Lunera Lighting Partners with One Million Lights

Craig DiLouie April 19, 2010

Students in Rajasthan, India can now study at night, thanks to One Million Lights.

LED company Lunera Lighting has announced a partnership with One Million Lights (OML), an organization that distributes solar-powered LED lights to families around the world–with a goal to distribute 1 million LED lights–to replace environmentally toxic kerosene lamps and enable children to study at night.

An estimated 1.6-billion people, live a life without electric lighting. They must often get by with inadequate illumination that is provided by an unhealthy, polluting, and costly kerosene lamp. Lunera’s engineers are working closely with OML to design and distribute LED lights for its philanthropic program.

“Lunera has initiated a one-plus-one time-and-space program to help One Million Lights achieve its ambitious and important goal,” said Michael Lesyna, CEO of Lunera Lighting. “Every Lunera employee donates one hour a month to OML projects. In addition, 1% of the total floor space in our Redwood City, California facility is dedicated specifically for usage by One Million Lights. These two initiatives provide OML with no-cost manpower while significantly lowering their overhead costs.”

Kudos to Lunera for supporting this worthy cause.

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