A GLOBAL PROJECT FOR ALL HUMANITY
The Solution for Climate Stabilization
= SOLUTION
RADICAL NEW APPROACH
LUMOBAG is a radical new approach that uses applied science to tackle global warming in a highly efficient way. Aluminium-coated sandbags made from recycled materials reflect more than 90 per cent of the sun’s incoming rays directly into space.
The only way to ensure the Earth’s radiation equilibrium in the face of rising CO2 emissions without a further rise in temperature is to reduce the amount of energy irradiated by the sun. This is precisely where LumoBag comes in. By covering large areas in desert regions with LumoBags, the solar radiation can be reflected more strongly and the amount of energy remaining in the atmosphere can be reduced. LumoBags cool the earth and balance our atmosphere.
THE INNOVATORS
Radko Pavlovec
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As a physicist and scientist with a deep understanding of the complex requirements of global energy systems, it was already clear to me in 2015: decarbonization would progress too slowly to meet the Paris 1.5-degree target.
We need more time!
Today, in 2024, we know that our earth is heating up faster and faster. Global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions are progressing too slowly. Something has to change. And it must change immediately. We need to turn back the clock and limit the warming of our planet. We need to buy time so that sustainable long-term solutions can prevail for the benefit of all living beings on this planet.
I have been particularly interested in the Earth’s climate system since I started studying physics. Nine years ago, after the Paris Climate Change Conference, I began to think intensively about the physics of climate change mitigation, calculating models and looking for a scientifically reliable answer that would buy us time.
My brain told me that there had to be a solution to this time problem, a bridge. Something that would allow us to stabilize the temperature of our planet despite rising CO2 emissions. LUMOBAG was born. Born out of the desire to help the whole of humanity to stop global warming with its serious impacts on all living beings.
Andrea Pavlovec-Meixner
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I have an affinity with all living things. It’s innate in me. As a child, I always loved being in nature, exploring all the plants, bugs, and animals I could find.
Planet earth is this vast, beautiful ecosystem, an ecosystem that is connected on every level to enable it to not only survive but thrive.
Yet humans as part of this ecosystem have induced climate change, we have done this, and it is our responsibility to the rest of our ecosystem to solve this. But it must be our legacy to future generations to show that we have the capacity to realise the errors of the past, own them and actively pursue solving them.
Receiving the Styrian Environmental Award was an honour. It empowered me to further my passion for the environment and work with the Austrian Naturschutzbund to be a champion of nature conservation.
Our aim with LumoBag is to harness the power of the human spirit and collectively dial back the temperature and restore the balance to our ecosystem.
REFLECT
NO EFFECT OF GREENHOUSE
GASES IN CASE OF REFLECTION
In contrast to the long-wave infrared radiation of the earth’s surface („low temperature heat“), the short-wave radiation of the sun reflected by LUMOBAGs can leave the atmosphere unhindered. The reflection does not change the wavelength. The greenhouse gases have no absorption spectra in these wavelength ranges and therefore cannot hinder the radiation leaving earth’s atmosphere.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
It immediately limits global warming and allows us to meet the 1.5°C target despite rising CO2 emissions. Highly reflective sandbags in areas with the highest solar radiation stabilise the temperature on Earth. As soon as a LUMOBAG is installed, its effect to compensate the temperature increase starts immediately.
The LUMOBAG project is not a substitute for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible – this must be the primary goal of governments and business. The more greenhouse gases we continue to emit, the more costly the corrective measures would be, which would soon reach their limits.
The LUMOBAG project gives us a window of opportunity to decarbonise the global economy in an orderly fashion without moving into a catastrophic and uncontrollable realm.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
LUMOBAG compensates for the Earth’s Albedo loss
Global warming is not only driven by greenhouse gases. As a result of rising temperatures, ice is also melting, leading to a decrease in the reflection of solar radiation.
The Arctic is most affected. In the polar region around the North Pole, temperatures are rising faster and more intensely than in other regions of our Earth. Since 1980, the extent of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has already halved by late summer.
The melting of sea ice leads to a drastic reduction in albedo (= reflection of solar energy). While snow-covered sea ice reflects 80-90% of solar radiation, dark seawater absorbs up to 90%. This additional energy remains in the climate system and fuels global warming. It causes an ever-faster melting of the ice cover – a cycle that intensifies unstoppable.
LUMOBAG increases the reflection of solar energy from Earth. In this way, lost ice surfaces can be partially replaced and contribute to cooling down polar regions as well. By positioning LUMOBAGs in areas with highest solar radiation and their year-round availability, LUMOBAG surfaces reflect multiple times more than equal extents of ice surfaces.
GET YOUR SMILE
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ensure climate stabilization at 1.5° C!
Decarbonization too slow
Global efforts to decarbonize the global economy are insufficient. We are heading for global warming of more than 3° C. However, such a rise in temperature would be associated with catastrophic consequences for people and nature. We must succeed in meeting the 1.5° Paris target.
Climate rescue with LUMOBAG
With LUMOBAG, you can immediately compensate for your CO2 emissions and thus make a decisive contribution to meeting the 1.5°C target – despite rising CO2 emissions.
However, you can not only offset your future emissions on an ongoing basis. Since the emitted CO2 remains in the atmosphere for a very long time, it is also possible and sensible to compensate for past emissions and thus contribute to achieving the Paris target.
How can I contribute to climate rescue?
Based on several years of research and numerous tests, we have developed suitable material variants. As a next step, we want to implement a pilot project in an area with high solar radiation.
The pilot project aims to collect important data for the development of installation and cleaning machines necessary for a rapid upscaling of the project. By the way: The reflection surfaces installed as part of the pilot project are already having the full CO2 compensation effect!
Whether you are a committed private individual or a company – by supporting our pilot project, you can compensate for your CO2 emissions and make a decisive contribution to climate rescue.
Order our LUMO-certificates of the Limited First Edition now to finance the pilot project. Lead by example as pioneers of climate rescue!
Order your LUMO certificates at the introductory price of €30 per square metre of LUMOBAG (1 m2 compensates for the emission of at least 1 tonne of CO2) by specifying the desired quantity via email at sales@lumobag.com
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