Yang Shumbo, a Chinese electronic sciences student invented a device to save electricity. He developed this into a business under a pilot project of the Greener Business Option (GBO), an ILO Green Jobs Programme initiative. GBO aims to encourage entrepreneurship in green businesses among young people. Report from Chengdu, China, by Satoshi Sasaki, Specialist on Enterprise Development and Job Creation, ILO Beijing and Vincent Jugault, Senior Specialist in Environment and Decent Work, ILO Bangkok.
Article | February 15, 2011
Many will have heard the old joke: ‘How many people does it take to change a light bulb?’
In Chengdu, China, Yang Shumbo, a third year electronic sciences student has shown that just one person can change the way we change light bulbs everywhere.
While energy-saving light bulbs have been around for years, Mr. Yang has developed a device to further reduce electricity consumption. Regular electric bulbs are replaced with Light Emitting Diodes (LED) bulbs, coupled with a small controller designed to reduce electricity consumption. The device regulates variations in temperatures and resistance associated with the semiconductor diode operating in LED light bulbs. As a result, the LED intelligent control system was born and developed into Mr. Yang’s business idea.
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