Entries for the second annual Cleantech SME
Accelerator Programme are now open. The Cleantech Programme was launched last
year to identify and provide support and exposure to new innovation clean
technologies developed by South African entrepreneurs.
It is currently managed by the National
Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA) – a key industrial sustainability
programme of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) hosted by the CSIR.
Tracks and categories
Interested South African Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME’s) are being invited enter their clean technology innovations
to the Programme by the closing date of Monday,
29 October 2012. Submissions can be
made in one of two tracks, namely:
1. Break-through
Technology Innovations; or
2. Adaptive
and Appropriate Technology Innovations.
Essentially this means that the innovation
can either be a brand new technology or product, or it can be a unique
adaptation of an existing technology.
Each of the two tracks includes five categories under which entries can
be made. These are:
- Renewable energy, including, solar, wind, geo-thermal, biofuels etc;
- Energy Efficiency, for example industrial process improvements, lighting systems, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning;
- Water Efficiency, covering technologies that support water management, quality and conservation;
- Waste Minimisation, where technologies should minimise waste including air emissions, effluent, solid emissions and recycling; and
- Materials Efficiency, which focuses on innovations that will minimise material usage and maximise product output.
Process
Closing date for
entries: Monday, 29 October 2012
Submissions will be adjudicated by a panel
representing business, industry, government and the academic/R&D
fraternity. Submissions that meet all
criteria will be considered and a maximum of 40 semi-finalists will be
selected. Semi-finalists will then be
supported through a process of business coaching, including a 2-3 day coaching
workshop, to provide assistance with refining of their applications, after
which they will submit a revised proposal.
A second round of adjudication will take
place, from which ten finalists (five from each track) will be selected. Each of the ten finalists will present their
submission at a high profile awards event in February 2013. The adjudication panel will select one winner
and one runner-up in each track.
Awards and prizes
Finalists will be acknowledged at an awards
ceremony and the winners and runners up will receive generous cash prizes,
media exposure, business support services and market linkage
opportunities. Details of the prizes
will be posted on the NCPC-SA website and other new media platforms.
Entries
and enquiries
The
first round requires a simple entry per entry form on the website: www.ncpc.co.za . Closing date for
entries is Monday, 29 October 2012. Rules and conditions of entry are also
outlined on the NCPC-SA website.
Enquiries: Cleantech@csir.co.za Tel (012) 841 3314 / 2506
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