Collect rainwater and reuse
 
In many countries, water scarsity is a problem. To collect the water rain is an old and effective solution. The collected quantity will depend of the annual water shed. Iliopark can also resist to exeptional snow shed, up to 80 cm. Collected water can be used to water gardens but also to clean vehicules.

The design of the shelter has been made by Caligo, from Annecy, who draw elegant lines. The structure of the shelter is steel made.
 
Christophe Parot and Jean Claude Bavoillot are prospecting several projects, for example eco-villages, but companies are collectivities are also interested.

A licence is available worldwide. http://franchise.iliopark.com

The basic unit cost of an iliopark is 28 000 euros, for two car park, the cost to connect the shelter to the grid is not included. This is depending on the distance. For a 1 000 units installation, the cost is deacreasing to  18 000 euros.

http://www.impact-energie.com

mail : cp@impact-energie.com

skype : impact-energie

To produce photovoltaïque electricity, while shading the cars against the sun and collecting the rain water : these are the services provided by iliopark, a shelter designed by the french company Impact Energie, located in  Annecy.

Many had the idea, but the two Impact-énergie founders did it. Christophe Parot, 48, agronomist  and MBA, quited research to act in the field of renewable energy.  Jean-Claude Bavoillot, ENSAM engineer, spécialised in the car industry, industrial production and management.

Today, the two associated are marketing  Iliopark, a park shelter to protect the cars against the sunlight. Iliopark is also transforming solar energy into photovoltaic electricity and collect the  rain water.

The conception integrated the different functions in an modular, esthetic product, easy to install.

The basic unit is made for two vehicules. The area covered with photovoltaic is 24 square meter. The pannels are made in Spain. The power is 3 KW peak. The pannels are oriented to the sun to 12°, to furfill many potentiel locations. Park are easier to equip than buildings, where the roof is often not in the right direction, or used by air conditioning equipment. The whole iliopark area is available for production.

The connection with the grid will depend of the distance of the park from your electric transformer. Electricity can be used to charge electric vehicule batteries, like scooters or bicycles.

Annual production in the Rhône Alpes area is reaching 3 250 KWh for each unit. In France the feed in tariff is 0,57 euro / KW/h. This is producing a 1 800 euro annual income for the happy owner, for each installed unit. The return over investment is about 15 years. Iliopark is a technical and financial product.
 

Christophe Parot

Dear all,

In addition to all the green initiatives,

can we plant 2 trees per house and maintain them, which will increase our green cover significantly?

Think about it!

The global debate on Sustainable development is truly on.There is great confusion about what is sustainable development. Each one defines sustainable development in their own way to suit their convenience. There is lot of myth and untruth surrounding these overhyped marketing of the so called sustainable development initiatives.

For a common man how do we define sustainable development? Majority of human population is under nourished and poor. How do you include them in sustainable development?  Wikipedia defines it as a development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

I had posed a question in LinkedIn Q&A forum,definition of Sustainable Business - two interesting definitions emerged. One definition given by Richard Kubin that more or less applies sustainable development definition to businesses. He defined it "as a business that is economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally benign" The other definition was more holistic and was given by James Stuart. He defined it as "the process by which long term - and widespread - benefits are gained. Widespread, meaning further than any particular business or the employees of that business, encompassing the suppliers, the producers, the consumers. This means shared benefit and a joint future based on trust, mutual respect and development". You can find the article of James Stuart here: /uploads/sustainable Business.pdf

If business is the vehicle of wealth creation globally, is it not apt to expect full partcipation of the businesses in sustainable development? Is it happening globally?

Well only time will tell.

I was wondering for a while what kind of opportunities are really being highlighted by the CleanTech warriors in their blogs. More than 90% of these initiatives talked about were related to energy efficiency, hybrid fuels etc.

We human beings are the only species in this world to use packaging products to package our food. In packaging industry a lot of research needs to be done to find alternatives to petroleum based plastics like PET and I was lucky to come across this discussion on LinkedIn. 
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/business-development/MAR_BDV/216724-4497348
 
For new business ideas is this a new area to focus on? Packaging industry is scaleable, global business and influences the way we store and preserve the precious food we consume. Can some brave men/women take cue from here and work on these initiatives?