{"id":30,"date":"2024-01-12T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T23:05:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 mb-0 mt-6 mt-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row justify-content-between\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-circular\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/01\/Solar-HQ-Nuno-Marques-1536x1039.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About ASU LightWorks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ASU LightWorks envisions a resilient and equitable energy future supported by innovations in technology, policy, law and markets.\u00a0 We pursue breakthroughs not just to power the world, but to empower it; to enrich people\u2019s lives everywhere; to enlighten communities across the globe; to achieve energy security; to secure energy justice and to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LightWorks pulls light-inspired research at Arizona State University under one strategic framework. It is a multidisciplinary effort to leverage ASU\u2019s unique strengths, particularly in solar-electric energy, sustainable fuels and products, and energy and society.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"uds-section bg-color bg-gray-7 pt-6 pt-xl-12 pb-6 pb-xl-12\" ><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-758c19ab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-6)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-711a5f7d7d8e4e65731930ebee4c9fca\">More from LightWorks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\t\t<!-- render icon with color span if needed -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-sun fa-2x card-icon-top\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Our vision<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">ASU LightWorks envisions a resilient and equitable energy future supported by innovations in technology, policy, law and markets. We pursue breakthroughs not just to power the world, but to empower it; to enrich people\u2019s lives everywhere; to enlighten communities across the globe; to achieve energy security; to secure energy justice and to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\t\t<!-- render icon with color span if needed -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"fas fa-users fa-2x card-icon-top\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Our mission<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">ASU LightWorks revolutionizes how energy is conceptualized, produced and used. We support the discovery and design of energy systems that convert sunlight into useful and sustainable products. 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Arizona State University, one of the nation\u2019s largest universities, has the ideal geographical location to become the light innovation capital of the world. 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