BASE Foundation

Earlier this month, Daniel Magallon, Managing Director at BASE, was at the Humanitarian Energy Conference (#HEC2024) in Nairobi 🇰🇪 The event highlighted the vital intersection of energy access, humanitarian aid, and climate resilience. At BASE, we’re exploring opportunities with Global Platform for Action (GPA) and UNDP to help humanitarian organisations decarbonise their energy operations. Our aim is to also enable private sector investment in sustainable energy solutions through an innovative risk mitigation financial mechanism. We extend our gratitude to Mark Gibson, Mateo Salomon, Aimee Jenks, Maria K., and many others for engaging BASE in this important endeavor. We’re excited to explore how we can drive private investments to sustainable energy transitions in some of the world’s most vulnerable settings. If you'd like to connect with him, reach out to us! #HumanitarianEnergy #ClimateResilience #Decarbonization #SustainableFinance

New project in Latin America! In Brazil and Colombia, the BASE team is harnessing the power of Virtual Power Plants (#VPP), aggregating Distributed Energy Resources (DER), to create a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy system 🏘 By integrating energy systems such as solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles, VPPs can: ✅ Reduce reliance on fossil fuels ✅ Enhance grid stability ✅ Empower communities to generate their own electricity and sell the excess production BASE aims to develop and deploy scalable Virtual Power Plant (VPP) models in Colombia 🇨🇴 and is interacting with local stakeholders to replicate this approach in Brazil 🇧🇷 Curious about how VPPs can transform energy systems and bring about positive environmental impact? Check out the full project here: https://lnkd.in/eEaPEeUV Thanks to our partners Celsia, Integrate To Zero & Pooled fund on International Energy (PIE)

Attend a cutting-edge event on financing #sustainablecooling in the developing world! ❄️ Sustainable cooling is increasingly critical for economic development and advancing the global climate agenda, with billions of people worldwide facing severe heat waves intensified by the climate crisis 🌇 The new IFC - International Finance Corporation and UNEP-led Cool Coalition joint report “𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥’𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴” identifies numerous private investment opportunities across different segments of the cooling market, including space cooling, refrigeration, cold chains, and transport. BASE contributed to the piece by providing unique inputs on business models and financial strategies as well as clarifying the role of development banks. Join us on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, for a webinar that delves into key findings of the report, including business opportunities and financing mechanisms ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eq45KW_q

(Re)play the SET Alliance webinar for an insightful discussion on how to successfully shift to the as-a-service business model and drive the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable solutions! ⬇️

We welcome Ljubomir Sinadinovski to the BASE team! A software engineer with experience in the private and public sector, Ljubomir is joining BASE as a Digitalisation Specialist! LJ will work on the Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant (#YourVCCA) project, where he is already supporting the preparation of the Coldtivate app 👩🌾 for open-source release and enhancing its performance!

BASE's sustainable finance specialist Livia Miethke Morais was at the Climate and Disaster Risk Insurance Forum! The forum, organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at its headquarters in Manilla 🇵🇭, brought together a cross-sectoral group of insurance experts, policymakers, and regulators to discuss the role of insurance and capital markets in designing and implementing innovative solutions in the face of disasters arising from natural hazards and climate change risks. Livia participated in the panel discussion of Session 8 “de-risking energy efficiency investments” sharing the learnings of the implementation of the Energy Savings Insurance (#ESI) around the world. The session highlighted the importance of energy efficiency in climate change mitigation and how the insurance sector can actively contribute to it. Important insights also came for the potential of linking other innovative models developed by BASE with the distribution of disaster risk insurance, especially flagship solutions such as Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant (#YourVCCA), working closely with farmers' communities vulnerable to such risks, and #RemitResilience, that taps into remittance flows to support potentially affected areas. Stay tuned!

Starting soon! 🔴 At 3pm CEST today, we'll be hosting 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺-𝘢𝘴-𝘢-𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 📈 Make sure to attend by signing up on Zoom or LinkedIn live stream ⬇️ 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e6wvkpSV 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eb5fYwmA

🚨 It's tomorrow! We’re excited to share the speaker lineup for our upcoming webinar, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺-𝘢𝘴-𝘢-𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦! The discussion will be the occasion to exchange ideas on how to deploy as-a-Service offerings while generating #CustomerValue 🤝 The event is a good occasion for all providers of energy-efficiency equipment interested in the as-a-service approach to learn more with our speakers ⤵️ Learn more and register today on Zoom ⏩ https://lnkd.in/e_Er9AJs Or sign up for the LinkedIn livestream here: https://lnkd.in/eb5fYwmA

Coming soon! Join the SET Alliance for a cutting-edge event gathering energy efficiency-as-a-service thought leaders. The discussion will be the occasion to exchange ideas on how to deploy as-a-Service offerings while generating #CustomerValue 🤝 The event is a good occasion for all providers of energy-efficiency equipment looking at adopting the as-a-service approach to learn more with our speakers ⤵️ 📊 Dr. Elvira Rakova, CEO of DIREKTIN Ltd., will discuss how digital tools can empower clients to monitor their systems and effectively optimise efficiency and consumption. ❄️ Dawie Kriel, General Manager at Energy Partners, will share about the company's shift to an as-a-service business model that creates value for customers, and his vision for the future of #CaaS. 💡 Dominiek Plancke, CEO of ETAP Lighting International NV, will explore how Light-as-a-Service enables circularity and reduces ownership costs. 🔧 Florian ANDRÉ, Founder & CEO of P2S Management Consulting - Subscription & X-as-a-Service Models, will guide us through the strategic steps for successfully transitioning to EaaS models and the value the model brings to customers. Learn more and register today on Zoom ⏩ https://lnkd.in/e_Er9AJs Or sign up for the LinkedIn livestream here: https://lnkd.in/eb5fYwmA #EaaS #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #EnergyEfficiency #Innovation

Join BASE at the 12th edition of the World Urban Forum in Cairo! 🌇 As cities continue to grow and evolve at an unprecedented pace, UN Habitat's #WUF12 conference provides a crucial opportunity to discuss and implement strategies for sustainable urbanisation 🏢🌴 WUF12 will examine the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid #urbanisation and its consequences for communities, cities, economies, and the environment, as well as exploring effective policies to address these challenges. Over the past 2 years, BASE has been collaborating with UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) to ideate how innovative financing and business models can fund public infrastructure projects in cities that are receiving large numbers of migrants. We are eager to share what we've learned. Join us for two events featuring local governments, development banks, urban planners, and civil society. Stay tuned for more information! Register your interest here. ⬇️ https://loom.ly/VXsvqII #ItAllStartsAtHome #ItAllStartsNow