The Challenge - Independence LED

Upper Main Line
ROTARY CLUB
PAOLI : PENNSYLVANIA : USA
FIRST LIGHT PROJECT
MEDIA KIT
Media Contacts:
Stacey Ballard
[email protected] 610-564-2723
Charlie Szoradi
[email protected] 610-551-5224
www.FirstLightProject.com
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Table of Contents
Overview
APPENDIX:
Pilot Budget & Funding
Partner Strategy & Traction
Why Now:
•The Challenge
•The Solution
•The Results
The Pilot Project:
•Overview
•Facility Photos and Details
•The Lighting Challenge
•Energy Performance Metrics
Partner Profiles:
•Humanitarian Partners:
IMC and Clinton Foundation
•Matching Fund Partners:
Gundaker and Rotary International
•Lighting Manufacturing Partner:
Independence LED Lighting
Pilot Project Support Information
Where to focus on Polio eradication
Beyond the Pilot Program:
•Where to focus on Polio eradication
•Other Areas of Focus
•Power up Gambia
•Support Data
•Special Thanks
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Overview
“First Light Project” is an international service program initiated by the Upper
Main Line ROTARY CLUB, a Philadelphia-area chapter of ROTARY
International.
Mission: Provide high-efficiency, long lasting and reliable light to enable higher
levels of medical care, education and civic development for the developing world.
Vision: To initiate a chain of events through better lighting in clinics and care
facilities that helps lead to benchmarks such as the eradication of polio and to
create more sustainable and economically viable living and working environments
and better lighting for schools across the developing world.
2012 Goals: Fund the Pilot project to launch the program.
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Pilot Budget & Funding
The First Project:
In working with our Humanitarian Partner, International Medical Corps, we have
identified a community clinic in South Sudan that would significantly benefit from
new lighting. New LED lights that use less than half of the electricity, will allow the
current generator to illuminate the whole facility instead of just half of it.
The cost for the new LED lights is $11,320 + Shipping Allowance = $12,500
Lighting Manufacturing Partner: (Product Contribution)
$2,500
Upper Main Line ROTARY CLUB contribution:
Gundaker Match Request:
Sub Total:
ROTARY International Match Request:
$5,000
$5,000
Total Pilot Budget:
$4,000
$1,000
$12,500
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Partner Strategy & Traction
Strategy: Identify one or more top global humanitarian organizations that meets three key criteria:
1) A Mission that aligns with our goals 2) Experience with “boots on the ground” to identify areas of
need and deploy the lights 3) Annual budgets that could support a large scale rollout
After rounds of research, we found two partners that meet the criteria with
aligned missions, field experience and annual budgets over $100 Million.
Traction: After rounds of emails and calls we have connected directly with the leadership of the
organizations, sent sample LED Tubes, and received positive feedback on the lighting solutions.
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The Challenge: Developing Nations need light that is:
SAFER
BRIGHTER
LONGER LASTING
MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
LIGHT
The light for clinics can serve as a means to support health care and education
programs and classes in the Developing Countries. We take light for granted in the
industrialized world, and light is at its core is a means to foster a healthy body and mind.
The diesel fuel used for generators and/or inefficient existing light sources contribute to
Green House Gas Emissions, while LEDs help to reduce CO2 as well as reduce
operating costs for clinics.
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The Solution: LED Linear ‘Tubes’ for Clinics and Schools:
SAFER
(Mercury Free)
BRIGHTER
(1,500 Lumens)
LONGER LASTING
(60,000 Hour Life and Durable
Polycarbon and Aluminum vs. Glass))
MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
(15 Watts)
The Independence LED Tubes runs on an
Independent Power Supply (DRIVERS) and
replace Fluorescent Tubes. By comparison,
they use less than half the electricity of
Fluorescent Tubes (LEDs use 15 Watts vs
existing Fluorescents use 32 Watts). Clinics
can run six of the 4’ tubes on less power
than just one100 Watt Incandescent Bulb!
