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Sustainable Construction InterCluster Club meeting - April 5th, BrusselsTRANSCRIPT
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