A simple idea allowed to catch the power of the sun in a bottle to illuminate the dark dwellings of a humble community in the Philippines
It did not take a complex of power lines, or burn thousands of gallons of fuel. A simple idea allowed to catch the power of the sun in a bottle to illuminate the dark dwellings of a humble community in the Philippines.
The novelty is that the lamp is not only a clear plastic bottle filled with purified water and bleach, which is inserted into open holes in the roof to take advantage of outside light during the day.
The effect is striking. The sun's rays travel through the container and the mixture produces a brilliant 360-degree refraction that illuminates any room with the same intensity of an electric bulb of 55 watts, at a cost two to five dollars. The INITIATIVE improves quality of life and relieves the pocket of the Filipinos, whose income generally do not exceed $ 18 per month.
The idea is part of the One liter of light from the organization MyShelter pincipal Foundation Inc. The objective of the project is to bring light to a million Filipino households in 2012, in a country where the high cost of electricity is a major concerns.
It did not take a complex of power lines, or burn thousands of gallons of fuel. A simple idea allowed to catch the power of the sun in a bottle to illuminate the dark dwellings of a humble community in the Philippines.
The novelty is that the lamp is not only a clear plastic bottle filled with purified water and bleach, which is inserted into open holes in the roof to take advantage of outside light during the day.
The effect is striking. The sun's rays travel through the container and the mixture produces a brilliant 360-degree refraction that illuminates any room with the same intensity of an electric bulb of 55 watts, at a cost two to five dollars. The INITIATIVE improves quality of life and relieves the pocket of the Filipinos, whose income generally do not exceed $ 18 per month.
The idea is part of the One liter of light from the organization MyShelter pincipal Foundation Inc. The objective of the project is to bring light to a million Filipino households in 2012, in a country where the high cost of electricity is a major concerns.