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Rural Lighting - A guide for development workers (Paperback)
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Rural Lighting - A guide for development workers (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 830
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More than a billion people still live in semi-darkness after
sunset, no better off than in earlier centuries, mainly because
they are beyond the reach of mains electricity. The traditional
forms of lighting such as candles and oil lamps tend to be
inefficient and inadequate yet most of the more recent types of
lights like kerosene pressure lamps (Tilley Lamps), butane lights
with incandescent mantles or dry-cell powered torches (flashlights)
have such high running costs that they are too expensive for
anything except occasional use. Recent technical developments have
led to new possibilities such as high-efficiency folded tube
fluorescent lamps that can be substituted for a conventional light
bulb yet use only one fifth of the electricity to produce the same
amount of light. Such efficient lamps can now allow the economic
use of solar photovoltaic power systems to convert and store
sunshine during the day into electricity to provide lighting at
night. These, and other new lighting technologies are becoming
available and more affordable, but it is difficult to know which
types and sizes are most appropriate for different purposes and to
evaluate their cost-effectiveness in comparison with traditional
lighting techniques. Also, as with most products that are only
newly available and not well understood, the quality of many kinds
of lighting system is quite variable and the potential user will
often benefit from some advice on what features to look for to
ensure reliability and maximum cost-effectiveness. To meet their
needs, this book primarily addresses the question of choosing and
using "stand-alone" lighting systems. It also considers some of the
more general problems of using lights, such as sizing and
positioning them correctly for different purposes, the use of
reflectors and other methods of improving lighting efficiency. Such
questions are of relevance to people using mains electric lighting
as much as for those living in remote areas. The book also includes
a "buyers' guide" section providing up-todate information on
lighting systems and products. "Rural Lighting" has been jointly
published with The Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden.
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