Green Company: Solar Energy by Evergreen Solar

Evergreen Solar is an American based company and is specialised in the development of String Ribbon solar power products. The company is founded in 1994 and is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Their photovoltaic solar panels are produced with a very sophisticated and patented production method. Evergreen Solar is using its proprietary, low-cost wafer technology. This technology makes it possible to use less polysilicon than standard production methods.

Evergreen Solar produces solar panels that can be installed on residential and commercial applications.

A short explanation on the String Ribbon technology by Richard Feldt, CEO of Evergreen Solar.

For more information go to

www.evergreensolar.com

Sustainability by the Triodos Bank

Sustainable bank of the year – Financial times

In 1971 the Triodos Foundation was established by Adriaan Deking Dura, Dieter Brüll, Lex Bos and Rudolf Mees. Their main objective was to find a way to manage money more sustainable. They started the foundation to support different innovative projects and companies. Later in 1980 they established the Triodos Bank.

Their mission is

To help create a society that promotes people’s quality of life and that has human dignity at its core.

To enable individuals, institutions and businesses to use money more consciously in ways that benefit people and the environment, and promote sustainable development.

To offer customers sustainable financial products and high quality service.

Since the start of the Triodos Bank they have opened more offices in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. Nowadays Triodos Bank has 200,000 customers and invests in more than 9,500 projects. People become more aware of the fact that more banks are willing invest in social and sustainable projects. That’s one of the reasons that the Dutch Bank is supporting the worldwide development of a more sustainable financial system. They hope that their banking model can be an inspiration for changes in the mainstream financial industry.

In June 2009 the Triodos Bank has won the Financial Times Sustainable Bank of the Year Award at the International Sustainable Banking Conference in London. They have received this prize for their leadership and using sustainability in its objectives and activities. The awards were given by the Financial Times and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.

Sources:

www.triodos.com
www.ft.com

Green company: Great LED lights by Innolumis

Since I am from the Netherlands I will also write about interesting Dutch ‘green’ companies. This time I would like to write something about Innolumis.

Innolumis is an innovative company that develops, produces and delivers LED lights that can be used for example in public areas like streets, neighbourhoods and parking lots.

The LED technology Innolumis uses is concept based on a unique colour combination that gives optimum visibility at night and in twilight. The Lumis-LED is available in two colour combinations (Eco White and Green) and with various light yields. The LED light sources are pure LEDs and do not contain any phosphors. The optical quality ensures a uniform light distribution and reduces light pollution to a minimum.



(I could only find a Dutch version of the movie)

A unique feature of this lighting solution is that it provides both better visibility and lower energy consumption. Moreover, the Lumis-LED is developed and produced in a sustainable manner.

For more information go to:

www.innolumis.com

Source: Some texts are used from the Innolumis website.