Implementation: People not Trees

Changing lives: not just bulbs - the programme goal is to retire 100,000 light bulbs. By training up our own team from scratch, we offer job skills and qualifications in; warehousing systems, book-keeping, stock control, distribution and logistics – and build confidence and self worth.

Implementation: the Science

By substituting old 100 watt lamps with 100,000 x 11 watt bulbs we will eliminate 3,500 tonnes of CO2 and the need to add extra 5 megawatts of electricity generation in India. Every single substituted CFL lamp cuts 34kg of CO2 each year. All old retired bulbs are broken, the glass is recycled and metal is reclaimed.

Implementation: The challenge

We have targeted India, because our partners have successfully operated there for 135 years and the electricity market demand is expected to grow. There are about 3,000,000 households in Delhi in 2001 (1). Of whom 8.3% live in poverty. This is defined by the Economic Survey of Delhi as living on less than a €1 a day and consuming less than 2100 calories in food (2). Our goal is to distribute 100,000 CFL bulb in to a target group of almost 250,000 household in the area.  

(1) Census of India
(2) Economic Assessment

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