The European Commission has granted an extension for the ESI Europe project for another year, postponing the end to January 2022. The project was launched in February 2018 by the consortium led by BASE with FIRE, BCSD Portugal and EnergyLab aiming at increasing investment in energy efficiency (EE) by Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). … Continued
BASE contributed to the “Financing the Low Carbon Economy” and participated in the #LowCarbonEconomy video series led by Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF). The publication “Financing the Low Carbon Economy” compiles a wide array of financial tools and instruments that help channel funding into the solutions necessary for the transition to a low-carbon economy. It demonstrates … Continued
Today, data.org announced BASE, together with Empa, as awardee of its Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge (the Challenge). Launched in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the Challenge aims to tackle society’s greatest challenges and help people and communities thrive by harnessing the power of data science. BASE and … Continued
We are extremely proud to share this exciting short film on the global impact of Cooling as a Service (CaaS), produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions as part of WorldGBC’s collective of films on green buildings, “Building a Better Future”. This high-quality short film was produced by BBC StoryWorks, the commercial content division of BBC … Continued
The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) announces a partnership with La Banque Agricole in Senegal, to provide an on-bill financing mechanism in collaboration with the local utility, Senelec. This will help Senegalese households and micro-entrepreneurs access affordable refrigerators and air conditioners that waste less electricity and have a smaller environmental footprint compared to … Continued
Environmentally friendly refrigerators and air conditioners will be more widely accessible and affordable in Ghana through a new Green On-wage financing scheme. The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is a joint project by the Governments of Ghana and Senegal, the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (UNEP U4E) initiative and the Basel … Continued
The Rwanda Cooling Finance Initiative (RCOOL FI) and Banque Populaire Du Rwanda Plc signed a Memorandum of Understanding that intends to supporting the bank’s role partnership with Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) to implement Rwanda Cooling Finance Initiative (R-COOL FI) that seeks to offer on-bill financing to make energy-efficient and climate-friendly refrigerators and ACs . … Continued
SokoFresh provides off-grid, mobile cold-storage as a service to Kenyan farmers, and was announced as a finalist for the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Prize. SokoFresh is a venture built by serial entrepreneur and venture-building studio Enviu as part of their FoodFlow programme. Through this programme, Enviu aims to develop a showcase 0 per cent loss … Continued
ColdHubs in Nigeria was selected as the winner of the Cooling as a Service (CaaS) Prize thanks to their exemplary CaaS model that saved 20,400 tons of food from spoilage in 2019 alone. The runners up were Energy Partners and Maxwell & Spark. To qualify for this prize, companies had to share information on implemented pay-per-use … Continued
BASE is proud to announce that the CaaS ToolKit is now available on the CaaS website, under the tools section. The tools include all the documentation required to communicate about the model to customers, as well as the CaaS contract, and the CaaS pricing model. The CaaS contract was developed with the support of Vaccianna & … Continued