Sustainability

When we installed our solar lighting systems in the Andes, we saw that we weren't the first to visit the Q'eros with solar solutions. We saw two schools that had fairly large solar systems installed....

I awake in the cold and look outside to see snow has covered the valley and the roofs of the homes. I wonder if this is going to slow down our efforts to install 40 lighting kits today. Isn't it supposed to be...

My head is throbbing, I can barely walk straight, and I'm freezing, but I'm carried on by the siren song of "Otra casa, otra casa!" (another house). It's my second day in Peru and I'm at 5,000 meters, a three...

We're partnering with Water Solutions SAC in Lima and Q'ellqa in Cusco to create an exciting new Buy One Give One program. For every solar power and light kit purchased featuring our new USB Touchlight, we...

There is still no indication when the Rockaways will get power back, so we went out again last Friday to install solar chargers and train organizers to distribute more to people who need power to charge their...

We were in the Staten Island and the Rockaways on Monday and Tuesday installing and distributing more solar light and phone charger kits for people still without power. As before, please consider donating to...

We were in the Rockaways earlier this week to distribute solar kits. We found residents still do not have power and many are unable to leave their homes. We are starting a Buy One Give One program today for...

What do you do when you really want solar power, but you live in a 350 square foot apartment in NYC with no roof access? That is what our friends at Life Edited asked us to work on. Sunlight was limited,...

There’s been a lot of buzz about insourcing lately. We wanted to share what we do locally vs internationally and why. What We have a dozen plus manufacturing partners in China who produce a range of...

Voltaic Systems employee, Phillip Stearns will be teaching a 2-day class in DIY Renewable Electricity at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY.  Students will learn how to charge AA batteries using our 2-Watt solar...

At Voltaic, we’re in the process of designing our own solar light and are constantly on the lookout for small scale solar lighting products that have made their way to market to see what we like and might do...

We're delighted to be doing a trial with Worldreader, an organization that makes "digital books available to all in the developing world, enabling millions of people to improve their lives." They're looking...

On a routine visit to the Voltaic warehouse in New Jersey, we were pleasantly surprised by the sight of solar systems installed on many of the utility poles in the area.  The systems are designed by Petra...

This isn't the normal Voltaic coverage area, but a graphic by Bill Marsh in the New York Times comparing the LEAF to the Altima caught our attention as we are eyeing low-carbon alternatives to the current...

A Voltaic customer from Brazil sends in photos from the Amazon region Cajutuba, outside of Santarém. The families that live here live in wood and palm leaf homes, plant mandioca (a native root) and also earn...

We store any and all electronics parts that we are unable to sell or give away to someone who finds it useful. We recently collected enough that it was time to find someone to recycle all the parts. We emailed...

We assembled our booth wall last Wednesday to show off our solar chargers and solar bags using our own cardboard shipping boxes and some plumbing materials we acquired at a store here in New...

This report details the materials used and regulatory compliance for each component of one of our solar backpacks. When sourcing materials for our products, we look for ones with lower embedded energy and less...