Sustainable Innovation Expo 2013 Brochure

Showcasing the path to a sustainable future

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Welcome to the Sustainable Innovation Expo 2013

The Sustainable Innovation Expo exclusively presents new technologies from the private sector that can assist in advancing sustainable development and tackling climate change.

Now in its fourth year, the Sustainable Innovation Expo is organised by Climate Action, in close partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

This year our Exhibitor’s solutions include products that use natural resources more efficiently, that can harness sustainable energy, innovative ‘green’ data storage technologies, satellite mapping and a whole host of smart technologies that mitigate and adapt to the challenges faced by both a changing climate and an ever increasing global population.

In addition to the Expo, a number of our Exhibitors are running niche workshops on relevant industry topics and discussion points and we warmly invite you to attend these. Full information on the workshops is within this brochure.

We also look forward to meeting you at the official Sustainable Innovation Expo Reception, which is being held at 6pm, on Wednesday 20th February. Drinks and canapés will be served.

Lastly, on behalf of Climate Action, I would like to thank our superb collection of Exhibitors for attending and demonstrating their products this year, and for the considerable help and support of the team at UNEP for once again helping make this important Expo a reality.

Adam Nethersole, Director, Climate Action

Climate Action Trans-world House 100 City Road, London, EC1Y 2BP, UK Tel: +44 (0) 207 871 0123 Fax: +44 (0) 207 871 0101 www.climateactionprogramme.org

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) PO Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 762 3292 Fax: +254 20 762 3927 www.unep.org

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W I T H O UR RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERED DATA CENT R E YOU CAN GREEN YOUR BALANCE SHEET.

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THE DATA CENTRE SOLUTION

Foreword There can be no doubt that we need creative ideas to help us make the transformation to the low-carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy necessary to better manage the planet’s ecosystems and allow its people to develop in an equitable and sustainable manner. To help alleviate poverty, to provide decent jobs and livelihoods, and to provide access to sustainable energy for all, with the myriad opportunities that will bring, we will need clean energy technologies, energy efficiency systems, advanced agricultural products, improved building insulation, new lighting methods and so much more. We will need innovation of many kinds.

To meet the challenges of the years ahead, national and multilateral action from governments will be essential, but not enough alone. Private-sector investment in innovation, in research and development, and then in deployment of environmentally friendly technologies will be vital.

Here at the First Universal Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme we can witness the results of some of that investment, and some of that creative thinking.

This is the fourth time that UNEP and Climate Action have worked together to showcase new technologies in the Sustainable Innovation Expo at this gathering of the world’s Environment Ministers. The exhibition demonstrates innovative technologies, either currently in use or in the development stage, from private sector organisations that can assist governments and their citizens in progressing to more sustainable communities, infrastructures and economies.

By bringing cutting-edge technologies to the Forum, we are hoping to give the world’s senior and most influential energy and environmental policy makers exposure to the green solutions of the future. Conversely, the exhibition also gives the private sector, the backers and implementers of much of this innovation, the chance to engage with the government representatives and other senior figures who will be their future clients and collaborators. For one thing is clear – in the wake of the COP18 negotiations in Doha, Qatar at the end of 2012, we know we will need publicprivate partnerships, increased investment, and cross-cutting approaches. We hope this interaction will spark ideas, and foster mutually beneficial cooperation.

UNEP’s ground-breaking Green Economy Report, released in 2011, clearly showed that redirecting 2 per cent of GDP across 10 key sectors was needed to make the switch to a low-carbon world. It also demonstrated that, backed by forward-looking national and international policies, a Green Economy would see global growth at around the same rate, or even a higher rate, than current economic models. It showed, too, that while some jobs would be lost in some sectors, many more would be created in new, green sectors.

Just two and half months after the COP18 negotiations, when world leaders gathered in Doha to develop a path towards more sustainable development, and against a background of lingering economic uncertainty, these are key considerations.