Independence LED manufactures its high
performance LEDs in America. The
company will discount up to
$1 Million on $5 Million in LEDs and
begin with a $2,500 product discount on
the $12,500 Pilot program budget. The
contribution nets out to 20% reduction in
lighting costs.
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The Results: Developing Nations get more light starting with
Clinics. Polio Eradication Centers & Schools
Clinics
Polio Eradication Centers & Schools
Healthcare and Education are cornerstones to progress and the advantages of LED
lighting can dramatically help both sectors of Developing Countries.
The Five Point Program Overview:
•Developing Countries face dire healthcare challenges.
•Doctors, Nurses and Staff simply need light to perform their jobs.
•Electricity is in short order in many Developing Countries, especially in remote villages.
•Reliable, long lasting and high efficiency LED lighting can help medical service providers perform their jobs.
•The high efficiency factor of LED lighting SAVES Money so that clinics can use the resources on critical medical supplies.
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Sample Pilot Project: Highlights
LED Light Concept for Health Facilities In South Sudan
International Medical Corps is seeking support to equip Akobo Hospital with sufficient LED lights to
operate and provide services year-round. This project would have an immediate impact on the lives of
the nearly 160 patients we see per day and the more than 136,000 people in the county. Below are the
specifications of the rooms, light fixtures by type and generator information. The Hospital has 48 Beds
and the other details are on the following page.
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Pilot Project: Facility Photos and Details
Departments & Number of Rooms
Pediatric Ward
Nurses General Ward
X-ray Department
Cold Chain Room
EPI Store
Mortuary
Pharmacy
Outpatient Dept
GRN & Theater
Laboratory
Store
2 rooms [with 24 beds capacity] + 1 room
2 rooms [with 24 beds capacity] + 1 room for
Nurses
2 rooms
1 room
1 room
1 room
7 rooms
4 rooms
2 rooms
1 room
6 rooms
Number of Light Fixtures by Type
Light Bulbs
Electronic Circuit Breakers
Inverters
3 Holes Wall Sockets
Extension Cables
Double Wall Switch & Box [complete set]
162
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5
20
10
100
Generator Information
Bulb – GENI 11W. 220 – 240v, 50 - 60 Hz, 1 - 80 mA
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Cool Daylight 570lm 52lm/w
Pilot Project: The Lighting Challenge
Simply…
The Generator cannot
support all of the existing
inefficient lights.
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Pilot Project: Energy Performance Metrics
Pilot Program: Akobo Hospital - South Sudan
Existing Traditional Lights
Wattage
Lifetime Hours
(Per Unit)
Total
Watts
Existing Lighting Type
# of Units
Socket Screw Bulbs
60
60
3,000
3,600
Socket Screw Bulbs
72
100
3,000
7,200
2 ft length Fluorescent Tube
2 ft length Fluorescent Tube
4 ft length Fluorescent Tube
TOTALS
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8
8
162
24
20
40
15,000
15,000
15,000
336
160
320
11,616
New LED Lights
LED Replacement
2 ft length LED Tube with
socket adapter
4 ft length LED Tube with
socket adapter
2 ft length LED Tube
2 ft length LED Tube
4 ft length LED Tube
Wattage Lifetime Hours
Total
Watts
LED Cost Per Unit Total LED Cost
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60,000
540
$60
$3,600
15
60,000
1,080
$80
$5,760
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9
15
60,000
60,000
60,000
126
72
120
1,938
$60
$60
$80
$840
$480
$640
$11,320
Support Calculations
Annual Runtime
(8 hours per day
7 days a week)
Annual Kilowatt
(kWh) Hours
Annual kWh Saved
Savings Factor:
Cost per kWh
Annual Savings with LEDs
Lifetime with LEDs in Years
$5,086.76
20.5
Lifetime Savings with LEDs
$104,522.40
2,920
(Formula: Watts/1,000 X Annual Hours)
Existing
Annual
kWh
LED
Annual
kWh
33,919
5,659
28,260
$0.18
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APPENDIX
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Partner Profile: International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving
suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer
doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its
mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in
underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical
assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International
Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
Annual Budget: $180 Million
www.internationalmedicalcorps.org
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Partner Profile: Clinton Global Initiative & Foundation
The Global Initiative:
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global
leaders to create and implement innovative solutions
to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI Annual
Meetings have brought together more than 150 heads
of state, 20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of
leading CEOs, heads of foundations and NGOs,
major philanthropists, and members of the media.
