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Envision Solar International, Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure designer and developer, announces it has entered into an alliance with GAIA Global SA, a Finnish/Swiss Cleantech and Sustainability Advisory firm with projects worldwide. The partnership will deliver Envision Solar’s LifePort® and LifeVillage™ integrated product, service and technology offerings to companies, international aid governmental agencies, and other organizations.
“Building on our body of advanced technology Solar Integrated Infrastructure and Building Systems (SIIBS), we originally pioneered the LifePort®, a modular, rapidly-deployable solar building system specifically developed to meet the growing demands of homeowners whose rooftops were not suited for photovoltaic arrays,” said Robert Noble, CEO of Envision Solar. “However, it quickly became apparent to us that such a versatile and scalable system, with the addition of battery storage capability, would be extremely useful in developing nations and inaccessible “off-grid” areas. LifeVillages can be deployed to build entire clean energy, self-sufficient communities, worldwide, with the unique possibility of having a significant role in eliminating energy poverty throughout the world.”
Electricity is scarce, unreliable or unavailable in many regions of the world, especially in remote areas. With the locally generated, clean solar energy that each LifeVillage provides the community, refrigeration, lighting, water purification, cell phone and computer charging, WIFI, WIMAX and other valuable “life elements.”
“LifeVillage is a holistic concept designed with existing clean technology. It offers a toolkit to basic human needs in rural, less developed or even by disaster affected regions,” said Swiss-based Gaia Global SA Managing Director Alain Schilli. “The potential is huge: one-fifth of humanity lives still in the dark, 3 billion people will need access to renewable fuels by 2015 and world population growth will put more pressure on energy or natural resources threatening long-term economic development. LifeVillage facilitates a dignified life for the neglected part of humanity which is especially affected by these global challenges.”
“Through our alliance with Envision Solar, we are laying the ground work for global outreach and the realization of LifeVillage’s full potential. We are working together on project concepts for two show case projects, one in an urban region in an advanced country and another in a developing country to be realized in 2011. We will be reviewing various technologies which are compatible with LifeVillage including advanced water purification technologies,” continued Schilli.
For more information about Envision Solar and LifeVillage™ visit www.envisionsolar.com.
About Envision Solar International, Inc.
Envision Solar, www.envisionsolar.com, is a leading sustainable infrastructure planner and architect designing and deploying clean energy systems globally. The solar master planning firm provides strategic long-term solutions including comprehensive sustainability planning and optimizing designs for solar array structures. Founded by leading sustainable design architect Robert Noble, the company is a leader in the invention and construction of solar structures that address unused millions of acres of parking spaces. Its innovative systems include products for commercial, residential, and institutional projects, such as EnvisionTrak™, CleanCharge™, Solar Tree®, Solar Grove®, Solar Row™, LifePort®, LifePod™, LifeVillage™ solar systems and others. Envision Solar is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol.
About Gaia Global SA
Gaia www.gaia.fi is a leading partner for corporations, international organizations, and private and public institutions looking for innovative solutions for sustainability. Our main focus areas are climate change, sustainable energy, risk management, environment and innovation. Gaia consults and manages several programs and project from multilateral banks or international groups on energy efficiency, climate mitigation and adaptation or rural development in least developing and developing countries such as Latin-American, Africa and China. Gaia operates globally through its offices in Finland, Switzerland, Ethiopia and China.
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