Globally, it has been estimated by the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) that by 2050 the world will need to produce 100% more calories (for all uses) than it does today, and that at least 70% of this increase must come from technology applications rather than new farm land into production. To meet this challenge, which is driven by population growth, resource scarcity and changing lifestyles of the developing world, we need another “Green Revolution”.

This will need to be at a scale similar to what we have seen in post-war industrialization of agriculture, which brought together farm mechanization, petrochemical fertilizers, plant biotechnology and irrigation as the key technologies that drove farm production to the levels of today.

Food security will require new technology options, which minimizes water and energy consumption, especially in arid and semiarid regions, and securing these resources in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to take them to market application. 
As the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) has set ambitious targets for increasing food production globally, there is a fundamental need for new technologies to feed the growing populations, with the aim to be at the cutting edge of using new science and technologies.


In this context, the IEU is strongly willing to introduce innovative solutions and advance promising technologies that provide sustainable energy, wastewater treatment and recycling in the industry and irrigation as well as introducing cost affordable and reliable solutions for augmenting food production while minimizing the environmental impacts of energy and water treatment. 
The IEU’s strategic vision focuses on the linkages and mutual dependencies between energy, water, and food on local, regional and global levels. IEU, as a Swiss company with forefront technologies in renewable energy and water treatment as well as unique business models, can contribute remarkably to the WEF Nexus and Sustainability Development Goals through development and implementation of extensive technical solutions.


The GREEN PYRAMIDS invention is one example of the IEU innovative solutions. The invention is directed to construct a new concept for integration of solar PV energy generation, large scale energy storage, and sustainable food production with Multifunctional Football Stadia, business centers and commercial buildings. The “GREEN PYRAMIDS ” invention aims at enhancing water, 
energy and food sustainability measures in hot climates.

It will also help to drastically reduce the energy requirements for cooling, heating, and ventilation of the stadia together with many important benefits for enhancing energy and water use efficiency in food production and modern agro industrial communities. This model can be adopted for green cities around Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as other parts of the world with favorable renewable energy potential to produce energy, water, and food in a sustainable way.

Competitive Advantages of the GREEN PYRAMIDS

• Enhance natural ventilation in sport centers and football stadia

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New concept for green architecture & green agriculture

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Enhance energy and water security 


• Cheap, environmentally friendly energy storage 


• High energy storage density, fast response and high efficiency 


• Better land use efficiency and lower foot print 


• Better performance of PV due to passive and active cooling and cleaning 


• Lower installation costs of renewable energy systems and food production 


• Low water consumption & reuse 


• Low cooling demand for community, food production and processing

• Low storage costs of food products 


• Low transportation costs of food products 


• Attract farming for young generations & establishing new agro-industrial communities 


Key Commercial Applications

• Sustainable multifunctional sport clubs and commercial buildings

• Sustainable Applications of Water-Energy-Food Nexus 


• Sustainable solution for establishing modern agro-industrial societies in hot regions 


• Green buildings & sustainable technologies 


• Large scale electrical and thermal energy storage 


• On-grid and off-grid renewable energy applications 


• Building Integrated PV (BIPV) 


• Autonomous controlled environment agricultural greenhouses 


• Polygeneration and autonomous industrial applications as well as touristic resorts