Background
Envirofit International is a Fort Collins, Colorado based registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in late 2003. The company developed from research work undertaken at the Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory (EECL), a world leader in designing energy efficient, low emissions engines. In 2001 the Director of the EECL was involved in the design of a direct injection retrofit kit for two-stroke snow mobiles. That research evolved to consider the feasibility of a direct injection retrofit for a third-world application. Professors from EECL and the CSU College of Business jointly supervised a graduate student team investigating the feasibility of taking the demonstration kit developed at EECL and commercializing it into a sustainable business. That exercise led the formation of Envirofit in October 2003. Subsequent, substantial funding from the Bohemian Foundation allowed Envirofit to undertake extensive product development and field testing, commercializing its initial retrofit kit in October 2006.
