Right To Light

Our Mission

To form strategic alliances and partnerships with civil society organisations, donors, government and the private sector in order to achieve our mission of alleviating energy poverty, fostering development and preserving the environment by supplying cost-effective, renewable and sustainable sources of energy and power.

To provide alternative, renewable and efficient energy solutions to clinics, dispensaries, diagnostic centres, medical aid organisations, women’s groups, organisations catering to education and other social development initiatives especially for the girl-child, the resource-challenged, rural, slum and peri-urban dwelling populations, grass-root entrepreneurs and to use business principles to create, organize and manage our ventures for the realisation of our social objectives.

To collaborate with the government, city councils and corporations with CSR initiatives for the purpose of sponsoring street lights relying on the latest solar power technology incorporating induction solar lighting.

SOLAR STREET & APPLIED LIGHTING

Right to Light provides solar lighting solutions for several applications including:
• Street Lighting & Access Road Lighting
• Housing Estate Lighting
• Horticulture farms, Tea / Coffee and other large farm enterprises
• Factory, Office and Warehouse compound lighting
• Shopping Centres
• Hospital Parking Lots
• School compounds
• Rural homesteads, rural-based enterprises and villages

Our solar lighting systems incorporate Induction Lamps, which are amongst the most efficient light sources commercially available. They offer superior energy savings, long lifespan, high scotopic output and high colour rendering index.

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Almost all of the light sources currently in use have one thing in common, metal electrodes sealed into the walls of the bulb to bring the electrical current inside the lamp chamber/envelope.
Induction lamps do not use electrodes and since there are no electrodes to wear out over time, this has significantly expanded the life-span of the lamp, assuring users of 100,000 hours to 120,000 hours of life.  Induction lamps use a high-frequency generator with a power coupler. The generator produces a radio frequency magnetic field that excites the phosphor fluorescent powder that coats the bulb. In addition, as the bulb is completely sealed, there is no chance of atmospheric contamination due to seal failure.
Most lighting systems transform electrical energy into heat; however with induction lighting, there is low heat, leading to less wastage of energy, resulting in 3 - 8 times power savings, 5 – 15 times longer life-spans than other lighting systems and 3 times lower temperatures compared to other types of commercial and industrial lamps which they replace.

It is little wonder that this revolutionary technology of induction lighting is referred to as the “fourth generation light source”.
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•Long lifespan - due to the lack of electrodes, the lifespan of the lamp is between 100,000 and 120,000 hours.  This means our induction lamps provide 11.4 years continuous operation, or 22.8 years if used at night or day only, or 45.6 years if used at half of a night or day only, or 91.2 years for one quarter of a night or day only.
•Very high energy conversion efficiency of between 62 and 90 Lumens/Watt – the higher the wattage of the lamp, the more energy efficient it is.
•High power factor due to the low loss of the high frequency electronic ballasts which are typically between 95% and 98% efficient;
•Minimal Lumen depreciation (declining light output with age) compared to other lamp types as filament evaporation and depletion is absent;
•“Instant-on” and hot re-strike, unlike most conventional lamps used in commercial / industrial lighting applications (such as Mercury-vapor lamp, Sodium-vapor lamp and Metal halide lamp)
•Environmentally friendly, induction lamps use less energy, and use less mercury per hour of operation than conventional lighting due to their long lifespan. The mercury is in a solid form and can be easily recovered if the lamp is broken, or for recycling at end-of-life.
•By taking the advantage of the electron avalanche phenomenon in MOS with combination of resonance, the power frequency converter works at optimal condition. This unique design leads to a 26% higher luminous efficacy than ordinary induction lamps thus reducing 20% of TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).
•The power frequency converter is built at the bottom of solar lamp pole in order to transmit high voltage DC, which saves 92% of line loss and 6% of TCO.
•The solar induction light provides up to three days of stored light to combat rainy and overcast weather.  Its operation is controlled by sensors that gauge the correct levels of light during dusk and dawn for automatic on/off control.

These benefits offer a considerable cost savings of between 35% and 55% in energy and maintenance costs for induction lamps.
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