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    NBC: “Smarthome” Startup Wins $250,000 Prize

    EcoFactor earns a quarter of a million dollars in funding and support
    The annual CleanTech Open contest has awarded its grand prize to EcoFactor, a Redwood City-based company that hopes to help customers reduce their utility bills.
    The prize includes $250,000 worth of capital, consulting, mentorship and office space in San Jose.
    EcoFactor has developed a thermostat that [...]

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PRESS RELEASES

Replenish Energy Gets the Winning Vote from Attendees at Global Ideas Competition during Cleantech Open Awards Gala

Sun, seawater and microalgae provide the key to energy independence for Puerto Rico SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, 2009 — It was ...

Cleantech Open Announces 2009 Competition Winners at Annual Expo & Gala

Thousands rallied for the Cleantech Open’s daylong festival of cleantech innovation, entrepreneurship and policy, which culminated in the award of ...

San Francisco CBS TV News Anchor Jeff Schaub to MC Awards Ceremony

The Cleantech Open has announced two new speakers, Marc Stanley and Jeffrey Schaub, to its all-star line-up for Tuesday’s Grand ...

Cleantech entrepreneurs from around the globe compete for funding to realize sustainable ideas

11.11.2009 – SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — While American cleantech startups are competing for the grand prize from the Cleantech Open ...

Cleantech Open announces keynote speakers

San Francisco, California — November 04, 2009, The Cleantech Open today released the line-up of keynote speakers and presenters for ...

ALUMNI & FINALISTS

EcoFactor takes the Cleantech Open 2009 National Prize

Ecofactor provides energy management for residential communities. EcoFactor entered in the smart grid category of the Cleantech Open, with a personalized residential energy management solution for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The grand prize is valued at $250K, including $100K of seed money. Want to learn more about this cleantech company? Check out this video:

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Alphabet Energy, Inc recieves honor of 1st runner up

Alphabet Energy, Inc won the honor of first runner up in the Cleantech Open2009.  Alphabet Energy’s mission is: commercializing a breakthrough, inexpensive waste heat recovery technology developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. With it, we will be able to tap into the US $1 trillion world market for the conversion of [...]

 
MicroMidas wins honor of 2nd runner up in Cleantech Open 2009

Micromidas transforms raw sewage into biodegradable plastic allowing plastic to enter the market without winding up in a landfill for a million years, instead it entirely biodegrades in 2 to 3 years in compost.
Check out this vide0 to learn more:

You can learn more about MicroMidas here: www.micromidas.com

 
Get to know all the Cleantech Open Finalists in 60 Seconds

Each of these quick clips summarizes the mission of the finalist company of how the Cleantech Open has shaped their start up experience.  But most of all, they’re fun.
True2earth manufactures recycled roofing materials that compete against current asphalt products in price and durability.

SunTrac Solar makes solar panels for hot water with an offset of 1.7 [...]

 
The Vikings are coming to the Cleantech Open…

Did you know that the Pitch/Demo Sessions portion of the Cleantech Open Grand Expo & Awards Gala is focused on our Global Ideas Competition?
And, did you know that your vote will count towards the winner?
At 1:00 PM, visitors to the Expo and all Awards Gala ticket holders will be welcomed into the main hall of [...]