Making energy efficient lights using bamboo and lED can not only help in providing sustainable method of livelihood but also help in energy conservation for development of scientific temperament.
Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (SPECS) secretary Brij Mohan Sharma said that the society had recently trained villagers from Udhamsinghnagar and Rudraprayag districts on making such lights as part of a programme catalysed and supported by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Uttarakhand.
Sharma said that these lights can provide a sustainable method of livelihood at home and also help develop scientific temperament for energy conservation. He said that these light have a long life of up to 50,000 to 1,00,000 burning hours. These lights cause no pollution, area repairable, use technology easy to learn and are also cost effective.
Sharma further said that in the seven day long training programme, participants learnt the use of various electronic tools like soldering iron, glue gun, diode, capacitor and others. They also learnt and practiced the use of bamboo in making of energy efficient night lamps and lights along with the carving on bamboo.
They made 90 carved bamboo lights by using modern. They were also trained for seasoning bamboo. The participants made more than 40 low-cost 2 watt lED bulbs of 210 lux capacity. These bulbs can be repaired.
At the valedictory function, the joint director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Dr MK Pant said that the aim of the innovation scheme is to identify and execute feasible innovation on the ground.