Icons with Rotimi Thomas

Energy & the Built Environment: How Sustainable Building Design Can Lead to Better Energy Experiences

Introduction
As the world becomes smarter, maximizing energy becomes a vital edge for development and sustainability. Harrison and the Environmental Stewardship Initiative define sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”. In our environment, it is high time we build that which is energy-efficient, resource-efficient and environmentally responsible.

Our second Icons series aimed at catalyzing off-grid energy development in Nigeria.

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With a background in project development and large infrastructure investments, entrepreneurship, wealth management, and human resources at large companies across North America, Europe and Africa, Rotimi Thomas is on a journey to build impact-driven companies born out of Africa that make the world a better place by solving problems present in the frontier markets of Africa.

He is currently a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Aspire Power Solutions, a decentralized virtual utility that will provide millions of Africans and people around the world more affordable, sustainable, and reliable electricity using solar, batteries, intelligent inverters, and building automation.

‘’My goal is to contribute to sustainable global economic development and a better environment for all by making energy cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable for Africa’s missing middle”