SSL - A big step out of the poverty trap for the BOP!

Journal of Light and Visual Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-266

  Irvine Halliday, Dave ^a   Doluweera, Ganesh ^a   Platonova, Inna ^a   Irvine Halliday, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Micro credit; Poverty alleviation; Renewable energy; Solid state lighting

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT PREVENTERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY POLICY; LIGHTING;

MICRO CREDIT; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG); POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REAL COSTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; SOLID STATES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 58549115109     PISSN: 03878805     EISSN: 13498398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2150/jlve.32.258     Document Type: Article

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