TheEf

fect
ivenessofBl
eachand(
PET)Bot
tl
easaSol
arWat
erBul
b

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nPar
ti
alFul
fi
ll
ment

oft
heRequi
rement
sofResear
chXS.
Y.2019-
2020

Lal
aNat
ional
HighSchool

Resear
cher
s:

Jer
sonCat
adman

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ist
ineAbapo

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ahni
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i
 CHAPTERI

THEPROBLEM ANDI
TSSCOPE

I
ntr
oduct
ion

Today
,Wor
ldi
sfaci
ngsomanypr
obl
emssuchaspol
l
uti
ons,wat
erf
ordr
inki
ng

pur
pose,f
oodpr
obl
ems,andel
ect
ri
cal
.YES,el
ect
ri
cit
ypr
obl
em i
soneoft
hemaj
or

pr
obl
em whi
chi
sincr
easi
ngr
api
dlydaybyday
.

I
nwor
ld,
90%peopl
ear
epoor
.Compar
ingwi
thr
ichcat
egor
ypoorcat
egor
yismor
e.So,

t
heel
ect
ri
cit
yisnotl
i
ght
eni
ngt
hehousesofeachper
sonbecauseofi
tisnotaf
for
dabl
e

f
orev
eryper
sonandsomeonewhocanaf
for
dit
,get
ti
ngnoel
ect
ri
cit
y.Andt
hemet
hod

wear
eusi
ngf
orgener
ati
ngel
ect
ri
cit
yissoex
pensi
veandcost
lyandcr
eat
ingl
arge

pol
l
uti
onwhi
chwear
enotr
eal
i
zingnow.(
John,
2017)

Li
ghti
sver
yimpor
tantf
orhumanv
isualact
ivi
ty.Wi
thoutl
i
ght
,ther
ewi
l
lbeno

si
ght
.Inmanyoft
hepoory
etdensel
ypopul
atedcount
ri
es,
thepeopl
est
il
lli
vei
npl
aces

t
hatar
emuchmor
eawf
ult
hanal
ow costapar
tment
.Thebui
l
dingsar
ebui
l
tver
y

compactandcl
osert
oget
herandt
her
efor
ethef
reenat
urall
i
ght
ingcannotbedi
rect
ed

i
ntot
hebui
l
dingcausi
ngt
hatt
hei
roccupant
srel
ythor
oughl
yonel
ect
ri
cit
ytopr
ovi
de

l
i
ght
ingt
othei
nter
iorsur
roundi
ng.Duet
othepov
ert
y,t
heseunder
pri
vi
legedf
ami
l
ies

woul
drat
herl
i
vei
nanuncomf
ort
abl
esur
roundi
ngsuchasr
ely
ingonbur
ningker
osene

l
ampsi
ndoor
s,r
athert
hanpay
ingt
hehi
gh-
pri
cedel
ect
ri
cit
y.Becauset
heycoul
dnot

af
for
dthehi
ghcostofl
i
ving,t
hesepoorpeopl
ewoul
dref
rai
nthemsel
vesf
rom usi
ng
l
i
ghtbul
bsandt
husl
eadt
hemsel
vest
oli
vei
nal
i
ght
-depr
ivedenv
ironment(
Sar
ant
,

2011)
.

Day
li
ght
ingi
sthepr
act
iceofusi
ngnat
urall
i
ghtt
opr
ovi
dei
l
lumi
nat
ioni
nint
eri
or

env
ironment
s.Bef
oret
he1940s,day
li
ghtwast
hepr
imar
yli
ghtsour
cei
nbui
l
dings;

ar
ti
fi
ciall
i
ght
ssuppl
ement
edt
henat
urall
i
ght(
Edwar
dsandTor
cel
l
ini
,2002)
.Int
he

shor
tspanof20y
ear
s,el
ect
ri
cli
ght
inghadt
ransf
ormedt
hewor
kpl
acebymeet
ingmost

oral
loft
he occupant
s’l
i
ght
ing r
equi
rement
s.A r
isi
ng pr
obl
em wi
th access and

af
for
dabi
l
ityofi
ndoorl
i
ght
ingi
ndev
elopi
ngcount
ri
eshasl
edt
other
enewedi
nter
esti
n

st
udi
esofsol
arl
i
ght
s(Mai
l
let
,2012)
.

Now,wef
oundoutt
heoneday
-l
ightsol
uti
onwhi
chi
ssol
arbul
btost
opt
he

unnecessar
yuseofcost
lyel
ect
ri
cit
y.Wecanusei
tindomest
icpl
aceaswel
lasi
n

i
ndust
ryl
evelandal
sohav
ingposi
ti
vesi
l
entf
eat
uressuchasnoel
ect
ri
cshock,not

cost
lyandeasyt
ohandl
e.Ther
ear
esomanyhousesORsl
umst
hatt
heycannotaf
for
d

ORnotget
ti
ngel
ect
ri
cit
y,Andal
sosl
umshav
ingnowi
ndowssosunr
ayscannotent
er

easi
l
yint
hei
rhouses.Thent
hatpl
aceourmet
hodcaneasi
l
ywor
kal
so.

