CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND PROFITABLE SDG 7 AFFORDABLE AND Solutions to change the world CLEAN ENERGY Floating Solar Farm to Following the success of the first solar flight around the world, the reduce land-use impact Solar Impulse Foundation has launched the second phase of its action: of power generation. selecting #1000solutions that can protect the environment in a profitable way, and bring them to decision makers to encourage them to adopt more ambitious environmental targets and energy policies. Through the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, Bertrand Piccard wants to federate the actors of the field in clean technologies and shed light on existing efficient solutions to fast-track their implementation. A new innovative and pioneering adventure has begun – together we can improve the quality of life on Earth. solarimpulse.com bertrandpiccard.com From vision to actions When I was flying around the world in my solar airplane, I remember looking at the sun that was giving energy to my four “ electric motors and their huge propellers. There was no noise, no pollution, no fuel… and I could fly forever. At a certain moment I thought ‘this is science fiction, I’m in the future.’ And then I realized, ‘no, it’s wrong, I’m in the present; this is what the technologies of today already allow me to do. It’s the rest of the world that is in the past, with old and inefficient devices’.” Bertrand Piccard AN EXPLORER OF NEW WAYS A PIONEERING VISION A FIRST FOR ENERGY OF THINKING Bridging the gap between Around the world without fuel, A family legacy of scientific ecology and economy a message of hope adventure and protection One of the first to envision ecology Solar Impulse demonstrated how of the environment through the lens of profitability, clean technologies and renewable It is in Bertrand Piccard’s education Bertrand Piccard has always energy can achieve the impossible. to push back the boundaries of advocated that protection of the Electrical motors with 97% efficiency, the possible, as he did with his two environment would become a reality LED lamps for lighting system, round the world flights, non-stop only if it was perceived as economi- extremely efficient insulation foam in a balloon and more recently with cally viable and requiring no reducing energy consumption for a solar powered airplane. With his financial or behavioural sacrifices. houses, lightweight materials, high dual identities as psychiatrist and He actively speaks out against the energy density batteries, ultra-thin explorer, he constantly sets out to absurdity of old and polluting devices solar cells and smart energy manage- challenge certitudes and habits, and systems, and promotes the ment, are just a few examples of and advocates for a pioneering spirit benefits of new existing efficient solutions that can be used, not only to solve the challenges of our times. technologies and solutions to motivate in the air, but also on the ground. Over the years, Bertrand has become governments and industries to take It’s now time to take the adventure an influential voice heard among action. A way to prove that solving further, for the benefit of both people the most distinguished institutions climate change – rather than an and the planet. across the globe as a forward- expensive problem – is a fantastic thinking leader for progress and market opportunity. sustainability. SDG 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Nature embedded in Cities. “Nanjing Vertical Forest” by Stefano Boeri Architetti. We need to embrace clean technologies and efficient solutions, “ because they are much more than ‘ecological’, they are ‘logical’. They create jobs and generate profit, while also reducing CO2 emissions and preserving natural resources. Even if climate change didn’t exist, they would make sense. Clean growth is much better than the dirty status quo we have today.” Dr. Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation A fast-track for Efficient Solutions Governments, companies and institutions must urgently adopt more ambitious environmental and energy policies. “ They should stop compromising for minimal targets, but rather should base their negotiations and objectives on the reality of what clean profitable technologies can offer today. Not only for future generations, but for the current benefit of people, industry and the planet .”Bertrand Piccard A GLOBAL STRIKE FORCE UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT UNITED AROUND SHARED VALUES To promote a solutions- To make clean and profitable To join forces where we cannot oriented approach solutions accessible succeed alone The World Alliance for Efficient Thanks to the support of its All Members sign a Membership Solutions is an independent Swiss Partners, the Solar Impulse Agreement establishing that they non-for profit association, not Foundation provides operational agree to follow the principles laid out bound by the interests of any nation, funding to the World Alliance, in the Charter of the World Alliance, government, institution or industry. enabling it to offer the following including the mission to improve It gathers Members that work services to its Members free of quality of life on Earth through new together to create synergies, share charge: assessing the deployability, ways of thinking and doing, the knowledge and build relationships sustainability and viability of their respect of the United Nations Global that ultimately speed-up the imple- solutions; facilitating matchmaking Compact and the adherence mentation of clean and profitable between solution providers to the United Nations Sustainable solutions which have the potential and investors; and promoting Development Goals, and accept to address the environmental their solutions across media and to be held accountable to the challenges of today. to political and corporate standards that will guarantee decision-makers. its independence. DECISION-MAKERS SERVICES OFFERED GOVERNMENTS CORPORATIONS INSTITUTIONS FREE OF CHARGE Helping to adopt ambitious EMPOWER —by communicating to energy policies media and the public about the bene- and environmental targets fits of clean and profitable products, processes and technologies and EMPOWER actively promoting their use, we give visibility to the members in order to accelerate the implementation 1000 of their solutions. Efficient Solutions APPRAISE —by working together with independent experts and recognized SELECT institutions, we assess the deploya- bility, sustainability and viability Independent APPRAISE of Members’ solutions, giving them Experts more credibility. SEEKERS INVESTORS FEDERATE —by bringing together the main actors – start-ups, industries, investors etc – involved in developing, World Alliance INNOVATORS Institutional financing and promoting the use Collaborations FEDERATE of clean and profitable solutions, the World Alliance facilitates match- FUNDING COMMUNICATION making and allows Members to OPERATIONAL SUPPORT share experience and best practices. Innovators providing solutions Seekers needing solutions Foundation Investors financing solutions Partners A Portfolio of #1000solutions FIVE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SDG 6 SDG 11 Clean Water Sustainable Cities and Sanitation and Communities SDG 7 SDG 12 Affordable and Responsible Clean Energy Consumption and Production SDG 9 Industry Innovation and Infrustracture Today, thousands of solutions exist that can boost economic growth while preserving nature, but they are often “hidden in start-ups or research labs. They remain unknown to decision makers and are not implemented at industry level. So few people realize that everyone can use them and how profitable they have become.”Bertrand Piccard EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS #1000SOLUTIONS CHALLENGE ELIGIBLE SOLUTIONS To help decision-makers To protect the environment To be featured in the Portfolio adopt more ambitious targets in a profitable way Solutions are considered eligible for and policies The Round-The-World Solar Flight assessment as soon as they have reached For the World Alliance, Efficient was not an end in itself. The World the simulation stage in laboratory at a Solutions are not limited to the Alliance for Efficient Solutions – 1:1 scale. This way, the Portfolio aims at production of renewable energy. launched under the auspices of covering a diverse range of projects, from They encompass products, services, the Solar Impulse Foundation – prototypes to fully proven in the real world. clean technologies and processes has already set off to tackle a new that are profitable and sustain challenge: selecting, by COP24 economic growth, while protecting in 2018, #1000solutions that are Fully the environment and optimising clean, efficient and profitable. Developed the use of natural resources. Bertrand Piccard will then go Solution Examples of solutions already around the world to deliver those submitted by aspiring Members same solutions, presented in range from digital heaters, solar the form of a portfolio, to relevant desalination plants, free electric governments, corporations and car chargers and energy saving institutions to help them achieve Solution industrial processes, to modular their environmental targets and Concept energy systems. All candidate adopt more ambitious energy Simulation Lab Real World Real World solutions that meet the required policies. And they will of course Testing Testing Commercialization criteria and are labelled as an also be shared for everyone Maturity scope “Efficient Solution” will be analysed to access and use. and categorised through the prism