What is Sunlabob?

SUNLABOB provides affordable and reliable energy solutions with renewable energy sources.

SUNLABOB is …

A Lao commercial company, licensed since 2001, which operates as a profitable, full-service energy-provider selling hardware and providing commercially viable energy services for remote areas where the public electricity grid does not yet reach.
Our headquarters and base are in Vientiane, the capital of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
A hardware company. See our hardware options here.
An energy service company. See our concepts here.
A training company. SUNLABOB trains small rural entrepreneurs so they can install and service our technologies and run their business as our franchise. This ensures fast and reliable follow-up services.
A rental company. SUNLABOB rents out systems at affordable rates to off-grid areas. See our presentation here.
A brand for equipment uniquely suited for longterm use in remote areas and with rental operations.

Corporate Responsibility

SUNLABOB believes that responsible, long-term oriented entrepreneurship is the driving force for sustainable economic development and for providing the managerial, technical, and financial resources needed to meet social and environmental challenges.
With this being the core principle behind our approach, we can generate a profit as well as provide a service to the developing country of Laos. To this end, we have been committed since our inception to providing our solutions at affordable and competitive rates and devoted to finding new ways of providing energy to all.
Furthermore, we are dedicated to helping achieve UN Millennium Development Goal #7: Ensure environmental sustainability.

SUNLABOB’s Mission

Sunlabob strives to become the largest regional provider for commercially viable renewable energy solutions and for field-tested reliable equipment, packages, and products.
Sunlabob will continue to be at the global cutting edge of concretely exploring new concepts, new operational procedures, new ventures, and new systems that will benefit off-grid rural people. Sunlabob expands its concepts and operations through franchising partnerships with any company anywhere on the planet.

SUNLABOB’s Competencies for achieving this mission:

Aggressive pursuit of government and agency project tenders based on lowest cost, best record, and unique after-sales services.
Insistence on the most suitable solutions based on full life-cycle cost calculations.
Dedication to providing real benefit to all levels of the supply chain.
A franchise system expanding in Laos and abroad.
Reaching all remote areas reliably and regularly.
Hiring and retaining the best staff available in the fields of engineering, development, finance, and project management.
Efficient innovative financing mechanisms.
Networking with public and private sector investors in renewable energy and rural development.
Public-private partnerships suiting specific situations allowing us to mutually leverage grant investments for building village infrastructural assets with loan investments for legitimate profit.
Practical trainings for local entrepreneurs to run successful businesses and for village committees to learn good local governance.
Commitment to customer satisfaction through a fast maintenance service, needs-based solutions, income generation trainings for off-grid areas, and communication with local representatives.
Commitment to developing and exploring new and improved renewable energy solutions for commercial and sustainable applications.
Excellent grasp of the challenges of rural areas through constant contact with our franchisees and the capacity to run a proving ground for evaluating suitable equipment under actual remote conditions.

Our achievements so far:

Since 2000, SUNLABOB has installed over 5,600 systems in over 450 villages and locations all over Laos.
SUNLABOB has received international recognition and prizes for its innovative ideas. See our awards here.
SUNLABOB has Public Private Partnerships with various development agencies, such as GTZ, DEG, and IFC.
SUNLABOB is expanding into village grids with hybrid renewable energy sources and has launched R&D efforts for solar pumping and biofuels.
SUNLABOB has successfully initiated a rental service for energy systems that allows households and villages to afford electricity.
SUNLABOB has teamed with other Lao agencies to launch the Lao Institute for Renewable Energy (LIRE), a non-profit organization dedicated to the research and testing of viable technology for the Lao people.
SUNLABOB is a key player for carbon-reducing concepts and has successfully entered the carbon trade market.

Our OPERATING Procedures:

Operating processes drawn from the best practices in the industry to maximize operating efficiencies.
Proprietary methodology address internal and external dimensions of core business though collaborative engagement with channel partners and clients.
Processes for each product/service delivery developed through systematic set up stage leading to clearly defined procedures for day to day operations.
Set up stage involve careful analysis of the product/service delivery and assessment of competencies of staff/entities who undertake the activity, to design routine operations in line with available financial and human resources.
Detailed documentation, oversight functions and quality assurance built in to the routine procedures.
Processes define simple and clear step-by-step actions to be taken by all entities involved in product/service delivery.
Documentation enables systematic capacity development of persons who take on these positions, and facilitates continuity in approaches and activities.