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About Envirofit
Envirofit develops and disseminates products and services that address major environmental problems in the developing world. Established as a U.S. tax-exempt corporation, Envirofit utilizes initial donations and institutional support to fund product development and early stage product commercialization, and then uses operating income to develop and expand its businesses. In the rank of organizations developing products for "bottom of the pyramid" markets, Envirofit is unique in its utilization of the same rigorous product-development methodology and protocols used by modern industry. This requires rigor in areas like design, validation, manufacturing, quality control, supply chain management, distribution, inventory management, and marketing. Envirofit's goal is thus to build and operate self-sustaining businesses as an entrepreneurial, commmercially-driven, independent, non-profit organization.
MISSION
Envirofit International was established to develop well-engineered technology solutions to improve the human condition on a global scale, with a primary emphasis on applications in the developing world. Envirofit's goal is to develop and distribute well-engineered energy products for low-income markets that traditionally have been overlooked.
BACKGROUND
Envirofit International is a Fort Collins, Colorado based registered 501(c)(3) organization founded in late 2003 with ties to Colorado State University. 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.
