Low Carbon Business Innovation Supporting Scottish SME's to develop low carbon products and services Funded by ERDF, University of Edinburgh & Edinburgh Napier University Partners: ERDF, Edinburgh Napier University, Heriot-Watt University Duration: May 2011 - present We support businesses to develop low carbon products and services, and partner with organisations like NHS, Transport Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, 2020 Climate Group and RBS to shape and implement all kinds of low carbon projects. Since Dec 2010 we've had around 3000 visitors through our doors and supported approximately 100 businesses and networks to create new low carbon projects, products and services, and attract investment into Scotland.

1. ERDF
Low
Carbon
Innova0on
Project
businessinnova0on.edinburghcentre.org

2. Key
Stakeholders
ECCI
UoE
Alumni
SMEs
ERDF
ENU
/
HW

3. Supported
SMEs
–
Type
of
Support
Provided
Contacts,
Partnerships,
Customers
35%
Specialist
ExperDse
29%
R&D
Funding
13%
Business
Investment
23%
SME
Support
provided

4. Examples

5. Supported
SMEs
-­‐
size
79%
Micro
<10
staff
15%
Small
10-­‐50
staff
6%
Medium
50-­‐250
staff
SMEs
size
distribu0on

6. 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

7. 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’