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Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria companies & technology | Green Building Cluster Speaker: Alois Geisslhofer | Date: 5 April 2011 Partner ecoplus Cluster of Lower Austria

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Sustainable Construction InterCluster Club meeting - April 5th, Brussels

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Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria

companies & technology | Green Building Cluster

Speaker: Alois Geisslhofer | Date: 5 April 2011

Partner ecoplus Cluster of Lower Austria

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Lower Austria‘s Regional Innovation System

Technopols,

Clusters,

Internationalisation support

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ecoplus 5 clusters and 1 initiative

Establishing and supporting flexible networks of small, medium & large companies

Encouraging competitiveness by close supply of linkages and cooperative relationships

ecoplus cluster initiatives:

Green Building Cluster (2001) www.bauenergieumwelt.at

Plastics Cluster (Lower Austria in 2005)www.kunststoff-cluster.at

Mechatronics Cluster (2010)

www.mechatronik-cluster.at

Food Cluster (2006) http://www.lebensmittelcluster-noe.at/

Logistics Cluster (2008) www.logistikcluster.at

E-mobility initiative (2010)

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Services of cluster management

Cooperation: Initiation and consultancy of innovative R&D and cooperative projects

Qualification: professional seminars/workshops, Initiation and organisation of qualification projects (e.g. continuous improvement process),..

Information and communication: homepage, cluster data base, newsletter, study trips, company visits…

Marketing: Joint project-PR, joint exhibition at fairs, media cooperation

Internationalization: international events/fairs, international projects, networking between different clusters (CEE Cluster Network),…

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Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria

Core topics:

refurbishment of old buildings to low energy buildings

construction of new, multi-story structures to passive house standards

healthy ecological interiors, enhanced living comfort

Sustainable energy technologies and energy efficiency in companies

~ 200 partners: companies, R&D and qualification facilities

~ 230 cooperation projects since 2001 (with 463 companies involved project costs of 12.8mio. € and public support of 5.1mio. €.)

Cluster-Team: 5 persons, architects, energy experts, professionals from construction and interior design

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Sustainable Construction Intercluster Club - expectations

forming a network of sustainable construction clusters in order to achieve international visibility

Forming a world-class cluster in the green building sector (Europe is global market leader in this field)

EU-cofinanced lead projects: pre-fabrication; building rehabilitation; passive house > plus energy house

exchange of experiences, best practice examples

better partner finding

Promotion of Austrian offers, f.e. International Master’s Program “Future Building Solutions – Master of Science” at the Danube University Krems

Support for the internationalization of Austrian green building companies

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Sustainable Construction Intercluster Club - our input

GBC is part of the national platform “klima:aktiv bauen und sanieren” http://www.klimaaktiv.at/, we have close connections with similar institutions in the other 8 provinces and to the federal ministries

GBC is member of the Austrian national cluster platform www.clusterplattform.at

Members of GBC are the leading companies in the green building sector

Projects of the GBC have international visibility – in our office building we welcome some 20 delegations per year from Canada to China, from Russia to USA

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Contact

Alois Geisslhofer

Clustermanager

ecoplus. The Business Agency of Lower Austria

Green Building Cluster of Lower Austria

In German: Bau.Energie.Umwelt Cluster Niederösterreich

Niederösterreichring 2, Haus A

A-3100 St.Pölten, Austria

Phone: +43 2742 9000 19650

Email: [email protected]

Internet: www.bauenergieumwelt.at

www.ecoplus.at