1. Environmental Innovation Challenge 2010 Emer Dooley Oct 5 th 2009 Innovation in Clean-Tech + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet

2. A Little Context

3. Where does the US get its oil? Canada (18.2%) Mexico (11.4%) Saudi Arabia (11.0%) Venezuela (10.1%) Nigeria (8.4%)

4. CO 2 Emissions 2006

5. Renewables http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energy_in_brief/renewable_energy.cfm

6. So far –a lot of talk… “Sustainable Technologies are the next big thing….the mother of all markets” John Doerr, KPCB, investor in Compaq, Netscape, Sun, Amazon, and Google

7. Q3 09 Clean tech is top US venture investment Solar Leads: $1.59 billion in 134 companies.

8. Challenge 2010 $10,000 First Prize: Best working prototype Business summary of the market opportunity Potential for impact Schedule 2010: Feb 11 th Intent to Submit March 5 th 5-7 page Summary March 28 th 1-page Exec. Summary & Powerpoint April 1 st Challenge Day

9. Class Deliverables 20% Class Participation/ Notes. 20%1- page reflection on a class speaker. 25% Project/topic-area proposal on November 9 th. 35% Final team project proposal

10. Next Week Class in Sieg 134