Making a Difference with LEDs

July 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Austin, Texas – Grid Earth Founders John and Andrey Cochran knew they could make a a huge impact in underdeveloped areas of the world by providing safe solar-powered LED lighting that help destitute communities educationally and better enable them to sell their goods to stimulate and sustain their economy.

The result of the Cochran's mission has had an overwhelming positive impact in Bomba, an impoverished village in Belize, south of Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula.

“People in underdeveloped countries currently use kerosene lamps as their current source of light,” Audrey Cochran says. “Not only does it deliver inefficient lighting, but the noxious fumes that can lead to a multitude of ailments as well as being a major cause of countless deaths and injuries by fires that result in burns and suffocations.”

The Cochrans searched for a safe solar-powered LED lighting product for their project in Bomba, an impoverished village in Belize City, south of Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. Finally, the Cochrans came across Torrance, California-based LEDtronics, a pioneer in the design and manufacturing of direct incandescent bulb replacement and eco-friendly LED technology since 1983.

“We welcomed the opportunity to assist Grid Earth since we have been delivering solar panel and LED lighting to the rural and poor areas of Pakistan through our philanthropic program, First Ray of Light, since 2003,” says LEDtronics CEO/President Pervaiz Lodhie, one of the country’s leading and most respected lighting and energy experts.

Grid Earth wound up utilizing LEDtronics’ SLR Lantern-07-1W Solar-Powered LED Par46 Lantern, a solar-rechargeable lantern with a wide-angled beam that lights up entire rooms for 16 hours on low setting and six hours on high setting. The lantern has an average life span of two to three years.

The result? “When calculating the cost of kerosene and the low cost of the new LED lamps, we experienced savings of 75% over the kerosene lamp,” John Cochran says.

Additionally, the LED lamps created an environment that provided increased educational opportunities for Bomba’s children by providing light to assist them in their studies so they can grow educationally.

“LEDtronics’ LED lamp was the perfect solution and solar/LED product to achieve our goal and providing reusable and sustainable technology, eliminate the use of kerosene in homes, and aid in the creating of sustained economic growth,” Audrey Cochran says.

Having this LED lighting advantage now increases the production time of the Bomba villagers to create their unique products to sustain their economy, Lodhie says.

LEDtronics and Grid Earth plan to expand this philosophy to other villages in Belize.

“The combination of Grid Earth’s vision and mission with the innovation and solution capabilities of LEDtronics and our talented, skilled employees have brought safer living conditions, increased opportunities to gain economic prosperity, and provided important result-increased educational opportunities for the young people of Bomba, Belize,” Lodhie says.

Visit http://www.ledtronics.com for more.

Contacts:
Jordon Papanier
310-534-1505 EX: 120
jpapanier@ledtronics.com
Larry Rallo
310-534-1505 EX: 180
lrallo@ledtronics.com