LEADING CLIMATE ACCELERATION PROGRAMME OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS – GATEWAY TO EU FOR GLOBAL INNOVATION

Opportunity for climate tech companies: join Europe’s leading climate acceleration programme and take advantage of the climate tech opportunity – deadline for submissions 8th September

GreenTechHQ, Ireland’s First Sustainability Innovation Hub with Tangent, Trinity College Dublin and SustainabilityWorks have launched the sixth cycle of the GLOBAL leading climate acceleration programme is now open for submissions via its website circular-accelerator.com. The Built Environment Climaccelerator programme’s aim is to cut carbon emissions in the built environment and construction sector by helping SMEs and start-ups bring their solution to market faster, solving real-world problems. EIT Climate-KIC supports the programme, which is one of the most established and best-connected climate accelerators in the EU, and is delivered in partnership with Tangent, Trinity College Dublin, GreenTechHQ, Ireland’s Sustainability Innovation Hub and SustainabilityWorks.

During the six-month programme, participants can expect to engage with a first-rate network of international partners from the EIT Climate-KIC community, universities and investors to corporate partners who need net-zero solutions, and a network of mentors, fellow entrepreneurs and founder alumni.

The Built Environment ClimAccelerator will provide commercial and strategic support combined with a tailor-made accelerator programme that is climate impact focused. The programme is a combination of workshops, coaching and learning from peers, a proven model that has supported many companies, including Concrete4Change. Since participating in the programme, Concrete4Change, has grown from a “2021 start-up of 2 people with a €10k turnover to 20 people and €4m turnover in 2023″

As the climate crisis focuses on current and future risks, there is a growing understanding of the need to decarbonise key sectors within the global economy quickly. Buildings are responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions, so it is essential to decarbonise the built environment if net-zero 2050 goals are to be met. Recognising the need to commercialise and scale companies with innovative solutions to decarbonise the built environment sector, Europe’s leading Climate Accelerator is again open for applications from start-ups and SMEs with a climate tech solution. By joining this programme, companies can help flip the narrative from ‘risk’ to ‘opportunity’.

“Europe’s Built Environment ClimAccelerator offers an unparalleled opportunity for climate tech companies to drive real change in the construction sector. Through this comprehensive programme, start-ups and SMEs can harness the power of innovation to transform the built environment, accelerating our path toward net-zero carbon and seizing the immense potential for sustainable growth.” – Ed Murphy, Founder of GreenTechHQ.

Who should join the programme?
A central focus of the Built Environment ClimAccelerator programme is the construction industry, as it is one of the most significant contributors to carbon emissions, the programme recognises that the built environment straddles infrastructural, transport and logistics verticals too.

The Built Environment ClimAccelerator is looking for starts-ups/ SMEs with innovative solutions in:
• Low carbon and green design
• Circular materials
• Modern Methods of Construction
• Energy systems
• Maintenance systems
• Biodiversity (where there are clear links between nature and the built environment)
• Transport and equipment
• Monitoring and reporting

This is not an exhaustive list, so any company with an innovative solution to help the built environment sector decarbonise should submit its application.

How to submit your application
We are looking for start-ups and SMEs worldwide to join us on this 7-month commercialisation journey. The programme will be delivered remotely from Dublin, Ireland. If you’re interested, please visit our website for more information about the programme, eligibility criteria and what buttons to click to submit your application.

About
For further information please contact Aine Phelan, Head of Engagement, Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace at Aine.Phean@tcd.ie or 087 2892905

About Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace:
As a European leader in student entrepreneurship, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin has established Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace. This new space, housed in a world-class facility, co-located within an expanded School of Business, offers students, staff, and the wider innovation ecosystem a place to come together to collaborate, build and innovate. Trinity is committed to providing a transformative learning environment that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels across the university. We challenge our students and our partners to challenge themselves. Trinity is at the forefront of promoting entrepreneurship as an engine for economic growth and for social and cultural development.

Trinity College Dublin is a leading university that has been associated with original thought and innovation for over four centuries. The university in a unique position to drive innovation in today’s world of constant change by providing a suite of supports and facilities for our student and staff to pursue entrepreneurship as a viable and rewarding career path. Rooted in Ireland and globally engaged, Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace aims to inspire the next generation of student entrepreneurs and start-ups by enabling them to explore new possibilities.

At the heart of Dublin’s tech industry, Tangent plays a key role in developing innovation within the national start-up ecosystem. Tangent encompasses a number of core activities that contribute to the University’s mission to deliver economic, cultural and social value through innovation and entrepreneurship.

Tangent has a proven track record of success in innovation with award-winning educational and training programmes, successful start-ups supported through our accelerator programmes along with an established programme calendar of events. We collaborate with companies large and small who play an active role working with our start-ups, our students, and on our educational and training programmes.

GreenTechHQ
GreenTechHQ Ireland’s Sustainability Innovation Hub provides a world-class ecosystem for companies and communities who want access to leading business, innovation and sustainability knowledge, extend their global connections and business solutions support. Kitted out with 1GB in connectivity, hot desks for up to 20 people, meeting spaces for small to large groups in lecture to round table, sound proof space for podcast/video collaborations, Slaney snug for moments of inspiration and homed in Ireland’s first commercial passive build, Senan House.

Established in Enniscorthy in the heart of the South East region, GreenTechHQ is a home for start-ups, scale-ups and company’s with an eye on their sustainable solutions to help climate change. GreenTechHQ supports businesses within its collaborative workspaces through events & programmes, investment, mentoring and support services in thought leadership, communication, innovation, training, incubation and pilot projects.

CEO, GreenTechHQ, Ed Murphy said “We provide you with access to companies and mentors who’ve done it all before, seen great success, and are willing to help fellow entrepreneurs on their own journey. We will help fledgling businesses get growth and expansion through our support ecosystem. Our mantra…Make ideas happen”

Sustainability Works
We are experts in sustainability strategy, finance, policy, innovation and communications.

We make it actionable.
We make it work.

We’re a consultancy on a mission to help Ireland unlock the financial, economic and social opportunities that come from sustainability. We are experts in sustainability strategy, finance, policy, innovation and communications.

Our team draws on two decades of experience across the public, private and NGO sectors. We are thinkers and doers, problem-solvers and pragmatists, challengers and activators. We’re passionate about sustainability and we know how to make it work – for businesses, for investors, for communities, for all of us.

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Michael McDonnell Managing Editor of Irish Construction Industry Magazine & Plan Magazine

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