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Innovative APPROACH
At the current rate of global decarbonization, we cannot meet the 1.5° target; global warming would even exceed 3°C. This would lead to unmanageable and catastrophic consequences. We therefore urgently need an innovative solution for climate stabilization.
LUMOBAG is a radically new approach that uses applied science to combat global warming in a highly efficient way.
The only way to maintain the Earth’s radiation balance in the face of rising CO2 emissions without further increases in temperature is to reduce the amount of energy iradiated by the sun. This is exactly where LUMOBAG comes in. Aluminum-coated sandbags made from recycled materials reflect more than 90 percent of the sun’s rays directly into space. By covering large areas in desert regions with LumoBags, the amount of energy remaining in the climate system can be reduced. LumoBags cool the earth and bring our climate system back into balance.
IMPACT
As soon as a ray of sunlight hits the earth’s surface, it is too late. Its energy is absorbed and heats the ground. The earth radiates the absorbed heat into space as long-wave infrared radiation. The greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hinder this radiation, causing the earth to heat up more and more. LUMOBAG, however, reflects the solar radiation almost completely before it can be converted into heat.
LUMOBAG neutralizes the heating effect of CO2
As a result of the excessive burning of fossil fuels since the beginning of the industrial age, the concentration of the most important greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere is increasing ever faster. As a result, the average temperature on our planet continues to rise. LUMOBAG offsets this effect. One square metre of LUMOBAG reflective surface neutralizes at least the heating effect of the emission of one tonne of CO2.
LUMOBAG cools the Earth
LUMOBAG uses the laws of physics to cool the earth. Reflection does not change the wavelength of the incident solar radiation. Greenhouse gases have no absorption spectra in the wavelength range of solar radiation and therefore cannot hinder radiation into space. As a result, excess energy can be removed from the Earth’s climate system. The rise in temperature is halted.
Credit: 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, the ice is also melting and the reflection of solar radiation is decreasing. The Arctic is most affected. In the polar region around the North Pole, the temperature is rising faster and more strongly than in other regions of the world. Since 1980, the extent of ice in the Arctic Ocean in late summer has already halved.
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 continues to drive global warming. It causes the ice sheet to melt ever faster – a cycle that continues to intensify.
LUMOBAG increases the reflection of solar energy from the earth. In this way, the lost areas of ice can be partially replaced and a contribution made to cooling the polar region. Due to the positioning of LumoBags in areas with the highest solar radiation and their year-round availability, LUMOBAG surfaces even reflect many times more than ice surfaces of the same size.
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 that decarbonization was being pursued too slowly to meet the Paris 1.5-degree target.
We need more time!
Today we know: Our planet is warming up faster and faster. Global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions are progressing too slowly. Something has to change. And immediately! We need to turn back the clock and limit the warming of our planet. We need to gain time so that sustainable, long-term solutions can be implemented 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 Conference – I began to think intensively about the physics of climate change mitigation, to calculate models and to look for a scientifically reliable answer that would buy us time.
My mind 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 all of humanity to stop global warming with its serious effects on all living beings.
Andrea Pavlovec-Meixner
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I have an affinity for all living things. That is innate to me. As a child, I always loved being out in nature and exploring all the plants, bugs and other animals I could find.
Planet Earth is a vast, beautiful ecosystem, an ecosystem that is interconnected at all levels so that it can not only survive, but thrive.
But humans, as part of this ecosystem, have brought about climate change and it is now our responsibility to all other living beings to find a solution. It must be our legacy to future generations to show that we are capable of recognizing the mistakes of the past, owning up to them and actively rectifying them.
Receiving the Styrian Environmental Award was a great honor for me. It has encouraged me to continue pursuing my passion for the environment and nature and to work together with the Austrian Naturschutzbund to protect it.
With LUMOBAG, we want to utilise the commitment of many like-minded people to work together to lower the temperature and restore the balance in our ecosystem.
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We need more time!
Global efforts to decarbonize the world economy are progressing too slowly. We are heading towards global warming of more than 3° C. However, such a rise in temperature would have catastrophic consequences for people and nature. With LUMOBAG, we are creating a window of opportunity to meet the 1.5° target set in Paris.
Climate rescue with LUMOBAG
Based on several years of research and numerous tests, we have developed suitable material variants for LUMOBAG. As a next step, we want to realize a pilot plant in an area with high solar radiation.
As part of the pilot project, important data will be collected for the development of laying and cleaning machines, which are necessary for a rapid upscaling of the project. And by the way: the reflective surfaces installed as part of the pilot project are generating the full CO2 compensation effect!
How can I contribute to saving the climate?
With LUMOBAG, you can offset your CO2 emissions immediately and thus make a decisive contribution to meeting the 1.5°C target – despite rising CO2 emissions worldwide. And that’s not all! As the CO2 emitted remains in the atmosphere for a very long time, you can even offset your emissions from the past and thus contribute to meeting the Paris target.
Cooling the earth with LUMO bricks!
The LUMOBAG technology is fundamentally different from all previously known technologies for combating global warming. You can support our pilot project by buying “LUMO bricks” and become a pioneer in saving the climate.
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