International Energy Research Center
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC), located in Cork, Ireland is a collaborative research organization that seeks to identify and exploit opportunities in the energy demand space through a holistic, systems approach to technology, policy, and markets. The IERC delivers the research needed to enable improvements through the five lenses of technology, analytics, behaviour, business models, and policy and regulation.
IERC Industry members work collaboratively with leading researchers to address the energy demand side challenges by examining how the highest quality of end use service can be delivered at maximum efficiency.
Sustainable Innovations Europe
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS EUROPE is a Spanish consultancy company which provides innovative services to a wide range of sectors across Europe: bio-based industry, renewable energy, advanced materials, among others. The core competencies offered by Sustainable Innovations Europe are structured in three main pillars which bridge the gap between ideas to market: Innovation Management, Market Uptake of Innovative Solutions and Capacity Building.
Limerick Institute of Technology
Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is an institution of higher education in Limerick publically funded by the
Government of Ireland and set up under the IoT legislation. It is one of 13 such institutes in Ireland. The Institute has five campuses spread across Limerick City, County Tipperary and County Clare in the Mid West Region of Ireland. There are currently 610 staff at all campuses in LIT comprising of 461 permanent staff and 149 part time and contracted staff members.
The Research, Development and Innovation units, (RDI) are located in Limerick and Tipperary with 6 enterprise hubs across the 3 counties and are involved in research, enterprise support, training, social and community development and is active in regional development and European participation through EU funded projects. In addition to its research development and enterprise activities, the Development Unit implements a wide range of projects in partnership with academic institutes at home and abroad, professional organisations, local and central government, representative organisations, industry and commercial bodies.
Technological Corporation of Andalusia
Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA) is a private foundation that was born from a public-private partnership. For 15 years, CTA has been supporting R&D activities through financing, mentoring and cooperation with main Andalusian stakeholders, emerging as a singular multi-sectorial, innovation cluster. More than 700 R&D business projects have been funded by CTA with more than €M175.
Currently, CTA is owned by more than 160 companies, 70% of them SMEs, in 7 main European industrial priority sectors: ICT, aerospace and productive processes, agri-food, biotechnology, building and civil engineering, energy and environment and tourism.
PCT Cartuja
PCT Cartuja, Science and Technology Park Cartuja, is the great scientific and technological district of Seville. In an emblematic enclosure, heir of the Expo’92 in Seville, with a unique architectural design, it is home to 450 companies and organizations that have a common denominator: the innovation.
The commitment to a new productive model based on R+D+I generates a result of around 2 billion € of economic activity. PCT Cartuja is also responsible for the Marie Curie Incubator for technology-based companies, provides support services to enterprises from the Incubator since 2010, in which it was launched, while the management team works with more than 100 new technology-based companies since 2007.
Vertech Group
VERTECH GROUP is a multinational private support and property company that improves social and environmental activities, adopts the principles of the circular economy and increases profitability in a sustainable manner. As a strategic partner, the Vertech group helps clients define commercial and communication strategies that will accelerate the adoption of early innovation technologies in the market.
The organization is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (UN SDG) and, in addition, to maximize the impact on society, Vertech Group actively participates in an international network of organizations related to the best environmental and R & I practices.
Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Milano was established in 1863 and is now ranked as one of the most outstanding European universities in Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design. In many disciplines is regarded as a leading research institution worldwide. Politecnico di Milano is nowadays organized in 16 Departments and a network of 9 Schools The Department Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (DIG) has specific competences in the fields of applied economics, strategic, competitive and market analysis, technology assessment and feasibility study.. DIG staff is made of 82 professors (Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor) and 90 researchers (Research Assistance and Phd Student).
Within DIG, the Energy & Strategy Group (www.energystrategy.it) is a reference point in Italy for the analysis and understanding of the energy efficiency, renewable and alternative energies industrial and competitive environment. It exploits the competencies in the field of innovation and technology management of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano and the technical knowledge held by other Departments, in particularly the Department of Energy. The activity of the Energy & Strategy Group is supported by key players of the energy industry in Italy such as Ansaldo Energia, Bp Solar, Edison, Enel, Eni, EniPower, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mitsubishi Electric, Siemens, SMA, Sorgenia, Solarday and Techint. It also takes part to public funded research projects, works for private clients and consults industrial associations in the field of energy and environment.
ITeC
ITeC is a non-profit private foundation at the service of society, working in the construction sector since 1978. Our goals as an organization to support innovation are the generation and transfer of information and knowledge together with the provision of technological services, to improve the competitiveness of the construction sector stakeholders: public and private companies, and independent professionals. The professional skill of our technicians, a Board representing the majority of those involved in the sector and being a private non-profit making foundation give us independence and reliability.
TFC Research and Innovation Limited
TFC Research and Innovation Limited (TFC) is an SME based in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2012, the company was established to meet the growing demand of engaged scientific research services for both industrial sectors and the scientific research community. TFC primarily provides the following services: project management, standardization engagement as well as market outreach support and the company works across a wide range of sectors, including eHealth, Robotics, Security, ICT, Energy and Aquaculture. Engagement with CEN/CENELEC, International Organization for Standards Body as well as national standards bodies is to the forefront of our business. The demand for standardization is being driven by the growing national, European and international regulatory factors as well as related industry compliance requirements. TFC is committed to partnering in scientific research projects aimed at demonstrating value creation, meeting head-on industrial and societal challenges set at national and European levels. Current European research projects include: NO-FEAR, STAIR4SECURITY and SPEEDIER.
