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Cleantech markets are international: Borderstep is therefore, together with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), putting together an international network. Its purpose is to decrease barriers of entry and increase access to green key markets and funding opportunities for start-ups and SMEs.

This includes a multi-country Landing Pad Program which provides infrastructure and mentoring for start-ups seeking international expansion. Both organizations will jointly employ a member of staff who will further expand on the program and network.

On March 5 and 6, 2015 Borderstep and LACI was co-hosting an international workshop on the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The workshop brought together partners from Europe (Germany, Finland, Italy, Norway, UK), Asia (China, Japan) and North America (Mexico, USA) in order to further develop the joint menu of activities.

Borderstep was awarded the first prize of the category “ideas and research about data centers” of the German Data Center Award. The ceremony was part of the data center congress futurethinking.

The honored research paper was written by Borderstep IT expert Ralph Hintemann: “Data Center Power Plant: Data Centers as Backbone of Germany’s Energiewende”.

A new report by the Borderstep Institute for Innovation & Sustainability for the first time provides a coherent overview of German products and services in the area of international climate technology transfer.

The study on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) systematically measures the offerings by German actors in the areas of climate protection and adaptation.

The results show that German vendors are well positioned in a range of areas within climate protection and adaptation. There are numerous products and services in energy and resource efficiency as well as water and waste management deployed worldwide.

The results of the report were presented at the 20th UN World Climate Conference COP20 in Lima, Peru.