The Foundation:
Building on a lifetime of public service, President Bill
Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with
the mission to improve global health, strengthen economies
worldwide, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the
environment by fostering partnerships among
governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations,
and private citizens — leveraging their expertise,
resources, and passions — to turn good intentions into
measurable results.
Annual Budget $140 Million
www.clintonfoundation.org
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International Matching Fund Partner: Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org/en/serviceandfellowship/polio/pages/ridefault.aspx
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Regional Matching Fund Partner: Gundaker
http://www.rotary7450.org/
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Lighting Manufacturing Partner: Independence LED Lighting
Independence LED: We moved the manufacturing of our LED Tubes from China to Boyertown, PA in Q2 2010, and
we have seen a tremendous lift in demand. Our LED Tubes cut the cost of electricity by 50% or more for Commercial
and Industrial accounts, and our clients now range from the Metropolitan Opera to Morgan Stanley and from MetLife
to the national auto service provider Monro Muffler. Our recent retrofit of 50 different Monro Muffler locations across
CT, NJ, and NY may stand as the largest installation of LED Tubes in the US Market to date. We also received the
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Classification on our line of LED Tubes and Lockheed Martin’s engineering team
approved our products for the coveted Con Edison Rebates in the New York City Metro Market. For 2011, we won
the Green Business of the Year Award from the Main Line Chamber of Commerce.
To review our Technology Differentiation and Retrofit Photo files, plus Videos, please see this page to learn more
about our offerings: www.IndependenceLED.com/BootCamp
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Pilot Project Support Information
LED Light Concept for Health Facilities in South Sudan
Background
Less publicized than the conflict in Darfur to the north, the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan after more than four decades of
conflict, is arguably as urgent. The First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars between North and South Sudan spanned most of the last
50 years. The latter claimed nearly two million lives and left four million others homeless. The civil war ended in 2005 with the
signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, giving South Sudan autonomy and its people the right to self-determination
through a referendum on independence after six years.
The referendum took place in January 2011 and the Republic of South Sudan became a sovereign state on July 9, 2011. However,
despite many successes under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, South Sudan remains one of the most underdeveloped areas
in the world. As a result, a heavy disease burden and high malnutrition rates continue to plague the country, effectively
undermining all other poverty reduction and development efforts. An estimated 90% of the southern Sudanese population lives
below the poverty line and the social service sector remains grossly inadequate to meet the population’s needs.
International Medical Corps in South Sudan
International Medical Corps has effectively supported the health care system in South Sudan since 1994. With the cessation of
fighting between the North and South in January 2005, International Medical Corps has increasingly focused on longer term,
sustainable strategies designed to strengthen indigenous capacity within the health sector.
Our current programs in South Sudan serve nearly half a
million people in four states in South Sudan, including
Upper Nile, Jonglei, Central Equatoria, and Western
Equatoria. Basic health care services and medical
training are provided through 48 health centers and 1
hospital supported by 21 expatriate and 446 national
staff members.
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Pilot Project Support Information (Continued)
International Medical Corps also improves dilapidated structures through either partial or complete rehabilitation or reconstruction,
including the provision of increased access to suitable water and sanitation facilities. Our programming continues to expand, with
current activities in the sectors of Health, Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Infrastructure, Education & Training, and human capacity building.
Jonglei State, South Sudan
In Akobo and Walgak areas of Jonglei State, International Medical Corps continues to provide primary health care services through 13
health care facilities and secondary health care services through Akobo County Hospital. Following years of conflict, new statehood,
and overstretched resources, the Ministry of Health has been unable to provide basic health care services for returning refugees and
host communities in many parts of Jonglei State, most notably Akobo County. International Medical Corps support to Akobo’s health
facilities and hospital is critical given the poor health status of the host communities and those of refugees and returnees who settle
there who have had little or no access to health care services.
