester on one campus",
      "high-strain material R&D (elastomer, piezo density, Q trade)",
      "instrumented public dashboards of joules harvested"
    ],
    "combined": [
      "local and state mixed portfolios (solar grow + mechanical harvest)",
      "investor data room: costs, sourcing, pass criteria, schemes",
      "scale from one-off BOM to qty 100 materials curves"
    ]
  }
}