Now,
ourmet
hodi
stot
all
ybasedonsunr
ays.So,
ther
eisnoanyhi
ghcostandi
t

i
smanuf
act
uredbyt
hehel
pofwast
ebot
tl
es.Thi
sist
hatmet
hod,whi
chhel
pst
o

gener
ate40-
60Wat
tli
ghtbyt
hehel
pof1l
i
terwat
er,andgener
all
ywear
eusi
ng40-
60

Wat
tbul
bsf
orwhi
chl
argeel
ect
ri
cit
yrequi
resandi
tgoesexpensi
ve.So,ourmet
hodi
s

per
fectf
ordayl
i
ght
.

Day
li
ght
inghasbeenassoci
atedwi
thi
mpr
ovedmood,enhancedmor
ale,l
ower

f
ati
gue,andr
educedey
est
rai
n(Edwar
dsandTor
cel
l
ini
,2002)
.Oneoft
hei
mpor
tant

psy
chol
ogi
calaspect
sofday
li
ght
ingi
smeet
inganeedf
orcont
actwi
tht
heout
side
l
i
vingenv
ironment(
Robbi
ns,
2016)
.Thephy
sicalef
fect
sofday
li
ghtsuchaspr
oduct
ion

ofv
itami
nD,t
anni
ngandr
educedey
est
rai
nar
eei
thercausedbyl
i
ghtr
eachi
ngt
he

r
eti
naoront
heski
n.Atauni
ver
sall
evel
,communi
tyr
esi
l
iencei
stheabi
l
ityt
osur
viv
e

andadaptt
ochangesi
ntheenv
ironmentandeconomy(
Lockl
eyetal
.
,2003)
.Pr
evi
ous

st
udi
esshowt
hatt
hepr
operuseofday
li
ght
ingdecr
easest
heoccur
renceofheadaches

andey
est
rai
nduet
oinsuf
fi
cientl
i
ghtl
evel
s(Fr
ant
aandAnst
ead,
2015)
.Theseai
l
ment
s

ar
ereducedwhent
hel
i
ght
ingl
eveli
simpr
ovedbyusi
ngpr
operspect
rall
i
ght
.Howev
er,

t
henumberoneheal
thpr
obl
em i
nof
fi
cesi
sey
est
rai
n(Ot
tBi
oli
ghtSy
stems,2010)
.A

st
udy att
he Nor
th Car
oli
na Johnst
on Count
y school
s speci
fi
cal
l
y anal
yzed t
he

academi
cbenef
it
sofdayl
i
ght
ing(
Nickl
asandBai
l
ey,
2009)
.

TheJohnst
onCount
yschool
sst
udycompar
edt
hescor
esofst
udent
sfr
om

newl
yconst
ruct
eddayl
i
ght
ingschool
stoschool
sthatusear
ti
fi
ciall
i
ght
.St
udent
sin

t
hedayl
i
ght
ingschool
shadhi
gherr
eadi
ngandmat
hachi
evementscor
es(
Nickl
asand

Bai
l
ey,
2011)
.Ast
udybyBenedet
tietal
.(2001)ont
heef
fect
sofbr
ightar
ti
fi
ciall
i
ghton

noseasonal
depr
essi
onsubst
ant
iat
esbenef
it
sforpat
ient
swi
thpsy
chol
ogi
cal
disor
der
s.

Thel
engt
hofhospi
tal
i
zat
ionf
or415uni
pol
arand187bi
pol
ardepr
essedi
npat
ient
swas

r
ecor
dedf
ort
hoseassi
gnedt
oroomswi
thaneast
ernorwest
ernwi
ndow.Bi
pol
ar

i
npat
ient
sineast
ernr
ooms(
exposedt
odi
rectsunl
i
ghti
nthemor
ning)hadamean3.
67

-
dayshor
terhospi
talst
ayt
hanpat
ient
sinwest
ernr
ooms(
Benedet
tietal
.
,2001)
.

Howev
er,
noef
fectwasseenf
oruni
pol
arpat
ient
s(Benedet
tietal
.
,2001)
.

