A thermal management system for an object comprising: one or more thermoelectric elements, one or more light emitting sources, electricity transport medium; electrical energy storage, and a controller. Heat energy that is generated or absorbed by the object is converted by said thermoelectric element to electrical energy. This energy is transferred to light emitting source to emit the energy to the environment or delivered to the electrical energy storage or back to the thermoelectric elements using the electricity transport medium and the controller to achieve the thermal goal of the thermal management system.