1000+ Solutions for a Qualitative Economy
To address sustainability challenges, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation have identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions.
Explorer for sustainability
Bertrand dedicates his life to demonstrate the opportunities lying in sustainable development and to raise interest in profitable solutions to protect the environment.
Pioneering vision
As a pioneer, he understood that fighting climate change with clean and efficient technologies is opening-up new industrial markets and offering a unique and profitable opportunity for economic growth.
Educations cornerfor children, students and families
Solar Impulse was not built to carry passengers, but to carry a message. It provides a powerful educational platform for schools and universities students.
Exposition `City of Tomorrow`
Through a fun and interactive tour, visitors discover concrete and efficient solutions to global warming, in the main areas of impact.
Collaborators
The Solar Impulse Foundation has entered in close and impactful collaboration with several international institutions, corporations, states and cities around the world to facilitate the identification, assessment, funding and implementation of efficient solutions.
Supporters
The Solar Impulse Foundation is working with like-minded incubators, accelerators and organizations, creating a qualitative worldwide network to boost the adoption of efficient solutions.
A shared vision for a clean future
The Solar Impulse Foundation and its Partners share a strong long-term vision: we want to promote clean and profitable solutions that tackle climate change and future-proof our societies.
A team is most of all a spirit
The Solar Impulse Foundation spirit is the cement that brings the team together. Professionals from all backgrounds, they know that the future can be written in renewable energy and clean processes.
Support Us
The foundation is a Swiss non profit organization that receives donations from our partners, public entities and individuals. With those donations, we support solutions that create jobs and generate profit while also reducing pollution and preserving natural resources.
Press
In this section, you can find all nine industries portraying each, 4-5 ready to download cleantech solutions. Content includes founder’s quote and journey, HD video, HD pictures, case studies, and more details which can be reviewed in the Solution Explorers website.
The search-engine for climate action
The Explorer is a one-of-a-kind search engine that showcases profitable climate solutions from all over the world which are part of an ever-growing, curated, and publicly-accessible database.
A label focused on both environment and profitability
Assessed by independent experts, the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label, serves as a credible marker of quality to decision-makers in business and governments.
Submit your Efficient Solution
For the first time a label assesses the economic profitability of solutions that protect the environment.Sign up to become a Member of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions and submit it now!
What is the Experts’ role in evaluating the Solutions?
The Experts are key in the labelling process, using their technical and professional expertise to assess and critique Solutions seeking the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label.
How to become an Expert?
If you have more than five years technical experience in one of our target SDGS (6, 7, 9, 11, 12), the Expert role may be for you! You will be assigned Solutions fitting your expertise to review and assess.
Guiding users to implement efficient solutions in cities
This guide looks at the challenges that cities face to become more sustainable, suggesting solutions that help decision makers to harness the economic opportunities of the ecological transition.
The Solutions for Cities Initiative
Proposing solutions to help decision makers harness the economic opportunities of the ecological transition whilst reducing their environmental footprint.
Paving the Way to Cleantech Investments
RUNWAY directs capital towards clean and efficient ventures to create an economy evolving within planetary boundaries.
The topics we focus on
Advocating for global action
The Foundation engages with the stakeholders of the ecological transition using the 1000+ Solutions Explorer as a mean to support this effort.
Engaging at international fora
Pushing for the adoption of effective modern regulations with businesses and governments.
Bringing solutions to cities and regions
Cities and regions have a crucial role to play in the race to decarbonise our economies.
COP28 - UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai
At COP28, it’s time to change the narrative on climate action.
COP28 - The New Climate Narrative
The Solar Impulse Foundation is bringing a strategic communication toolkit to policy and economic leaders to help them muster ambition and overcome resistance to climate action.
COP28 - Eu Manifesto
A new manifesto calling for an efficient EU and providing pathways to harness the multiple benefits of climate action.
‘Prêt à Voter’ Switzerland25+ ‘Prêt à Voter’ proposals
Discover the initiative, which takes clean technologies as a starting point to guide the modernisation of the Swiss legal and regulatory framework.
‘Prêt à Voter’ France50 ‘Prêt à Voter’ legislative proposals
Discover the initiative, which takes clean technologies as a starting point to guide the modernisation of the French legal and regulatory framework.
The world alliance, an ever-expanding network
The World Alliance for Efficient Solutions brings together the main actors in the field of clean technologies to create synergies, facilitate matchmaking between solution providers and investors.
Innovators
Providing clean and profitable solutions that have the potential to address today’s environmental challenges.
Investors
Looking for clean and profitable investments opportunities.
Adopters
Identify and adopt Solutions to solve your environmental challenges.
Promoters
Boost the adoption of cleantech together with us.
Are you an innovator developing an efficient solution?
Get a neutral and rigorous evaluation of your solution by leading experts in your field and gain visibility as part of the Solutions Explorer.
A credible marker of quality to decision-makers in business and governments
The Solar Impulse Foundation will assess and label the solutions submitted by the World Alliance Members and bring support to members in the labelling process in order to help them being part of the Solutions Explorer.
