Team behind solar plane identifies 1,000 eco-solutions
The Solar Impulse flies over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi in 2015 in preparation for its round-the-world flight
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The Solar Impulse Foundation has identified 1,000 “clean and profitable” solutions to address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth. These technologies and products will be brought together in a guide for individuals, businesses and governments.
Four years ago the Lausanne-based foundation headed by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard set itself the challenge of identifying 1,000 solutions to protect the environment in a cost-effective manner. The aim was to encourage political and economic decision-makers to adopt much more ambitious energy and environmental policies.
Today that milestone has been reached, the Solar Impulse Foundation said in a statementExternal link on Tuesday. More than 1,000 solutions have been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label after a “rigorous assessment based on a verified methodology and against several criteria performed by external independent experts”.
These solutionsExternal link are technologies, products, processes, or services coming from start-ups and big companies and cover the sectors of water, energy, construction, mobility, industry, and agriculture. New ideas will continue to be awarded the label, it said.
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