Recently, Philips has supplied 30 sustainable cooking stoves and 200 solar-driven LED home lighting for 200 households across the South African Ilembe district , to improve the lives of people living in rural communities.
According to Philips ,the home lighting system is a complete LED lighting kit that has been designed to provide low-cost, highly efficient bright light for households and small businesses. The central solar panel-charged battery pack powers two LED lights. A full day's charging in the sun (8 hours) will provide enough light for a whole evening.
Philips' partners in the project are UNIDO, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Industrial Development Corporation South Africa (IDC).
