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→ La promo du mois

Si vous ne l’avez pas déjà, il y a une promo sur les plans du cuiseur solaire. Il est à 44 Euros (au lieu de 99 Euros). C’est jusqu’à fin février !

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→ Des Lytefire un peu partout

On va régulièrement vous présenter des utilisateurs et utilisatrices heureux par des présentations courtes basées sur quelques entretiens menés par Héléna cet hiver.

On commence avec Les Vagabonds de l’Énergie, une association normande qui met en avant l’esprit du voyage et la low-tech.

Au départ orientée sur des projets de voyages autour des thématiques de l’énergie, l’association a été créée en 2009 par Robin Deloof et Arnaud Crétot. A la fin de leurs études, ils sont partis un an sur les routes de l’énergie (voir leur doc). Leurs pas les ont menés en Inde où une grande Lytefire était à l’étude. L’entreprise Solar Fire a été créée en Finlande en 2012 et quelques temps après Arnaud a rejoint notre équipe en tant que directeur technique.

A la suite de difficultés financières ne permettant plus de garantir son salaire, Arnaud a eu l’idée de bifurquer vers la boulangerie. En 2019, un four solaire construit en Suisse par Urs, Lorin et Will lui a été passé et il a ainsi pu tester en live en France la cuisson du pain avec la Lytefire. La suite, on la connaît avec le fabuleux succès de sa boulangerie solaire NeoLoco. Par la suite, le four d’Arnaud a été professionnalisé avec CPM Industrie et sa première Lytefire a donc été prêtée à l’association des Vagabonds de l’Énergie.

“La Lytefire représente vraiment l’espoir qu’on re-localise des processus économiques.”
Clément Bresciani, Vagabonds de l’Energie.

Depuis 2018, l’association est animée entre autres par le très dynamique Clément Bresciani et c’est grâce à lui qu’un Pôle Animation a largement été développé avec de nombreuses activités pédagogiques extra qu’on vous invite à découvrir sur leur site et leurs réseaux sociaux. Grâce à leur four baptisé “Héliante”, les Vagabonds ont été en mesure de faire découvrir la cuisson solaire à des centaines d’élèves et festivaliers depuis 2020.

“C’est parce qu’on propose aux jeunes une expérience physique et sensorielle, et qu’il y a en plus l’expérience de la boulangerie solaire NeoLoco pas loin, que nos événements avec le four solaire ont vraiment de l’impact.”
Clément Bresciani, Vagabonds de l’Energie.

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→ En ligne !

Open source ou pas, telle est la question dans beaucoup d’innovations portées par les alternatives sociales en cours. On a beaucoup réfléchi dans l’équipe et on a trouvé notre modèle il y a quelques temps. On a récemment trouvé le temps de bien vous l’expliquer. Découvrez-le ici sur cette page.

“Notre modèle est destiné à inclure tout le monde, y compris les bricoleurs et les artisans souvent ignorés par l’industrie. En ce sens, nous sommes probablement la première entreprise énergétique à proposer la même innovation à la vente comme aux bricoleurs.”
Urs Riggenbach, Co-fondateur et Directeur

Pour nos amis et amies francophones, le site est enfin mis à jour en français donc bonne plongée dans l’univers solaire de la Lytefire :)

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Dear solar friends,

We hope that 2024 has started off well for you and your families!

Our newsletter has been well received by many and we thank you for your time to read these latest news.

→ Artisanal manufacturing of solar ovens

A few weeks ago, a new French craftsman joined us to offer Lytefire at a lower cost to customers in the West of France. When CPM Industries initially began manufacturing the Lytefire Deluxe in France, the cost of their industrial processes placed the solar oven out of budget for many.

Today, it is now possible in France to buy your Lytefire Artisan solar oven made by a professional craftsman who comes from the industry: Mr Sylvain Foulonneau, creator of Atelier du Ruisseau. Based in Loire Atlantique, he fell in love with the solar oven and decided to manufacture it. The “locally made” Lytefire Artisan is half the price of the industrial Deluxe!

If you are interested, or if you have friends interested in France, we strongly invite you to contact Atelier du Ruisseau: sylvain.foulonneau@orange.fr
He is also presented on our website: https://lytefire.com/users

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→ Calculate your savings

A super interesting new tool is at your disposal on the site: A savings calculator developed by Urs. It’s very simple to use!

Enter into the calculator:
your estimated bread production in kilograms
+ the estimated number of days of sunshine and operation
+ the price of your energy (electricity, wood, charcoal)
+ the price of the Lytefire of your choice
= Result: The savings made as well as the moment when you reach your return on your investment.