Currently, Akobo Hospital is the only hospital in the county which has a population of more than 136,000 including 26,000 internally
displaced people. With International Medical Corps’ support, Akobo Hospital provides curative care both at outpatient and inpatient
departments. The hospital is managing referral cases of severe and complicated malaria, Acute Respiratory Infection, and diarrhea. It
also has capacity to manage trauma, fractures, and other conditions which require intensive inpatient care due to our recent
rehabilitation, equipping and training efforts. Akobo Hospital sees approximately 100 outpatients a day, and has approximately 60
inpatients on a given day. Most of the patients suffer from severe malaria (nearly 40% of the regular cases), complicated pregnancy
or, for children, severe acute malnutrition. The hospital relies on a generator, and most rooms have one or no lights.
LED Light Concept for Health Facilities in South Sudan
International Medical Corps is seeking support to equip Akobo Hospital with sufficient LED lights to operate and provide services yearround. This project would have an immediate impact on the lives of the nearly 160 patients we see per day and the more than
136,000 people in the county. Below are the specifications of the rooms, light fixtures by type and generator information.
Additional opportunities for support to Akobo Hosptial could include a solar system to support the lights and fans, which would
reduce the reliance upon a generator and fuel. Beyond Akobo Hospital, there are 13 additional health care facilities supported by
International Medical Corps which could be explored for a similar LED initiative.
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Pilot Project Support Information (Continued)
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Where to focus for Polio eradication
A/P
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S
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DRC
A
Polio remains endemic in
four countries:
•Afghanistan
•India
•Nigeria
•Pakistan
Plus, four other countries are known to have or
suspected of having re-established transmission
of poliovirus
•Angola
•Chad
•Democratic Republic of the Congo
•Sudan (suspect)
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Other areas of Focus
In our discussions with the Clinton Global Initiative, they raised Haiti as an area of need, and
asked if we were only limiting the program to Africa. We responded by saying that as the program
expands we are open to deployment in areas of need beyond Africa.
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Other areas of Focus (Continued)
USS Comfort – In Haiti
(US Naval Hospital Ship)
Independence LED Tubes are on the USNS Comfort.
In 2011, the high-efficiency Independence LED lights were installed for the US NAVY as a
pilot program to demonstrate to the Military Sealift Command the quality of the lights and
the reduced operating costs of lighting on the ships. The US NAVY has to make its own
electricity for lighting on board the ships, and it is the largest buyer of diesel fuel in the
world. Since the US NAVY uses generators and needs more efficient lights to care for its
sailors, this initiative was one of the inspirations for the First Light Project since health
care facilities in Developing Countries also rely on generators to power their lights.
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Power up Gambia:
We look forward to exploring potential synergies between generating power
and reducing the wattage of existing lights through LEDs.
http://www.powerupgambia.org/
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SUPPORT DATA: Lighting Cost Comparisons:
Significantly Lower Operating Costs with LEDs than ANY other form of lighting
Note: Savings Forecasts based on $0.12 per kWh. Forecasts are based on raw
energy reduction, and do no factor estimated 3% annual increase in electricity
costs or any government or utility incentives. Since many of the Developing
Nations have limited electricity sources that“ are on the gird” generators (often
diesel fuel) are significantly more expensive to operate. So, the LED initiative has
an even greater savings.
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Special Thanks:
The Upper Main Line First Light Project Committee
•Kristen Smith
•Ray Nudy
•Mary Beth Sandin
•Stephane Bouvel
•David Alleva
•Chuck Cutshall
•Sam Goldstein
•Meade Hinton
•Jill DeBerardinis
•Lauren Adamski
• Fred Witzeling
•Stacey Ballard
•Alex Scherer
•Chad Rosenberg – Club President
•Committee Chair: Charlie Szoradi
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