{"id":34712,"date":"2017-05-22T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uk-firm-designs-world-s-most-affordable-solar\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:52:35","slug":"uk-firm-designs-world-s-most-affordable-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uk-firm-designs-world-s-most-affordable-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"UK firm designs ‘world’s most affordable solar lamp’"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A UK design consultancy has teamed up with a giant Chinese manufacturer to produce what they say is the world’s most affordable solar lamp.}<\/p>\n

Manchester-based firm Inventid designed the SM100 solar light, which retails for $5 (\u00a33.85) in African countries.<\/p>\n

It was developed in collaboration with China’s Yingli and charity Solar Aid.<\/p>\n

The hand-sized lamp runs for eight hours when fully charged. As well as a stand, it has strap slots so it can be used as a head torch or tied to a bike.<\/p>\n

The SM100 was trialled with 9,000 families in three African countries, Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia, and the new light is now on sale.<\/p>\n

Kerosene burning lamps remain the sole source of lighting for some 600 million people living without electricity in Africa.<\/p>\n

But they are expensive to run and there is the constant danger of potential fires.<\/p>\n

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“Kerosene keeps families locked in a cycle of extreme poverty with almost one quarter of their monthly income spent burning the fuel,” explains Inventid co-founder Henry James.<\/p>\n

“To break this cycle we worked with Solar Aid, the UK’s leading solar charity to design a light that the poorest families could afford. This meant designing a light that could retail for $5 in Africa.”<\/p>\n

Inventid, co-founded by Mr James and Bryn Morgan in 2012, worked closely with charities in Africa to develop the light.<\/p>\n

“We gathered local insights into family routines, the layout of dwellings and environmental conditions. We listened to the aspirations and ideas of people whose personal experiences have shaped a product that is co-created in Africa,” Mr James said.<\/p>\n

“We are talking about parts of the world where people live on $350 a year.
\n“We have never heard of a sales trial this so far-reaching. It had to be totally right if people were going to adopt the light, and introduce it into their lives and their daily routines.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the SM100 won a silver award in the design for society and design for sustainability categories at the European Product Design Awards.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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