Publicity

This page lists articles in the popular and trade media referring to work conducted by the Lumina Project.

• Berkeley Lab News Release - "Modern Off-grid Lighting Could Create 2 Million New Jobs in Developing World." [online][PDF]
• Photonics - "Solar Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs in Developing Countries." [online][PDF]
• LED Magazine (Netherlands) - "LED Magazine - Offgrid led-verlichting Kan 2 Miljoen Banen Creëren" (Off-grid LED Lighting Can Create 2 Million Jobs) [online][PDF]
• GreenTechMedia - "Off-grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs" [online][PDF]
• PV Magazine - "Off-grid solar lighting could add 2m jobs to developing nations, finds Berkeley Lab."  [online][PDF]
• Hans India (India) - "Solar-LED Lanterns Can Spur Jobs" [online][PDF]
• Noticias de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia (Spain) - "La Iluminación Mediante Linternas Recargables con Energía solar" (Lighting with Solar Rechargeable Lanterns) [online][PDF]
• Rinnovabili: Energia (Italy) - "Dall’illuminazione Off Grid Benefici Per Ambiente e Occupazione" (Off-grid Lighting Benefits the Environment and Employment) [online][PDF]
• CleanTechnica - "Conversion To Solar-LED Lighting In Developing Countries Could Create 2 Million New Jobs" [online][PDF]
• Technology.org - "Modern Off-Grid Lighting Could Create 2 Million New Jobs in Developing World" [online][PDF]
• EnergyMatters.com (Australia) - "Off-Grid Solar Lighting Could Generate Millions Of Jobs" [online][PDF]
• ECN - "Modern Off-grid Lighting Could Create 2 Million New Jobs in Developing World" [online][PDF]
• The Asian Age (India) - "Solar Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs" [online][PDF]
• The Economic Times (India) - "Solar Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs in Developing World" [online][PDF]
• The New Indian Express (India) - "Replacing Kerosene Lanterns with Solar-LEDs Can Spur Jobs" [online][PDF]
• Elekroda.pl (Poland) - "Niezale?ne Od Sieci Systemy Zasilania Wygeneruj? Dwa Miliony Miejsc Pracy" (Off-grid Power Systems will Generate Jobs) [online][PDF]
• Mills, E. 2015. "Can Technology Free Developing Countries from Light Poverty?" The Guardian, July 30. [PDF]
• Newsweek - How the Blue LED Changed the World, and Won a Nobel Prize - October 7, 2014 [online][PDF]
• Yahoo! Small Business Advisor - Lights On: From Africa to the US via China, American Light Works Flashlight Works Every Time - August 22, 2014 [online] [PDF]
• Discovery News - Solar-powered Bulbs Brighten Off-Grid Homes - January 17, 2013 [online]
• CNN - Solar Lamps Replace Toxic Kerosene in Poorest Countries - January 10, 2012 [online][PDF]
• The China Daily (China) - The Future Looks Solar Bright for Herders' Kids - September 13, 2011 [online][PDF]
• New York Times - Bringing Clean Light to Poor Nations and Moving Beyond Charity. - October 20, 2010 [online][PDF]
• TIME - Energy: Will Efficiency Lead to More Consumption? - September 30, 2010 - [online][PDF]
• Home Power - The Lumina Project - Jun/Jul 2010 [Online] [ PDF]
• Planetwize - Africa: To LED, or not to LED? - September 28, 2009 [Online] [PDF]
• Popular Mechanics - How Cheap LEDs Could Efficiently Power Africa and Beyond - February 7, 2008 [Online] [PDF]
• Newsweek - A Glimpse of Light in the Distance - November 12, 2007 [Online]
• New York Times - Lighting the Way - May 25, 2007 [Online] [PDF]
• New York Times - Solar Flashlight Lets Africa's Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poorest Villages - May 20, 2007 [Online] [PDF]
• Forbes - Eco-Solutions: Commentary - April 23, 2007 [Online]
• Dallas Morning News - Lighting the Way out of Poverty - February 5, 2007 [Online] [PDF]
• LEDs Magazine - IFC Project Stimulates LED Market for Off-Grid Lighting - December 2006 [Online] [PDF]
• Time - "The New Electric Lamp" (about spinoff from Stanford course) (2006) [Online] [PDF]
• The Economist - Lighting up the World [Online] [PDF]
• LEDs Magazine - IFC Project Stimulates LED Market for Off-Grid Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• New Materials International - Berkeley Lab Scientist Proposes Solution to Reduce Developing World's Expensive, Polluting Fuel-based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• Science News - Illuminating Changes: Conventional Light Bulbs May Soon be Obsolete [Online] [PDF]
• Stanford Business Magazine - LED Lamps Light the Way for Social Entrepreneurs [Online] [PDF]
• LIGHTimes Online - Commentary and Perspective [Online] [PDF]
• Electronic Design Update - LEDs Illuminate Third World's Future [Online] [PDF]
• The Agonist - The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• Solid-State Lighting of China - LEDs Offer Alternative to Polluting, Fuel-based Lighting [PDF]
• LBNL View - Romantic Vacation Leads to Scientific Journey [Online] [PDF]
• Cox and NY Times Newswires - Switching on a New Kind of Efficient, Cheap Lights [Online] [PDF]
• NextBillion.net - Off-grid Rural Electrification for $25 [Online] [PDF]
• SustainableBusiness.com - Study Finds Huge Potential for White LEDs in the Developing World [Online] [PDF]
• LED Center - LEDs Can Replace Fuel-based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• World Changing - Leapfrog Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• Triple Pundit - More LED Potential for Developing World [Online] [PDF]
• EERE News - Study Finds Huge Potential for White LEDs in the Developing World [Online] [PDF]
• Off-Grid.Net - White Light, White Heat [Online] [PDF]
• Perfectdisplay.com - Technology News: Berkeley Lab Makes Case against Lanterns: 1.3 Million Barrels of Oil a Day [Online] [PDF]
• LEDs Magazine - LEDs Offer Alternative to Polluting, Fuel-Based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• Iran Daily (Iran) - An Illuminating Study [Online] [PDF]
• Engineering On-Line - An Illuminating Study [Online]
• All-American Patriots - Berkeley Lab Scientist Proposes Solution to Reduce Developing World's Expensive, Polluting Fuel-Based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• Ascribe Newswire - Berkeley Lab Scientist Proposes Solution to Reduce Developing World's Expensive, Polluting Fuel-Based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• YubaNet - Berkeley Lab Scientist Proposes Solution to Reduce Developing World's Expensive, Polluting Fuel-Based Lighting [Online] [PDF]
• LBNL News Release [Online] [PDF]

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