UNEP’s Green Economy analysis outlines clear pathways towards growing the global economy, generating employment and combating poverty while keeping humanity’s footprint within ecological boundaries. The kinds of technologies on show in this exhibition are steps along the pathway to a Green Economy, but we will need many more similar steps.

Throughout history, humanity has thrived on creativity and innovation; in the future we will need it to also survive if the legitimate needs and aspirations of seven billion people, climbing to over nine billion are to be met.

Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director

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The combined and interconnected wastewater plant Amsterdam-West (left) and the waste to energy plant (right) in the western harbour area in Amsterdam

Integrated solutions for water and energy in a sustainable metropolis Climate change, growth of the world population, shortage of raw materials and fast-growing cities lead worldwide to the necessity of changing our behaviour towards water, energy and waste materials: use less, and recycle more on a high level quality. A circular approach contributes to a green economy and asks for integrated solutions. The level of metropolis appears to be the right scale for this, offering profits for the environment, liveability and the economy.

The Amsterdam metropolis is a good example of a city with an integrated approach of water, energy and waste management. The cooperation between Waternet as watercycle company and the City of Amsterdam Waste to Energy company (AEB) is unique in the world.

Waternet is the water utility of the City of Amsterdam and the regional public water authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht (AGV) and is responsible for the drinking water supply, sewerage, wastewater treatment, water quality and quantity management and for water safety.

AEB is a public utility company that operates as an independent business, but is an integral part of the

municipal organisation of the City of Amsterdam.

AEB generates energy from municipal solid waste by incineration, producing electricity and heat for district heating and making good use of residues.

Working together and putting together the abilities of both companies results in significant costreduction, increased production of energy, heat and raw materials and contributes to the ambition of Amsterdam to develop further as a sustainable metropolis. Inspired by this specific example of Amsterdam, we also see good opportunities for other metropolises in the world for integrated solutions.

World Waternet shares knowledge regarding drinking water, waste water and water management internationally, with a focus on developing countries.

World Waternet aims at improving the performance and at strengthening the organisation of (principally) public water companies and local governments.

World Waternet takes advantage of the knowledge and experience of its sister company Waternet and also of AEB, which is participating in projects of World Waternet.

Are you – just as we are – interested in developing and realising green metropolitan solutions?

Please contact us: greenmetropolitansolutions@ waternet.nl

Exhibitors Afval Energie Bedrijf AEB is a public utility company that operates as an independent business, but is an integral part of the municipal organisation of the City of Amsterdam.

AEB generates energy from municipal solid waste by incineration, producing electricity and heat for district heating and making good use of residues.

The Amsterdam metropolis is a good example of a city with an integrated approach of water, energy and waste management. The cooperation between Waternet as watercycle company and the City of Amsterdam Waste to Energy company (AEB) is unique in the world. www.amsterdam.nl/aeb

Esri Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. Our technology enables organizations to create responsible and sustainable solutions to problems at local and global scales. At Esri, we believe that geography is at the heart of a more resilient and sustainable future – the future we want. Governments, industry leaders, academics, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) trust us to connect them with the analytic knowledge they need to make these critical decisions that shape the planet.

The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. www.esri.com

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www.krinner.com

modular · no concrete · environmentally friendly

MODERN FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION

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Innovations for Africa Revolution in modern foundation Easy to use Supporting the infrastructure Chance for peoples development Creating new business area

Krinner Schraubfundamente GmbH | Passauer Straße 55 | D-94342 Straßkirchen Phone: +49 9424 9401-80 | Fax: +49 9424 9401-81 | E-Mail: service@krinner.com

Exhibitors General Electric GE is an advanced infrastructure technology and financial services company with the scale, resources and expertise to take on the world’s toughest challenges. Ecomagination is GE’s bold commitment to imagine and build innovative solutions that solve today’s environmental challenges and benefit customers and society at large. At GE, we put our ideas to work. To build, power, move and cure the world.

GE is building the world by providing capital, expertise and infrastructure for a global economy.

