Watch 23 teams demonstrate their prototypes at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge, March 29, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. If you would like to attend, contact Pam Tufts ptufts@uw.edu.  

Cleantech Innovation + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet

The University of Washington has a challenge for you. If you have a passion for clean technology, the smarts to play in the emerging “green economy,” and desire to make an impact, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge is your opportunity… and chance to win $10,000. The UW Environmental Innovation Challenge is on March 29, 2012.

In the UW EIC, interdisciplinary student teams define an environmental problem, design and develop the solution, and produce both a prototype (proof of concept/computer simulation) and business summary that demonstrates the market opportunity. Teams are judged – by Seattle-area industry cleantech experts, entrepreneurs, and cleantech investors – on their prototypes(or computor simulations), pitches and business summaries, plus the potential impact of their innovation. Can your idea reduce environmental impacts, improve ecological sustainability, conserve resources and compete in the marketplace? Prove it.