Events

27 – 31 August 2008: ADES present at the ZOM (=Züri Oberland Messe), Wetzikon
ADES will be at the stand of the Rotary Club Zurich Oberland who supports ADES with the Fundraising-initiative ‘Solar cookers for Madagascar’. ADES will present itself in collaboration with the Rotary Club and you are most welcome to visit us and learn more about our work and how we produce solar cookers in our carpentries in Madagascar.

Opening hours:
Wednesday to Friday: 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday: 12 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For further information please see www.zom-messe.ch


4 – 5 October 2008: Madagascar days in the Masoala hall in the Zoo of Zurich
Enjoy an imaginary trip to Madagascar thanks to the Malagasy music, stands and much more. ADES will also be present with an information stand in the hall and is looking forward to welcoming you.

For further information please see www.zoo.ch


October – December 2008: Realisation of the pilot project ‚solar village St. Augustin’ (solar electricity and solar cookers)
A container with equipment to generate solar electricity (photovoltaics) is sent to Madagascar in June 2008 (see our photo kit ).With this material ADES will ensure a minimal electrification of the fishing village St. Augustin (about 35 south from Tuléar). Its about 50 families will be able to use 1 -2 lamps and a radio, and the hospital and other public buildings will be provided with electricity. This project is only possible thanks to the generous financial support of the foundation “Third Millennium”, the association Solarspar and the Swiss companies TRITEC (www.tritec-energy.com) and Trunz (www.trunz.ch) who sponsored the project with solar equipment. The solar systems will probably be installed in St. Augustin between October and December and then be put into operation. The use of solar cookers by the villagers is also part of the pilot project, which shall be an example for the use of solar energy in the sunny south of Madagascar. This pilot project for solar electricity is the first and biggest of its kind in Madagascar.


3 October 2007: Swiss Solar Award 2007 goes to ADES
In recognition of the achieved results, ADES is being awarded the Swiss Solar Award 2007 in the category Persons/Institutions. Furthermore, ADES is nominated for the European Solar Award. This is a great honor and recognition for us.
For further information see our Press Releases in German and in French.


May 2008: Annual report
2007 has been a new year of success for ADES: we have received several honours, inaugurated our second Renewable Energy Centre in Ejeda (March 2007) and worked very productively.

For detailed information and to know more about our activities in 2007, please read our Annual Report (pdf in german).