Transcript Cleantech Bulgaria is building the expert network for green

Who are we
Cleantech Bulgaria is NGO that focuses on the
sustainable development and green business
in Bulgaria
Our mission is to contribute to the
development of a pro-active attitude and
willingness to adopt good practices for
resource-conscious behavior among the local
business and society.
The Problems We Address
Macro Level:
We address the issue of climate change and the
fight for energy independence
Industry Level:
We tackle the roadblocks that hinder Cleantech
innovation
User Level:
We enable collaboration, professional matchmaking
and Innovation on a global level
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How we do it…
Cleantech Bulgaria is building the expert network for green
business in Bulgaria enabling exchange of expertise, services and
technologies for sustainable business.
We are dedicated to
 raising awareness,
 providing specialized information,
 consulting services and training,
 enhancing dialogue and interaction between the stakeholders
of the green business eco-system and
 building partnerships within and outwards our community.
Sustainability
Web 2.0
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Who uses Cleantech Bulgaria?
Community (Talent Pools)
Cleantech organizsations
Cleantech Entrepreneurs
Service Providers
Academics / Researchers
Business
Cleantech Experts
Media/Content providers
Industry Executives
Universities
Cleantech Investors
Advertisers
Policymakers
Developers
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Partner Network Ecosystem
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OUR RECENT ACHIVEMENTS
How is the Cleantech Ecosystem
getting involved in the innovation
process?
An Open Innovation Challenge enables organisations to accelerate their
innovation by tapping into a worldwide network of experts and innovators
1. Any scientific or business problem an organisation faces in
the different stages of the innovation life-cycle: from idea
generation to growth
2. An entrepreneurial competition, sponsored by organisations
looking to foster clean tech innovation
3. Every challenge must be related to the fields of clean
technology or climate change
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Open Innovation Challenge
Cleantech Innovation Challenge allows companies to solve the most
challenging Cleantech tasks by tapping into the expertise of a global
community of experts and innovators
Web 2.0
Crowdsourcing
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1. Solving scientific or business problem
SUCCESSFUL CASE – Architectural
Design Competition for Passive House
in Bulgaria 2012
SUCCESSFUL CASE – Architectural Design
Competition for Passive House in Bulgaria
Seeker Organization:
THE CHALLENGE
Architectural Design Competition for
Passive House in Bulgaria
E Plus International
Price: 1500 lv.
The OUTCOME
The winning team: 3 architects
combining experience from Bulgaria,
Hong Kong and Germany
Media Coverage: 20 Bulgarian
specialized issues, 16 international
publications
The feedback: We reached a diverse set
of innovators with Cleantech!
PARTICIPATION
60 teams submitted project solutions;
60 projects
6 countries involved
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2. Entrepreneurial competition
Successful case: Sustainable Energy
Challenge By Kic Inno Energy, 2014
Cleantech Bulgaria is executing an innovation
scouting campaign for the Kic Inno Energy
venture instrument of
More than 15 Bulgarian business projects
identified and introduced for further selection
3. SUCCESFULL CASE: Addressing
climate challenge through innovation
Cleantech Bulgaria enables international
collaboration for solving climate-related
industry challenges through innovation.
EU targets for energy efficiency in buildings for 2020
3. SUCCESFULL CASE: HISTOREE
International project, 2014
The HistorEE Project aims to solve the
challenge with reaching the energy
efficiency targets for the historic
buildings across Europe.
•The European Historic Houses Association recognises that when it
comes to improving energy performance, historic homes may be
problematic “with regard to audit, energy performance certificates,
costs of renovation and access to subsidies.”
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3 Bulgarian companies will apply their innovations
as pilot cases for the deep retrofit of historic houses
across Europe
OUR STRENGHT AS PARTNER:
 Specialized in sustainability and “greening”
the business. Knowledge of the local market.
 We provide you connection to broad
spectrum of companies, entrepreneurs,
municipalities, experts, etc.
 Applying novel concepts for networking and
enhancing innovation development
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Business club for sustainable business growth
Program for long term engagement of young talents for green
professional orientation
3. Scouting for business ideas for sustainable energy for the KicInno Energy
venture fund.
 Strong dissemination profile due to our
diverse, but specialized users’ network
 Solutions for business and research based on
the open-innovations method in action
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Topics of interest for
Greening business
Skills development for sustainable
management
Vocational training with “green” focus
Good business practices exchange
Clusterization
Resource efficiency | Developing innovation|
Exploring new technology application |
Environmental Management| Green Economy
“If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to
go far go together.” *
Looking forward working together with you!
Mrs. Mariyana Hamanova,
Founder
[email protected], +359888256123
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* African saying
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