Eco-friendly LED lights new future of India
The majority of people in India are not aware of LED lights although these devices are taking the world by storm increasingly. These LED lights being based on nanotechnology are eco-friendly and set to revolutionalize the lighting pattern in the country in coming years. What may be the end result? Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) will become a thing of past before long.
Why dont we focus more on LED lights? It may help us to amass more knowledge. As indicated by scores of studies, LEDs, which are also solid state, not only make use of nano phosphors (small sized glowing materials) but also have far better scattering and illuminating capacity in contrast to CFLs that count on mercury, a harmful metal culpable for polluting the environment and is difficult to recycle.
What led to the publicity of LED lights in the realm of India? Well, it was the penultimate day of three-day International Congress on Recent Advances in Environment Science and Technology, organized by Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Banaras Hindu University that gave the novel device the coveted fillip. In accordance with Prof Avinash C Pandey, Head, Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Science, University of Allahabad, a proposal has already been sent to the Defence Ministry for the installation of these lights all along the sensitive borders to put a stop to infiltrations. His confidence became clear while he was presenting a paper on climate change and sustainable development in the program. The revered Professor said in clear terms that it would be difficult to
to put off these lights as once they get installed across the sensitive borders the infiltrators would have to fire at least 21 times to destroy them. Apart from this, these lights have other advantages like better color refractions and longevity as compared to incandescent bulbs or CFLs, he added.
It is worthwhile to mention that the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi has already started funding a project on solid state lights based on nanotechnology in the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Science, University of Allahabad.