GE’s roots in Africa are over 100 years old. With over 1,500 employees, GE is providing the kind of innovation and imagination needed for integrated solutions in Africa today. By building partnerships, sharing our technological capabilities, leveraging our financial reach, localizing our technology, emphasizing knowledge transfer and being ethically responsible, GE is helping to pave the way for the next chapter of Africa’s growth.

GE’s major locations in Africa include Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. www.ge.com

Krinner Schraubfundamente GmbH Krinner Schraubfundamente GmbH is a German based company which patented its first ground screw in 1994. Within the past 18 years, Krinner Schraubfundamente has grown from a small company to one of the most successful companies in the solar field, standing for QUALITY, COMPETENCE, SPEED and TRUST. To develop solutions with innovative ideas, combined with utmost quality is one of the secrets of KRINNER’s success. The growing interest in innovative foundations, especially in the area of renewable energies has given Krinner an ideal opportunity to promote its unique product. Currently, Krinner Schraubfundamente GmbH is represented worldwide in more than 40 countries.

Equipped with the latest technology and years of extensive experience allows us to install 23-35 MWp solar farm within a month’s time. Until now, we have installed more than 1000 MWp solar fields all over the world. www.krinner.com

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As both the world’s leading business software vendor and a global high technology manufacturer, Oracle is uniquely positioned to deliver solutions to support sustainability initiatives, combining the power of hardware and software, engineered to work together.

Leverage your IT investments to reduce environmental impact through energy efficient IT infrastructure, operations optimization, risk mitigation and performance management.

Good for the environment. Good for the bottom line.

Find out more at www.oracle.com/green

Exhibitors Microsoft Corporation Microsoft is a worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential. The corporation produces software in over 40 languages and has operations in more than 100 countries. Microsoft employs approximately 90,000 individuals worldwide.

Microsoft is committed to exploring how technology can help address environmental concerns around the world such as managing the impact of climate change and achieving greater sustainability. Through our own operations and by working with governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and industry partners, Microsoft hopes to demonstrate the real impact that technology can have in achieving shared environmental and sustainable development goals while expanding the benefits of technology.

UNEP and Microsoft have worked together in an official public-private partnership since 2009 with the aim of developing innovative solutions across areas of mutual concern. Together, we helped UNEP implement the first highly efficient green data center in Africa at the new UN headquarter building in Nairobi. www.microsoft.com/environment

Oracle Corporation With more than 390,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100— and with deployments across a wide variety of industries in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle offers an optimized and fully integrated stack of business hardware and software systems.

As both a global high technology manufacturer as well as the world’s leading business software vendor, Oracle is uniquely positioned to deliver solutions to support sustainability, leveraging the power of hardware and software, engineered to work together. Oracle, in collaboration with our partners, provides solutions that are integrated with core business activities across the value chain. Oracle’s sustainability-related solutions cover an unmatched breadth and depth of capability in which we are continuing to invest and innovate. www.oracle.com/green

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ArcGIS Online

Maps made better.

(Some assembly required.)

Creating your own map from maps published by other users is just one of many ways to take advantage of the rich collection of data and resources ArcGIS Online makes available to you.

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Welcome to the new frontier in geographic information systems.

30-day free trial: esri.com/agol

Copyright Š 2013 Esri. All rights reserved.

Exhibitors Philips A Philips Light Center is an area of 1000m2, or the size of a small soccer pitch, lit with new solar-powered LED lighting. It is a communal area which can be used for sport and other important activities such as healthcare clinics, education and evening classes, social events and commercial activities. A Light Center extends the day by enabling communal life after dark. It creates a safe area and supports sanitation programs. www.philips.com/lightcenters

PowerPoint Systems (E.A) Ltd PowerPoint Systems (E.A) Ltd is becoming famous for our ability to offer energy solutions, providing hard hitting, and effective pragmatic experiences in energy for all our clients. We work with individuals, groups and corporate organizations, applying our knowledge and experience to address their energy needs. PowerPoint Systems (E.A) is committed to building clean energy and developing best practices for improving energy efficiency through introduction of renewable energy recourses.

