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The ability of the conventional electrical grid system in Pakistan to cover all urban
and rural settlements and reach as close as possible to 100% of the population has
to be estimated with reference to the projections of our population growth rate which
estimate Pakistan moving from being the 7th most populous country (at about 140
million) to becoming the fourth largest (at about 340 million) in the next 40 years.
Even at optimal levels of efficiency, this poses a formidable task.
Thus, the remarkable technology developed by Light Up The World Foundation under
the creative and compassionate leadership of Dr. David Irvine Halliday with features
such as ultra low power consumption, long life, safety and reliability as also its
environment-friendly nature provides an excellent low cost approach to being able
to cover the entire population of Pakistan, present and future, with crucially needed
illumination.
The initiative and single minded focus with which Ahmed Nasrullah Khan, Kamal
K. Jabbar, Zubair Kazmi and Temur Hassan are organising the introduction of this
potential revolution becomes a model for long needed ventures in community
development and social enterprise.
I wish them all success in their vital endeavor to bring the light of learning and earning
to tens of millions of poor and disadvantaged people.
Javed Jabbar
Founding President, Baanhn Beli
& Former Minister & Senator
foundation
Solid State Lighting In the Developing World
The only people who think that the
provision of electricity is not a priority
in poverty alleviation are those who
have never been without it. In fact,
there is no single change in living
conditions which is more
beneficial than the arrival of
electricity – yet 1.7 billion people
on our planet are without it.
Renewable technologies, in
particular offer huge opportunities
to reduce that figure. We have to
think small as well as big. For millions
all over the world, linkage to a grid
will be a possibility but local
generation using the most
appropriate available technologies
is equally important…Access to
energy underpins the three pillars
of sustainable development:
economic growth, social
development, and environmental
School Children at Mubarak Village (Pakistan) holding LUTW lamps protection.
LUTW Foundation founded in 1997 by Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at the University of Calgary, Canada.) is a humanitarian initiative whose chief goal is to assist poor villagers in
the developing world obtain a useful, healthy, safe, reliable, rugged, affordable and environmentally friendly White
Light Emitting Diode (WLED) based form of home lighting.
LUTW installs efficient white LED lighting with low power consumption, using batteries that can be recharged
by solar panels or other renewable energy power generating means.
LUTW and its partners in cooperation with foreign governments will bring light to lives of millions of people. The
cost effective solution provides many benefits including enhanced learning opportunities for children and women.
Reduction in emissions by not burning environmentally hazardous fuel, through replacing present systems with
LUTW Lighting Solutions provides both tangible and intangible benefits for years to come.
www.lutw.org
The Need for LED Lighting Systems “a small solution a large problem”
The opportunities in the developing world to harness solid state technology are enormous. According to the World
Bank, 24% of the urban population and 67% of the rural population in developing countries are without
electricity today. 1/3 of the world’s population uses fuel based lighting. Even where there is electrification
the costs are often well beyond the means of even the relatively well off. Solid state lighting allows for independent
power production without the need to pay utility fees.
Light Up The World (LUTW) provides low cost, long
lasting, durable and environmentally friendly solid-state
lighting solutions to people in need throughout the
"developing world". LUTW is the only humanitarian
organization globally active in using solid-state lighting
to illuminate the lives of over 1.7 billion people without
electricity.
Physically Robust - with no delicate glass or filaments, LEDs can withstand severe shock and vibration -
a common cause of premature failure with traditional light.
Reliable & Safe Lighting - fuel-based lighting is inefficient, expensive, dangerous and unhealthy. Burning
kerosene and wood fires produces noxious fumes, and because many houses are unventilated, this poses a
serious health hazard in the form of respiratory and eye problems.
Kerosene lamps cause fires - Fuel based lighting has more probability of causing fires, than all other forms
of electric lighting. Kerosene oil is highly combustible, with a very low flash point. A cloth soaked with kerosene
will be immediately engulfed in flames, and usually cannot be put out for 10 to 15 minutes or longer. Typically,
the result is that victims receive extensive burns to all or part of their body. Worldwide, fires caused
by kerosene lamps cause 3.5 million deaths annually and disfigure thousands of people.
Kerosene is expensive - In the developing world the cost of fuel-based lighting (kerosene) is estimated at
US$50 Billion/year, or approximately $100 USD per household. This is on par with electrically lit houses globally.
The high cost of kerosene in remote areas means that much of the family’s funds are spent on poor, unreliable
lighting rather than food and clothing (An average Nepali rural family consumes 51 litres of Kerosene a year for
light alone). The cost of ($/lumen/Hour) kerosene lighting is 325-times higher than incandescent bulb, and 1625-
times higher than compact fluorescent lighting.