Thepl
ast
icbot
tl
esandt
heot
hermat
eri
alsusedi
nthet
echnol
ogyar
eeasi
l
y

av
ail
abl
eel
i
minat
ingt
heneedf
orener
gy-
int
ensi
vepr
ocessesi
nvol
vedi
ngat
her
ing,

manuf
act
uri
ngandt
ranspor
ti
ngnewbot
tl
es.Al
thought
hiseco-
fr
iendl
ybul
bcoul
donl
y
suppl
yday
li
ghti
ntot
hel
i
vingspacedur
ingt
heday
,ithasagr
eatposi
ti
vei
mpactont
he

l
i
feofpoorpeopl
easi
tiscostsav
ingbecauset
hemat
eri
alusedi
scheap,
easyt
ofi
nd,

easyt
oinst
allandmostnot
abl
ysust
ainabl
eandenv
ironment
al-
fr
iendl
y.I
naddi
ti
on,
thi
s

bul
bal
somakest
hehomeasaf
erpl
acet
oli
veasi
treducest
her
iskoff
atal
fir
einci
dent

duet
otheuseofcandl
eorpot
ent
ialdanger
ousel
ect
ri
calconnect
ionwhi
chmaycause

dest
ruct
ionandexpl
osi
on(
Benedet
tietal
.,
2001)
.
St
atementoft
hePr
obl
em

Thi
sst
udyai
mst
oinv
est
igat
etheef
fect
ivenessofBl
eachandi
tscont
ri
but
ioni
n

maki
ngSol
arWat
erBul
b.Thi
ssoughtt
oanswert
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
s.

Thi
sst
udysoughtt
oanswert
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
s:

a.Br
ight
ness

b.Aci
dit
y

CCol
oroft
hel
i
ght

2.Compar
etheef
fect
ivenessi
ftheSol
arWat
erBul
btot
hecommer
ciall
i
ghtbul
bsi
n

t
ermsofbr
ight
ness.
Si
gni
fi
canceoft
heSt
udy

Thi
sst
udyi
sessent
ialandbenef
ici
alt
othepeopl
ewhoneedsasol
arbul
b.Thi
s

st
udyal
sowi
l
lbeabi
ghel
ptot
hosepeopl
ewhocan’
taf
for
dancommer
cialbul
bto

l
i
ghtt
hei
rhousesdur
ingdayt
imeandni
ghtt
imebecausei
tismor
echeapert
hant
he

commer
cialone.Thi
sst
udyusessi
mpl
emat
eri
alssuchaspl
ast
icbot
tl
es(
pol
yet
hyl
ene

t
erepht
hal
ate(
PET)bot
tl
e)f
il
ledwi
thcl
eanwat
erwi
thaddi
ti
onofsomebl
eachhas

beencr
eat
edt
opr
ovi
del
i
ght
ingwi
thi
nhouses.I
tisf
ixedov
ert
hehouses,act
ingas

sky
li
ght
s,r
efl
ect
ingandampl
i
fiedt
her
aysoft
hesunt
oli
ghtupt
hehouse.

Thi
sst
udyi
saneco-
fr
iendl
ytoourenv
ironmentandal
soabi
ghel
ptoust
o

r
educet
hegar
bage’
sli
ket
he(
PET)bot
tl
esi
noursur
roundi
ngs.

 
ScopeandLi
mit
ati
on

Thi
s st
udy was conduct
ed at Pur
ok 1,Abaga,Lal
a,Lanao delNor
te.

The 
resear
cher
swi
l
ltestt
hewat
tel
ect
ri
cit
ygener
atedbyt
hesunr
ays.Ther
esear
cher

wasconduct
edt
he 
exper
imentev
erySat
urdayandSundayf
ort
hreeweeks.Thi
sst
udy

wasf
ocusedont
he 
capabi
l
ityofBl
eachasanal
ter
nat
ivesour
cef
oraSol
arwat
erbul
b.
Met
hodol
ogy

Fi
gur
e1:f
lowchar
t
Mat
eri
als:

1Li
terofcl
earpl
ast
icbat
tl
eandcap

Bl
eachLi
qui
d

Di
sti
l
ledwat
er

RoofSeal
ant

El
ect
ri
cdr
il
l

Mar
ker

Sci
ssor
s

Pr
ocedur
e

A.Put
ti
ngt
hebl
eachandt
hewat
eri
nsi
det
hePETbot
tl
e.

Fi
l
lthe1.
5li
tercl
earsodabot
tl
ewi
thpur
if
iedwat
erSt
ep2add3t
abl
espoonsof

l
i
qui
dbl
eachandseal
thecapt
ight
ly.

B.At
tachi
ngt
heSol
arBul
bint
her
oof
.

Makeahol
eint
he1x1r
oofsheetmat
eri
alwi
tht
hesamesi
zeoft
hebot
tl
e’
s

ci
rcumf
erence.

i
nser
tthebot
tom par
toft
hebot
tl
eleav
ingi
texposedundert
hesunl
i
ght
.

Makeanot
herhol
eont
her
oofoft
hehouseorany
placet
ocomf
ort
abl
ypl
acet
he

sol
arbul
bandf
ir
mlyf
ixt
hedev
ice.

C.Seal
i
ngt
her
oof
.

Seal
ther
oofwi
thaseal
antt
opr
eventr
aindr
opsf
rom get
ti
ngi
nsi
det
hehouse.