Environment Park: Park and Cluster business model

Massimo DA VIA’ Environment Park S.p.A.- Torino Gödöllő (HU), September 21 2012

Cluster management: how can it works?

Cluster management costs /y Regional programme grant/y Membership fees (500 euro/y) Envipark funds/y 300.000 Euros 150.000 Euros 67.500 Euros 82.500 Euros For Cluster Management activities (Enterprise business promotion, activities costs.

support to project application, information and training and other) Envipark co-finance with own funds That’s possible because of the original Park and Cluster business model

The Science and technology park

Environment park was founded on 1996, by an initiative of Piedmont Region, Province of Torino and City of Torino, and it‘s built on a former industrial area. Envipark is a private for profit stock company with

public shareholders

Park statutory mission, assigned by public shareholders, is to provide SMEs support to develop innovative solutions in the fields of environmental and energy technologies

Real Estate management

• • • • • • Total investment: 45 M Euros About 30,000 m 2 available 90% of the surface rented - service contracts with variable duration About 70 firms/organizations settled in the Park (tenants) About 500 people working in the Park (80% graduated) 20 new business started in the Park (no incubation activity) Services provided to tenants : – Power, heating & cooling – ICT services – Cleaning and surveillance – Maintenance – Restaurant - Cafeteria – Meeting and conference rooms – Turn-key design solutions for settlements

Tech transfer domains

• Presently four main technology areas, each one splitted into several technology “platforms” • Technology platforms are structured with pilot plants, test facilities, technology projects • Operational model: collaborative research with enterprises and Research bodies (main focus on SMEs) • Internal personnel plus cooperation with academies

Hydro power plant

PLANT DATA SHEET

Hydraulic fall: 5,5 m Canal lenght: 800 mt Water flow (max): 13 mc/sec Turbine: KAPLAN vertical axis Max power: 670 kW Average power: 434 kW Average yearly production: 3,8 GWh

Mission and Model

The Company operates along two main activity areas: 1) real estate management of Environment Park site 2) Incomes form energy production (hydropower plant) 3) Technology transfer to enterprises in environmental and energy fields (R&D contract and EU/national/regional funded projects) Activities are developed in an integrated way, where Real estate and Technology transfer actions mutually support each other in the achievement of statutory and economical targets.

R&D RE

curia

BASIC RESEARCH TECH./KNOW.

TRANSFER APPLIED RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

Vision and figures

Annual Park’s average turnover is around 7 M Euros Of which: • • • 3,5 M€ from Real Estate 0,5 M€ from Power 3,0 M€ from tech transfer Investing RE profits on TT allow the park to deploy and implement regional, national and EU programmes and policies. At the same time it’s a way to attract new tenants in the park and the city, contributing to increase regional industrial capacities and employment .

Grazie Parco Scientifico Tecnologico per l’Ambiente

Via Livorno 60, 10144 TORINO (I) www.envipark.com

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