Business Innovation @ ECCI

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ECCI is a hub for the knowledge, innovation and skills required to create a low carbon economy. 

Three clear functions:

Enterprise & InnovationSkills & LearningPolicy Interface

Innovation is at the core of all ECCI activity. We support businesses to develop low carbon products and services and partner with organisations like NHS, Transport Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, 2020 Climate Group and RBS to shape and implement all kinds of low carbon projects.

Big plans for 2013/2014:ECCI Innovation SuiteSmart Cities Project Accelerator

Case study:

SCENE: Sustainable Community Energy Network

SCENE – a social enterprise focused on community energy – was started by three students from the University of Edinburgh.

We offered SCENE advice, office space and critical funding to help them get their business off the ground.

But most importantly, SCENE needed our help making connections with enterprises and funders who could help them turn their ideas into real projects.

SCENE now produces some of the most in-depth and insightful reports on community energy in the UK.

And they have created and run “SCENE Connect” – the most comprehensive database of community renewable energy projects ever created.

Business Innovation TeamName: Charlotte Waugh: Business Development ExecutiveRole: Business Development; Networks; Qualified Referrals; Supply ChainsExpert: Experience of running own publishing and marketing business; Coordinated Building & Construction Forum; Contacts: charlotte.waugh@ed.ac.uk; 0131 650 9822; 07713392006

Name: Dave Gunn: Business ManagerRole: Sustainable Transport; Land, Water & Waste Projects, Wet RenewablesExpert: Marine Geology; Biofuels & Biomass; Research commercialisation including expert services, intellectual property and Knowledge Transfer. Business-university collaboration an associate funding.Contacts: dave.gunn@ed.ac.uk; 0131 651 4383; 07706 166525

Name: Andrew Mitchell: Business ManagerRole: Greening ICT, Smart Cities, Carbon FinanceExpert: Business-university collaboration and executive & entrepreneurship skills & education; Raising industry, government and higher-education “enterprise” funding. Significant international knowledge exchange and partnership experienceContacts: andrew.mitchell@edinburghcentre.ac.uk; 0131 651 4042; 07793 111386

Name: Jim Hart: Business ManagerRole: Carbon Accounting & Measurement, Dry Renewables & Built EnvironmentExpert: Strategic and design advice in a wide range of inter-related areas including resource efficiency, renewable energy, waste, sustainable buildings and carbon accounting and management.Contacts: jhart@napier.ac.uk; 0131 455 5135; 07804 652960