Abu Dhabi: An Emirati technologist has set MENA’s first World Record with

her innovation in green technology to serve Climate Change, war Refugees

and poor families across the Middle East.

Green Technologist Gill Wallace Hope, a resident of Abu Dhabi, succeeded in setting a new record for

her solar cooker for large scale distribution.

“This record is for the largest distribution of sustainable, zero emission cooking technology. For the

purpose of this record, a solar cooker is described as an apparatus which uses natural sunlight to boil

water and cook food with no other source of energy and zero CO2 emissions, used as a critical source of

cooking in the desert and for poor families who cannot afford electricity, gas or charcoal cookers.

“Each solar cooker is three-dimensional, made from aluminum and stainless steel,” Gill Wallace Hope,

told Gulf News.

The solar cooker, which measured 50 inches in height, will be displayed at Saddiyat Island in August

2013. They were made using the parabolic technique, ensuring that the sun’s rays are focused to boil 8

pints of water in 20 minutes and cook a meal of rice, vegetables and soup in less than an hour. . Solar

technology is an ancient art form that can be traced back to the 6th century when Romans decreed a right

to light.

Gill said she is happy to have set a new world record for frugal innovation in technology. “It is now official

that this is the first of its kind around the world, the first in the field of green technology and the first from

an Abu Dhabi resident,”

The solar cooker is the result of Gill’s seven years of hard work from Washington DC and UAE advising

on Economic and Environmental Sustainability. “Developing green technologies to serve Refugees and

the poor is overlooked” she says. “Most investment dollars go to large-scale solar or wind farms;

however, if you are in the desert with no electricity, gas, water or sewerage you need frugal innovation to

provide the Refugees with appropriate technology that has no negative impact on the environment.

20,000 solar cookers will be deployed in #Jordan to empower the Refugees to cook fresh food

and reduce hostility by sharing meals throughout the Refugee Camps, home to 700,000 Syrians

fleeing the war.

10,000 will be distributed in #UAE to the poor families with 5-7 children who can’t afford energy

yet want to feed their family with nutritious food.

Gill Wallace Hope never met her Emirati father from Al Ain who was friends with Sheikh Zayed; however,

she feels his spirit and encouragement pulse through her inventions.

By Janice Ponce de Leon, Staff Reporter

Gill Wallace Hope, Founding Director of Queen of Green, first global green brand that develops

green technologies, knowledge and processes to serve the BOP market which includes Refugees,

orphans, women and youth.

The Queen of Green solar cooker has been developed for Refugees and poor families, to provide

nutritious meals in difficult environments.

Gill Wallace Hope, Queen of Green

+971552396818

www.linkedin.com/in/AmbassadorHope

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The Queen of Green solar cooker will boil 8 pints of water in 20 minutes and cook a meal for 10

people in an hour with no Electricity, gas or charcoal. It emits ZERO CO2 emissions making it

economically and environmentally sustainable for deserts and hot climates.