Do you invest in clean and profitable technologies?
Get access to sustainable innovations and identify cutting-edge clean solutions for profitable investments.
An ever-expanding network
Search through our members database to find innovators, investors, adopters or solution promoters that you can interact with and find opportunities for collaboration.
Are you looking to promote solutions?
Get a credible tool to facilitate the solutions sourcing to reach environmental commitments.
The Efficient Solutions portfolio
A «pool» of solutions, ready to be promoted among decision-makers by bringing to decision-makers 1000+ clean and profitable solutions.
Are you looking to implement solutions?
Identify and implement clean, economically viable solutions from our portfolio of 1500+ entities to achieve your environmental objectives.
Search through our members database to find innovators, investors or solution promoters that you can interact with and find opportunities for collaboration.
The World Alliance Charter
This Charter lays out the principles and values which guide the World Alliance and all of its Members.
Upcoming events and opportunities
Read about the events and activities which will be part of the Solar Impulse Foundation - or Bertrand Piccard - schedule.
CircularPlace
The SaaS platform facilitating the management and monetisation of underexploited assets
SUNROVER
Herds of industrial solar robots replacing Glyphosate for maintenance of vegetation (agriculture, industry)
Enertime ORC Modules
An innovative waste heat recovery solution, enhancing decarbonization and energy efficiency
News
Matchmaking adopters and innovators in the ile de France
March 22, 2023
Interviews
Expert of the Year 2022: Dr. Henry Hunt-Grubbe!
January 10, 2023
1000+ Solutions for Cities - Exhibition in Grenoble
January 18, 2022
Net-Zero Goals, Skilled Hands: Meeting Europe's Labour Challenge
August 07, 2024
Answers and Insights from our Efficiency Week on Energy Systems
July 03, 2024
CONFIRM The Green Deal as a priority in the next EU mandate
June 17, 2024
News - July 8, 2020
Written by Thomas Weeks 5 min read
Seaweed feed supplement for methane reduction in livestock products
A machine to clean and disinfect cups in 5 seconds with just 1cl of water
Guarantees a naturally efficient and healthy building that stands the test of time
Wind-solar integrated hybrid energy for telecom tower industry
Urban deliveries using inland waterways at the same price than trucking
A solar thermal collector capable of converting sunlight into hot water for buildings
A resilient smart water agri-technology for food and water security
Enables anyone in the world to invest in renewable energy on its platform
A modular blast furnace gasification system for commercially scalable waste management
Aims to create new material solutions through mindful use of sea waste resources
A solar thermal concentrator providing heat and steam for industries and district heating
Safe, reliable and scalable energy storage, designed specifically for offshore applications
A solution to bicycle theft problem in urban area
A win-win system for urban transportation and last-mile delivery logistics
An iot solution for water management reducing overconsumption and waste of water filters
A digital solution using behavioral pychology to nudge users towards climate-friendly travel habits
Large areas vegetation maintenance using herds of industrial solar robots
A dynamic agrivoltaic solution developed to protect crops and produce renewable energy on the same land.
A new modern dry toilets
A new generation of electric motors, bringing extreme power density and efficiency
Recycled polymer compounds applied to non-structural material in the construction industry
A revolutionary crowd-invest solution for treatments of co2 at the full price of the damage caused
A green casting process with the ability to redesign lighter parts for better efficiency and ev range
Turning non-consumable organic waste into clean energy & fertilizer on site
Slab material for architectural facade and interiors
A low-cost submersible platform for tidal sites
An electrotechnology system for clean and efficient treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater
An efficient hydrogen power plant for desalination, brine concentration, industrial wastewater treatment and materials recovery
High-end fibre-to-fibre recycling and circular economy for the fashion industry
A patented, eco-friendly, linerfree, repositionable direct-thermal label solution
An ecological alternative to oil based membranes to improve acoustic insulations of buildings
A fully recyclable rear-side film providing long-term protection to solar panels
Solar catamaran for the common motor boats activity
A thermal solar cooking system for institutional cooking within schools and hospitals
An energy-efficient health and well-being sensing service for buildings
Toothpastes tabs with zero waste and easy to use to help people change their habits in a fun way
A plug-and-play, flexible solar kit for domestic applications
Smarter, healthier, and sustainable buildings through iot sensors, actuators, and fuzzy algorithms
An AI and Sensor-based technology to communicate and manage building systems
An energy retrofit digital platform for social, cooperative and public housing portfolios
World's first AI-based smart waste bin that recognizes and sorts the waste automatically.
Insects as a source of food
An eco-designed and connected stationary fitness equipment for renewable energy production
Preventing the discharge of nitrate and phosphate from greenhouses
Sustainable paper and packaging from waste
A stepstone towards circular economy in the textile and fashion industry
Cheap heat & power for municipalities generated from a local source
A waste management system matchmaking platform between manufacturing and construction companies
Written by Thomas Weeks on July 8, 2020
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