Project duration: Ongoing
Project's focus area: This project improves the environment through the dramatic reduction of two-stroke engine emissions.
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The 1.8 million two-stroke vehicles in the Philippines produce the pollution equivalent of 5 billion automobiles. 1.3 million taxi drivers & millions of working class Filipinos rely on them for income/transportation respectively. Our retrofit dramatically reduces emissions: carbon monoxide 76%, carbon dioxide 35%, & hydrocarbon 89%. In addition, fuel consumption is reduced by 35%, oil consumption by 50%. This increased fuel efficiency saves taxi drivers $500 per year, a 33% increase in income.
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Envirofit currently has pilot projects in 3 historic/tourist cities: Vigan, Puerto Princesa, and Boracay. These projects aim to retrofit nearly 4000 vehicles. We are looking to replicate this project throughout the Philippines and to other countries. |
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Our 3 pilot projects will ANNUALLY remove 127,000 automobile equivalents of pollution and infuse $1.1 million dollars into the local economy. We expect incidence of respiratory disease to decline with an improvement in the drivers’ quality of life. |
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After 6 months of using Envirofit’s kit I was able to save up enough money to use as matching funds for a housing grant. I rebuilt my home & my neighbor’s home, which provided housing for 6 families!
- Rolando Santiago, Envirofit field test participant
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Jamie Whitlock,
Marketing Communications Manager
430 North College Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80523
United States
(970)-491-4788
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