Royal College of Art Competition Winner
01.05.07
Gasrec announces Winner of the Royal College of Art Competition to design Artwork for the Gasrec Lotus S1 Elise
At the beginning of March, first and second year Vehicle Design students at the Royal College of Art were set the task of designing the artwork to be used on the Gasrec Lotus S1 Elise. The main objective was to show how environmentally friendly gas vehicles are, in particular those which use Gasrec’s fuel, Gasrec blue, which is derived from sources of waste biomass.
After a rigorous judging process undertaken by representatives from orgnaisations including Lotus, The Energy Savings Trust, SITA, M:Communications and Ros Roca, Ceri Yorath was announced the winner. and the prize for his efforts, a cheque for £1000, was presented to him by Gasrec Managing Director Richard Lilleystone and Finance Director James Ingall.
A special prize, of £500, was also awarded to Arturo Peralta, whose work was considered to be extremely creative.
Winner Ceri Yorath said of his design,
“The bright yellow upper surfaces and darker green/grey lower surfaces are an inverted version of Lotus’s traditional colours. The blend from grey to green along the length of the car is a visual representation of the vehicle ‘cleaning the air’ as it moves."
Gasrec Managing Director, Richard Lilleystone said,
“We feel very privileged to have been involved with the Royal College of Art. The vehicle design students have shown an amazing amount of flare, imagination and skill in their work and I would like to congratulate each of them on their hard work."
For further information, contact:
Gasrec
Doug Leaf
020 7436 6805
M: Communications
Charlotte Kirkham
020 7153 1531
Eleanor Williamson
020 7153 1539
Notes to Editors
About Gasrec
Gasrec ltd. is a producer of liquid methane fuel using gas created by the decomposition of biomass. The company obtains the gas supply from existing landfill sites or from digestion of the biomass byproducts of food manufacture and retail and other industries. In creating and selling the fuel product, Gasrec recovers energy stored in material discarded by society to power society’s vehicles.
The generation of power from landfill sites in the UK is tried and tested, with over 300 UK landfill sites generating 1,700 MW/h each year. Nonetheless, sites continue to flare unused gas, wasting its energy potential and risking damage to the environment. Gasrec has identified a clean, efficient use for this gas in the production of cnLBM (carbon neutral Liquid Bio Methane), a commercially competitive and environmentally sound fuel sold by Gasrec under the brand name ‘Gasrec blue’ that can be directly substituted for both CNG (compressed natural gas) and LNG (liquefied natural gas) for use in gas-powered or dual-fuel vehicles.
There is also the opportunity for gasrec to work with food producers and retailers as well as distillers to utilise their bioorganic byproducts in methane digesters to produce cnLBM. Digestion produces greater volumes of purer gas, and represents the opportunity to sell fuel to those organisations providing the biomass feedstock in a virtuous circle of value capture.
Gasrec has process IP and strategic relationships that underpin security of gas supply and guarantee security of fuel provision to customers. The relationships include agreements with: SITA/Suez, with whom Gasrec has identified a number of sites suitable for gas production; Linde BOC, who provide equipment and bring technical, O&M and administrative support; and Lotus Engineering, which provides fuel verification and emissions testing. Gasrec’s first producing landfill site, operational since [month and year] is located at Albury and is owned by SITA.
In the company’s continuing development of both supply and demand relationships, several regulatory drivers offer further commercial incentive. The EU Landfill Directive calls for the reduction in volume of waste sent to landfill to 35% of 1995 levels by 2020, and all waste no longer landfilled will need to be treated to remove methane content. The tax position of cnLBM is also favourable, with a derogation of Road Fuel Duty of 34p per liter of diesel equivalent.
