A foundation called My Shelter Foundation, approximately six months ago launched a project of The Liter of Light. Non-governmental organizations in the Philippines, the target to be able to provide light for 1 million homes, which still has no electricity, as well as for those who are in power-down threshold.
Proclaimed The Guardian, Monday (12/26/2011), this design uses a plastic bottle filled with water that has been given a solution of bleach, then put into a hole in the iron roof houses in the city slum. Then, the bottle will reflect sunlight equivalent to 55 watts, into the room. which is equivalent to 55W then refracted sunlight into the room. During the daytime, at least. It takes five minutes to make, with tools such as hammers, nails, sheet metal, sandpaper and epoxy.
"Before we have a bottle lights, a path to our house is so dark and get into just make it darker. Children are no longer afraid - they're happy. Now and they laugh because they can play in the daytime instead of playing in the streets," said Eduardo Carrillo, a resident in one area of Metro Manila.
The idea of using plastic bottles as a light source is not new, the idea has previously been developed Alfredo Moser, in Brazil, in 2002. But with the help of a group of MIT students, solar energy light bulbs are used in the Philippines has been modified to meet local needs.
"The challenge is how developing countries create their own way, to limit carbon emissions. Because we were not able to import solutions that have been patented or produced by developed countries and can not wait until the price became more affordable," explained ILAC Diaz of My Shelter Foundation, as well as a social enterpreuner.
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