We provide solutions for a wide range of clean and renewable energy and power control solutions for the vast majority who are not connected to the grid or those looking to reduce their electricity consumption costs and protect their equipment against power surges.

The pace of change in the energy sector is rapid, and even more, far reaching change may be experienced with climate change and environmental conservation being the new focus in relation to renewable energy. We realize the importance of this change and hence our commitment to be the top supplier and installer of renewable energy solutions in the region. www.powerpoint.co.ke

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Solea AG is a top 10 photovoltaic (PV) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) general contractor in Germany.

Founded in 2007, Solea provides fully risk-wrapped utility scale turnkey system integration solutions for project developers, renewable energy infrastructure investors and end-consumers of renewable energy world-wide.

With its slogan, “solar meets technology”, Solea offers its stamp of highest German quality approval throughout the supply chain, starting with the planning and engineering of a PV system through to the integration and the operating and maintenance of a PV system. To date Solea has designed and integrated over 300 MW of fully risk-wrapped PV systems as an EPC, of which 70MW were installed in 2012 alone. The company provides technical O&M services for over 100 photovoltaic power plants.

Solea AG is recognized not only as a quality leader in Germany with years of experience, but has a track record in Spain, Italy, Romania, Greece, Czech Republic, France, South Africa, and North America. Solea AG, together with its in-house business development unit Solea Capital GmbH, has also begun to expand its strategic EPC activities to Australia, Turkey and Central & South America and is reviewing expansion opportunities in Asia.

Solea’s vision is to diversify its EPC business model beyond the confines of subsidy dependent European energy markets by assisting diverse global public and private sectors realize their evolution towards sustainable and renewable energy policy.

In 2011, Solea AG together with Solea Capital GmbH founded and financed its South African subsidiary-Solea Renewables (Pty) Limited, based in Johannesburg. Solea Renewables’ mission is to be the leading photovoltaic EPC in Southern Africa focused on commercially driven PV transactions in mining, industrial and other commercial business sectors as well as supporting public utilities achieve decentralized energy production independence. Solea Renewables also partners with and supports greenfield project developers and end PV infrastructure investors to realize their PV strategy. Solea does not sponsor and aggregate its own operating portfolio of PV assets, though Solea actively supports it clientel with the arrangement of own advises on and arrange for PV asset financing.

Since establishing Solea Renewables, it has already succeeded in constructing the world’s first 1 MW off-grid island solution diesel/PV hybrid power plant in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The innovative and environmentally responsible renewable energy solution was commissioned in November 2012, and allows the chrome ore mining company to materially reduce its daytime diesel consumption and costs by drawing its electricity from the decentralized gridindependent PV power supply rather than its diesel gensets. The PV power plant delivers approximately 1.8 GWh of electricity per year, which effectually provides the mining company with a natural long-term hedge against rising diesel costs.

Please visit us at www.solea-ag.com / www.solearenew.co.za Corporate contact: Mr. Rollie Armstrong (r.armstrong@solea-cap.com) Solea AG Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 10 94447 Plattling / Germany info@solea-ag.com

Solea Renewables (Pty) Limited 3 Exchange Square 1st Floor Deutsche Bank Building 87 Maude Street Sandton, Johannesburg 2196 info@solearenew.co.za

First off-grid 1 Mw PV plant at Thabazimbi, Limpopo, South Africa / ©Solea Renewables (Pty) Limited

PV plant “Agadelis” / Greece ©Solea AG

PV plant “Wisselsing” / Germany ©Solea AG

Exhibitors Solea AG Solea AG is a top 10 photovoltaic (PV) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company in Germany. Founded in 2007, Solea provides fully risk-wrapped utility scale turnkey PV system integration solutions for stakeholders throughout the renewable energy value chain world-wide. Our clients that have acquired our turnkey PV systems are industrial companies, PV developers, financial investors, strategic investors and public utilities.

