{"id":2,"date":"2024-01-12T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T23:42:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 my-6 my-lg-12\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Since its inception, <span class=\"highlight-gold\">LightWorks<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has provided solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing global energy challenges<\/span> through a simple idea; energy from sunlight. <span class=\"highlight-gold\">We discover and invent energy solutions to the world\u2019s fuel, electric and social challenges.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6 my-lg-12\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"uds-image-overlap \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid uds_image_overlap_image_size_100 \" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/LightWorks-accelerator-feature.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accelerating sustainability ideas into action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The LightWorks Innovation Accelerator provides connectivity between ASU assets and researchers + government agencies, NGOs and corporations to solve sustainability challenges. 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