When traveling in India, Jay the founder was shocked to find out that blackouts are frequent and the vast majority living in the rural regions of India still lack regular access to electricity. They relied on the candle to brighten their home, but it wasn't sufficient to lead an everyday life. The Lumir team noticed that lighted fossil fuels including paraffin and kerosene release 90% of the energy as heat and only 10% of energy turns into light. So using fossil fuel as lighting isn't efficient. Since Lumir K uses heat to generate electricity, it can save 80% of fuels and reduce 88% of CO2 emissions compared to a conventional kerosene lamp.

Country
Korea

Year
2018

Affiliation
Lumir Inc.

Designer
Jehwan Park, Hyungseok Yun

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