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Mar 27, 2016 · A Filipino product causing buzz in the energy conversation is the Sustainable Alternative Lighting lamp, or SALt lamp. It was highly lauded during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in November last year, particularly by US President Barack Obama.
Jul 27, 2015 · Intended as an alternative in areas with access to electricity, the SALt (Sustainable Alternative Lighting) lamp burns for eight hours at a time running on only a glass of water and two...
Jun 19, 2015 · Aisa Mijeno, an engineering professor at De La Salle University – Lipa in the Philippines who engages in social work and Greenpeace projects, invented this alternative lighting system that does not use batteries and harmful chemical like kerosene to work.
Aug 6, 2015 · The company named SALt (Philippines) has developed a truly sustainable lamp that eliminates the cost and danger associated with the use of kerosene and battery powered lamps and candles used by third-world and impoverished nations and individuals.
Aug 23, 2019 · The harmful effects of kerosene lamps are why Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt) is focused on bringing light to the Philippines. Aisa Mijeno, engineer, co-founder and CEO of SALt, lived in the Philippines and through her time with the tribes, she found that they relied heavily on kerosene lamps to see at night.
Mar 15, 2015 · A sample of SALt Mijeno’s invention, called SALt, or Sustainable Alternative Lighting, is created by dissolving two tablespoons of salt in a glass of water. The lamp is equivalent to seven candles or the brightness of a low-LED bulb, and can last up to eight hours.
Nov 22, 2015 · Sustainable Alternative Light's saltwater lamp, which received widespread attention in the APEC summit, works using a 'metal-air' battery as power source.
May 25, 2017 · What makes SALt lamp environment-friendly and sustainable? A.M: Our main focus is to replace kerosene lamps as the main source of lighting for rural areas in the Philippines. We have to do it strategically by adapting to the behavior of users; Kerosene lamps have been passed down from generation to generation.
Nov 27, 2015 · Her vision in creating the SALt (Sustainable Alternative Lighting) lamp was to “light up the rest of the Philippines sustainably,” by finding an environment-friendly alternative...
Aisa Mijeno is the CEO of SALt (Sustainable Alternative Lighting), which she co-founded in 2014 with her brother, Raphael Mijeno. SALt is a tech startup the Mijeno siblings call a social movement, motivated by tribal communities who do not have access to electricity.
