The Appropriate Technology Collaborative maintains a database of existing proven appropriate technologies. Our goal is to provide consistent and clear construction documents for proven technologies that are inexpensive, efficient and field reparable.
ATC also designs and prototypes new sustainable technologies. Included are:
- Bamboo Reinforced Concrete
- Bio-Fuels
- Energy Systems
- Wind
- Solar
- Batteries
- Solar Refrigeration
- Solar Replacements for Kerosene Lamps
- Squatter City Infrastructure
- Treadle Pump (PDF)
- Water
- Peruvian Andes Water Pump Design (PDF)
- Hand Crank Water Purifier
ATC also collects good quality used laptop computers, refurbishes them and distributes them at a low or no cost to education centers in low income countries.
