ecci's low carbon business innovation project - jim hart - carbon chat room - 24/06/14

ERDF  Low  Carbon  Innova0on  Project  businessinnova0on.edinburghcentre.org  

Key  Stakeholders  

ECCI  

UoE  

Alumni  SMEs  

ERDF  

ENU  /  HW  

Supported  SMEs  –  Type  of  Support  Provided  

Contacts,  Partnerships,  Customers    

35%  

Specialist  ExperDse    29%  

R&D  Funding    13%  

Business  Investment  

 23%  

SME  Support    provided  

Examples  

Supported  SMEs  -­‐  size  

79%  Micro  

<10  staff    

15%  Small  

10-­‐50  staff  

6%  Medium  50-­‐250  staff  

SMEs  size  distribu0on  

22%  Energy    

generaDon  

13%  Energy    

Efficiency  

7%  Transport  16%  

ConstrucDon  &  Built  

Environment  

7%    IT  

7%  Waste  

4%  Water  

 6%    

Ecosystem    Services  

9%  Carbon    

Management  

9%  Other    

Industry      sectors  

Supported  SMEs  -­‐  Sectors  

Next  Steps  

•  Funding  –  Secured  through  to  end  of  FY    

•  New  areas  of  focus  •  E.g.  sectoral  –  food  &  drink,  water,  transport  •  Supply  chain  iniDaDves  •  InnovaDon  ‘test  lab’