OBJECTIVE
The present-day LED bulbs have got their prices reduced with unnoticed reduction in their warranty from 4 years to just 1 year and claimed life from 50000 hours to 10000 hours. this has reduced the average life of LED bulb to 2 years.
Any LED Bulb which fails, needs only the replacement of its PCB or LEDs. The bulb body made up of ABS plastic and aluminum can last for more than 20 years and constitutes over 90% weight and volume of its bulb. We need to have a bulb wherein PCB / LEDs circuit can be replaced easily by the consumer, thereby reducing replacement cost and avoiding plastic and aluminum part to go in waste. Saving of material for replacement, will reduce global warming, earn carbon credits and help India achieve its Carbon Neutral Pledge.
Innovation
Existing LED bulb parts are soldered, glued, screwed and machine pressed together. The bulb cannot be dismantled into individual parts, with bare hands or without help of an expert. Even if the parts are separated, the same can be assembled together only by an expert and require tools like Screw- Driver, Soldering iron and Soldering roll, Thermal Adhesive Paste, and Parts which are not easy to procure at local markets.
Innovative GLED Reusable LED bulb has innovative Design making the Outer components of LED bulb material reusable and the inner component replaceable in the event of bulb failure. Only the faulty PCB Driver and LED Plate (henceforth together called as LED-PCBA-Cartridge), needs to be replaced, in an easy press fit and lock system without use of any tools and special expertise. It is as easy as replacing a SIM card of the Mobile phones.
This replacement of the LED-PCBA Cartridge helps reduction of replacement cost of the failed bulbs by 75% to the customers keeping the sustainable lighting at home and workplaces of all individuals.
Each GLED cartridge used instead of buying a new LED bulb for replacement saves 1/2 kg of CO2 emission and 10 liters of water required in the production of one LED bulb.
GLED bulbs are designed without aluminum heatsink. The air vents in the body below PCBA and in the diffuser above the PCBA makes natural air cross flow dissipating heat and reducing heat over the PCBA, thereby increasing life of the LED Bulbs.
GLED has bulb batton holes to enable them to be fixed on the walls, further reducing installation cost of LED bulb.
GLED conforms to following UNSDGs and contributing potential global Impact:
UNSDG # 12. GLED concept can save consumption and production of over 2 billion kg plastic each year.
UNSDG # 13. Over 12 billion kWh of electricity is saved, reducing 10 billion kg of CO2 emission to combat climate change.
UNSDG # 8. Its all-manual press-fit assembly will generate sustainable and descent employment opportunities to women and unskilled population.
UNSDG # 11. Sustainable cities and Communities by Sustainable lighting through GLED
UNSDG # 10. Reduce Inequalities: Sustainable lighting public areas improves social interactions
UNSDG # 9. Lighting Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure: GLED cost-effective lighting option.
UNSDG # 4. Quality Education: Sustainable Lighting increases physical learning environment.
UNSDG # 3. Healthy Lives & Well-being: Sustainable light encourage social activities which improves mental health and stables BP, Increase work hours improving skills
The Patent granted is in my father's name, who has been my mentor in development of the Physical prototype of GLED
Recently I received a prototype development funding from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a premier Engineering College of India.
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