Solea AG has designed and integrated over 300 MW of PV systems, of which 70 MW were installed in 2012 alone. The PV Plants we have installed on a turnkey basis can be visited in Germany, Spain, Italy, Romania, Greece, Czech Republic, France, South Africa, and North America. Solea is currently reviewing EPC expansion opportunities in Australia, Turkey, Central & South America and Asia. www.solea-ag.com

Verne Global Verne Global’s mission is to develop and operate data centres in optimised geographic areas that offer organisations 100% renewable power without a price premium. Recognised at Rio+20 as a top sustainable solution by the Sustainia Awards, a body run by high-profile political figures including Arnold Schwarzenegger and European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, Verne Global is leading the IT industry in connecting sustainability with global policy.

At this year’s Sustainable Innovation Expo, Verne Global will be leading a workshop discussing ways in which organisations can reduce the impact that data centres are having on the environment. Governments, private companies and public organisations of all sizes are generating exponential amounts of data and the data centres needed to support this growth are using increasing and often unsustainable amounts of energy. Verne Global can help organisations ensure that their data centre energy use does not harm the environment. www.verneglobal.com

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The most important football game ever played?

In 2009 Philips enabled the first ever game of football to be played under solar powered LED floodlighting in Nairobi, Kenya. It is an example of our commitment to enhance life in Africa.

For more information on our new Community Light Centers initiative, which aims to enable life in the evening in areas without electricity, please visit www.philips.com/lightcenters

Sustainable Innovation Expo 2013 Workshops

Location: Green Room (Room 11) Verne Global Environmental Protection - Adapting to the Information Age. 20 Feb 13:00 – 13:45 Tate Cantrell, Chief Technology Officer, Verne Global At this year’s GC/GMEF, Verne Global will be leading a workshop investigating opportunities in which UNEP participants and the universal membership can help reduce the impact that IT (information Technology) growth is having on the environment.

Global policy makers have a unique opportunity to harness the power of the IT consumer to produce sustainable action. IT consumers depend on technology solutions across every aspect of their day-to-day lives, from communications to entertainment to business collaboration. This growing dependency is forecasted to push IT sector CO2 emissions beyond airline industry emissions by the year 2020.

Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne Global, will explore how governments and corporations, use technology today in a way that adversely impacts the environment. Most importantly, Mr. Cantrell will provide a blueprint for how the global community, the policy makers and the IT industry at large can support unprecedented demand in technology growth while mitigating damage to the environment.

ORACLE Leveraging Software and Hardware for Sustainability Gain, Measure, Analyze, and Optimization 21 Feb 13:00 – 13:45 Richard Andre Kroes, Product Strategy Director, Oracle Corporation Information and communication technologies play a growing role in helping organizations become more sustainable. Join this workshop to hear how organizations are leveraging software and hardware to measure, analyze, and optimize not only their environmental performance but also their financial performance by reducing costs and driving revenues. The ability to report on environmental performance is a particularly key foundation for making sustainability initiatives successful.

The adage that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” has never been truer. Ad hoc manual processes may have been acceptable in the past, but the maturing of sustainability into a tier 1 organizational measure requires a more formal and embedded approach. The session will also share customer case studies, best practices, and the Return on Investment (ROI) for information technology related solutions to help organizations become more sustainable.

General Electric Ecomagination – GE’s commitment to imagine and build innovative solutions to today’s environmental challenges while driving economic growth 21 Feb 14:00 – 14:45 Jay Ireland, President & CEO, General Electric Africa The workshop will cover current energy demand versus supply and future projections of global energy demands.

The environmental impact of meeting today’s global energy demand will also be analysed as well as the role of governments and environmental bodies in ensuring sustainable, clean and efficient energy. Efforts in the production of clean and renewable energy and water issues in Africa and across the world will also be closely looked at.

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