So, for example, a Lytefire Artisan at €9000 used in France 120 days/year to produce 80 kg of bread, is amortized in 4 years and then allows a saving of 2540 Euros/year.

The same used 220 days/year for the same production is amortized in 2 years and then allows a saving of 4,657 Euros/year.

If you decide to build your Lytefire yourself with a price of materials around 1500-4000€ (yes, material prices vary a lot depending on the country and your local market) + the plans, and then bake for 220 days at 80 kg of bread per baking day, your Lytefire pays for itself in 11 months (calculating with the 4000€ material price).

You can also add the expected increase in energy prices per year. In France, an increase of 8.6% to 9.8% in the price of electricity is expected in the coming months. Inflation, markets, and new legislation are likely to increase the energy prices in the coming years.

The calculator is here: https://lytefire.com/savings

An article presenting it in more detail: https://lytefire.com/energy-savings-with-lytefire

Artisans in France: https://lytefire.com/artisans

The DIY Plans: https://lytefire.com/diy-oven

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→ A successful campaign!

And it’s another small victory against the forces of darkness, confusion and despair!

Thanks to you, Makenson and his family are really happy to be able to move forward with their great initiative for Haiti! A big thank you to everyone for your support of the crowdfunding for the PAIN SOLEIL solar bakery project!

As an impact company, it is not our mission to support projects in a humanitarian way – that is the work of NGOs – but we are happy to do it whenever we’re asked. It’s really energizing to see that there’s a community out there, truly motivated and sharing our enthusiasm for Lytefire.

By now, we have already carried out and succeeded in all our crowdfundings. In 2012 we crowdfunded for R&D, in 2015 to launch our model of a solar solution for micro-entrepreneurs, in 2020 for the Women of Goghin group in Burkina-Faso in partnership with the SOS Energie association, in 2022 for 3 solar bakers in East Africa – and this winter for Haiti.

A very nice agroforestry project was proposed to us recently and we will talk to you about it after the summer.

It’s also energizing to see new entrepreneurs setting themselves up with Lytefire and asking their own communities to support them. Each time beautiful virtuous circles are created and we at Lytefire love to see that!

Check these two entrepreneurs who recently managed to raise much of their funding goals:

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→ Discount of the month

If you don’t already have it, there’s a discount on the DIY solar cooker plans. They are 44 Euros (instead of 99 Euros). The discount is on until the end of February!

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→ Lytefires everywhere

We will regularly present some of our happy users based on the few interviews conducted by Héléna this winter.

We start with the Vagabond·es de l’énergie, an association in Normandie that highlights the traveling spirit and low-tech.

Initially focused on travel projects around energy themes, the association was created in 2009 by Robin Deloof and Arnaud Crétot. At the end of their studies, they left to travel for a year on their energy path (see their documentary). Their steps took them to India where a large Lytefire was being designed. The Solar Fire company was created in Finland in 2012 and some time later Arnaud joined our team as CTO.

Following financial difficulties that no longer made it possible to guarantee his salary, Arnaud had the idea of shifting to bakery. In 2019, a solar oven built in Switzerland by Urs, Lorin and Will was lent to him and he was able to test bread baking with the Lytefire on-site in France. The rest, we know it with the fabulous success of its solar bakery NeoLoco. Arnaud’s oven has been professionalized with CPM Industries and this first Lytefire Deluxe was therefore lended to the Vagabonds de l’Énergie association.

“The Lytefire really represents the hope that we will re-localize economic processes.”
Clément Bresciani, Vagabonds de l’Énergie.

Since 2018, the association has been led among others by the very dynamic Clément Bresciani and it is thanks to him that an Animation Sector has largely been developed with many extra-curricular activities that we invite you to discover on their site and their social media. Thanks to their oven called “Héliante”, the Vagabonds have been able to introduce hundreds of students and festival-goers to solar baking since 2020.

“It’s because we offer young people an experience that is both physical and sensory, and because the NeoLoco solar bakery is not far away, that our events with the solar oven have a real impact.”
Clément Bresciani, Vagabonds de l’Energie.

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→ Online!

Open source or not, that is the question for many innovations driven by social impact. We thought a lot about it in the team and we set up our model some time ago. We recently found the time to explain it to you. Read more on this blog.

“Our model is meant to include everyone, including DIYers and Artisans who are often disregarded by industry. In that sense, we are probably the first energy company to offer the same innovation that we sell as products at the same time for DIYers.”
Urs Riggenbach, Co-founder and CEO

And last but not least, for our French-speaking friends, the Lytefire site’s French translation has finally been updated, so enjoy diving into the solar universe of the Lytefire :)

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