After realising that carbon emissions from the developing and emerging economies exceeded those produced from the industrialised nations, SolarisKit’s founder Faisal Ghani decided the most impactful way to tackle the climate emergency was through simple and practical clean energy solutions. These solutions would not only have massive impact on the environment, but potentially improve the lives of millions of people across the world.

With nearly 50% of global energy consumed to generate heat, Faisal worked on a new way of providing affordable, clean heat. This led to the development of the world’s first flat-packable solar thermal collector and the birth of SolarisKit.

SolarisKit received its first big boost winning Scotland’s national Converge Impact Challenge in 2019 providing £20,000 of funding and access to greater access to Scotland’s entrepreneurial eco-system. Further, funding from Innovate UK (£242K) has been awarded to SolarisKit to carry out pilot installations of the SolarisKit solar collector in Rwanda. SolarisKit was named ‘Start-up of the year’ at the 2020 Solar & Storage Live Awards.

As part of our commitment to the environment, SolarisKit has committed to funding the plantation of 25 trees for every collector sold. A carbon offset program is also in place for all our employees to reduce our carbon footprint.