Educational Benefits - LUTW’s primary reason for lighting up homes and
villages is to promote literacy and education. Illiteracy is one of the root causes
of poverty. In many regions of the world, children must work and cannot access
education during the day. Most developing nations experience darkness by 6 pm all
year long. The light from kerosene lamps and candles is often inadequate to properly
read by. A 1-watt Luxeon lamp provides enough light for a child to learn to read by.
Air Pollution
Kerosene lamps cause local and indoor air pollution - a
nasty mix of particulates, carbon monoxide and
carcinogenic gases. (World Health Organisation)
Kerosene is the most common type of fuel-based lighting. If we assume an un-electrified population of 2 billion
(30 % of the world's population) owns one lamp per six people/household. (In some cases one lamp is used
throughout the night for security purposes)
One lamp consumes 0.04 to 0.06 litres per hour, and the daily usage at three to four hours. 1 litre of kerosene
per week x $1.00 USD= $52.00 USD/year 96 billion litres of kerosene/year at a cost of $ 96 billion USD/year –
is the estimated cost of kerosene in developing world. (assuming kerosene $1.00 USD/litre). In comparison, the
total energy use (all sectors and fuels) in Austria, Sweden and in the UK is estimated at 38 billion litres. (Evan
Mills, 2002)
The poor pay higher unit prices for energy in small amounts: items such as batteries, battery recharging, candles,
kerosene and charcoal. A survey in Uganda showed that rural and urban families spend over $10 per month on
candles, lighting, kerosene, dry cell batteries and recharging car batteries. More households in the country derive
electricity from car batteries than are connected to the public power grid. (Evan Mills, 2002)
The escalating costs of providing energy drain money away from food, health services, housing, and other basic
needs in poor countries. Oil import dependency is generally high in developing countries, and it drains valuable
hard currency. Governments must often provide large subsidies to consumers. Subsidized kerosene intended
for domestic lighting sometimes finds its way into vehicles, which creates additional environmental consequences.
(Evan Mills, 2002)
As much as 90% of the export earnings of some developing countries are used to pay for imported oil, most of
it for power generation. Capital saved by not building additional large power plants can be used for investment
in health, education, economic development, and industry. (SELF newsletter, 2002)
Millions of people in remote areas of Pakistan have no electric lighting, a commodity we take for granted. Poor
lighting in homes using kerosene lamps hinders children’s learning, affects family health and limits opportunities
for a better life.
A study in Pakistan showed that nearly 90% of poor households rely on biomass fuels for cooking and
the majority use kerosene rather than electricity for lighting. (United Nations Population Fund 2002)
The state of affairs concerning fuel-based lighting is worrisome. Oil import dependency is generally high in
developing countries such as ours, and it drains valuable hard currency. By virtue of its inefficiency, fuel-based
light is hard to work or read by, imposes a high cost on very poor households and seriously compromises indoor
air quality. Women are typically saddled with the burden of obtaining kerosene, which often involves walking long
distances. Meanwhile, electrification has its own problems, not the least of which is the extraordinary cost of
electricity transmission and distribution costs coupled with the high capital costs and low system efficiencies
associated with providing centralized power generation in such conditions.
The light Up The World Foundation (LUTW) is the first humanitarian organization to introduce the liberating
technology of solid state lighting to homes in the developing world and continues to be the only one globally
active in spearheading efforts to introduce solid state lighting to those most in need.
LUTW is dedicated to providing affordable ultra-efficient lighting to poor rural villagers who rely on unhealthy and
polluting kerosene lamps or wood fires for light when night falls and have little hope of ever being connected to
the electrical grid.
The simple but revolutionary technology supplied to homes by LUTW can light an entire rural village with less
energy than that used by a single, conventional, 100-watt light bulb.
LUTW (Pakistan) can play its part in easing the daily struggle of rural villagers and help raise the level of
education, health and prosperity throughout the country.
LUTW (Pakistan) is dependent on your valuable donations. If you would like to support our efforts to provide low
cost, long lasting, durable and environmentally friendly solid-state lighting solutions to the millions of Pakistanis
without access to grid-based electricity then make a contribution today.
Each LUTW affiliate retains its own domestic financial basis and is accountable for its expenditure within an
increasingly coordinated framework.
An overview of our expenditures, statements of financial activity together with audited accounts will be published
at towards the end of our first fiscal year. Your donations will be subject to exemption under the Income Tax
Ordinance, 1979.
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in Pakistan.
Our account information is as follows: A/C # 0103238 United Bank Limited, I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi, Pakistan