LIGHT UP THE WORLD: The power to illuminate lives…

What if we took away everything you were used to? Imagine a life without electricity The only light you have available is the flickering of a smoky fire or the dim glow of a filthy kerosene lamp. When the sun goes down, your day is over…

Life Without Electricity Did You Know? Kerosene is a fossil fuel. Fuel based lighting in the developing world releases 244 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere annually. The thick smoke produced by kerosene lamps in homes in Nepal. Kerosene Wick Lamps in Lapsi Danda , Nepal, 2001

A child who can now read at night in Sierra Leone, 2009. This is the reality for more than 1.6 billion people in the world! Light Up The World is dedicated to changing this reality. A child who can now read at night in Sierra Leone, 2009.

1997: Dave came up with the vision for LUTW while trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, where he visited local villages and was struck by the poor conditions of the people who relied on kerosene lamps to light their homes. These lamps produced little light and filled the homes with dangerous smoke. He came back to Canada in 1997, with the vision to use LED lighting to bring practical, economical, and environmentally safe lighting to the developing world. 1998: Dave, who had been working with LEDs for more than two decades, spent most of 1997 and 1998 trying to make an acceptable white LED from various combinations of colored indicator LEDs. When he and his technician lit their very first White LED, they realized that a child could now read from the light of a single diode. Now they just needed to design a system to put in the homes in Nepal. 1999: Dave and his wife Jenny tested their prototype WLED lamps in a number of Nepali villages and the response from the villagers was extremely positive. 2000: They returned to Kathmandu and lit the first three villages in the world with WLED lighting, which began LUTW’s global lighting initiative. 2001-2009: LUTW’s revolutionary LED lighting system has made an immense impact all over the globe. History of LUTW: Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, the Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Calgary who is the visionary founder of LUTW.

The Solution: LUTW’s LED Lighting System 5 watt solar panel (lasts 20 years) 12V/7Ah battery (lasts 2-3 years) Two LED lamps (lasts 50- 100,000 hours) Charge Controller Current Lighting System being used by LUTW

A Comparison between Kerosene and LED Lighting Effects of Lighting Kerosene LED Lighting Health -Negative effects on respiratory system -Equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day -LED lighting health effects are 25 times better than kerosene! Environmental Damage -Damage to the environment from climate change: LED lighting is about 10 times better! -Reliance on fossil fuels: LED lighting is about 20 times better! -LED lighting reduces approximately 130 kg of CO2 emissions each year per household -Battery recycling -Higher mineral usage Safety -High risk of fire and burns -No fire risk Literacy and Education -Light provided is dim and inefficient -Risk of burns and smoke inhalation -Increased ability to study at night -literacy fights poverty! Economic Cost -Expensive -Can be difficult to obtain -Increased savings which can be used for other necessities -Business opportunities

Our System in Action Around the World A Solar Panel on a Roof.

Light Up The World has now illuminated the lives of more than 100,000 people in over 50 countries

The Earth at Night From a NASA Satellite Nepal Honduras Sierra Leone Costa Rica Papua New Guinea The Earth at Night From a NASA Satellite Our Current Projects

Interactive Workshop MISSION 1: As part of the LUTW project team, your group has been asked to work on a solar lighting project in a community library in Kabala. The library will be used for reading, classes and community meetings. A community meeting has been called to determine the energy needs for the building and plan the solar installation. Design a questionnaire that will help you determine the needs of the people (what, where why, when) and variables that you might have to consider when working out the installation. We now invite you to participate in an interactive workshop which will allow you to create a sustainable development project.

Interactive Workshop MISSION 2: You have determined that a community centre in Kabala would like to install solar panels for lighting three rooms and powering 6 laptops. You are now planning the installation and need to create a project team. Who will be on your team and why? What kind of obstacles do you think you will face?

Interactive Workshop MISSION 3: As part of the LUTW project team, you have installed solar panels for lighting three rooms and powering 6 laptops. In order for this project to be sustainable (socially, economically, environmentally), what are some of the key points the team needs to consider (or should have considered?) (try and come up with at least 5).

MISSION 4: In what ways can LUTW initiatives contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals proposed by the United Nations?

How You Can Help Join in our global lighting initiative by becoming an active LUTW volunteer! Raise awareness in your local community and get your friends and family involved by fundraising for a LUTW project!

On behalf of LUTW… Thank you for having us!