Cleanweb Conversations

OpenTRV or Open Source Thermostatic Radiator Valve is a UK based energy efficiency startup aiming to save energy by reducing your heating with a smart IoT device. We speak with Damon Hart-Davis the CEO of OpenTRV. http://opentrv.org.uk/ Learn more about cleanweb: http://www.cleanweb.tv Connect on our Twitter account: @Cleanweb_tv SnapChat: WoonTan Twitter: https://twitter.com/WoonTan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leongwoon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woontan Email: woon@cleanweb.tv Music by: DJ Spooky http://www.djspooky.com/

Open Energy Efficiency Meter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.Investor Confidence Project is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. Matt Golden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project. OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/ Learn more about cleanweb: http://www.cleanweb.tv Connect on our Twitter account: @Cleanweb_tv SnapChat: WoonTanTwitter: https://twitter.com/WoonTanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/leongwoonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/woontanEmail: woon@cleanweb.tv Music by: DJ Spooky http://www.djspooky.com/

Responsible 100 is a platform to support businesses in building transparency and honesty when claiming to be socially, environmentally and ethically responsible. In this episode, we chat with Michael Solomon, managing director of Responsible 100. Companies can list on the Responsible100 platform to create a profile and answer information and have the answers reviewed, assessed and scored. This will allow public scrutiny, comment and rating. The topics covered by Responsible 100 is comprehensive including sourcing locally, climate change and Green ICT. This help create transparency and build trust back into our corporate environment. Learn more about cleanweb: http://www.cleanweb.tvListen to the podcast atITunes: http://cleanweb.tv/itunesStitcher: http://cleanweb.tv/stitcherConnect on our Twitter account: @Cleanweb_tvSnapChat: WoonTanTwitter: https://twitter.com/WoonTanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/leongwoonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/woontanEmail: woon@cleanweb.tvMusic by: DJ Spooky http://www.djspooky.com/  

In this episode we speak to Vicky-Marie Gibbons who is a partner and general manager of Bethnal Green Ventures. Bethnal Green Ventures is an accelerator programme for startups who are using technology to solve social and environmental problems. BGV support startups who are focused on one of the 3 streams of social change i.e health and wellbeing, education and employment and sustainability.   Examples of BGV alumni include Open Utility and Fairphone. Open Utility is a UK based cleanweb company which is creating a peer-to-peer online marketplace to connect generators and buyers of renewable energy to buy and sell clean energy in a transparent way while building local communities. Amsterdam basedFairphone is creating an ethical smart phone that is maximising social impact at every stage of the value chain, from sourcing and production to distribution and recycling.   If you have a startup idea and would like to hear more about how Bethnal Green Ventures would be able to support you in your startup journey be sure to get in touch and check out their Summer 2015 accelerator programme now. Deadline for application is 20th April 2015. In this episode we speak to Vicky-Marie Gibbons who is a partner and general manager of Bethnal Green Ventures. Bethnal Green Ventures is an accelerator programme for startups who are using technology to solve social and environmental problems. BGV support startups who are focused on one of the 3 streams of social change i.e health and wellbeing, education and employment and sustainability.   Learn more about cleanweb: cleanweb.tv   Listen to the podcast at ITunes:  http://cleanweb.tv/itunes Stitcher:  http://cleanweb.tv/stitcher   Connect on our Twitter account: @Cleanweb_tv   Connect with Woon: @Woontan

Bruno Girin, CTO of EnergyDeck shares the story of how they are building an Internet of Things IoT platform for the built environment that represents a step change in energy and resource management. The EnergyDeck platform enables a highly flexible data import, crowd-sourcing of building performance data and advanced analytics while creating community of users to help share the best practice around energy and resource management of the built environment.   Bruno shares with his story of how he met Benjamin Kott founder and CEO of EnergyDeck. We talk about the challenges of building a cleanweb company that is allowing change in the built environment. We chat about how EnergyDeck has managed to attract funding as they build their company and the people they are currently hiring to join their team. Bruno share with us the long term vision of EnergyDeck.   Learn more about EnergyDeck: http://www.energydeck.com Connect with EnergyDeck on twitter: @EnergyDeck Learn more about cleanweb: http://www.cleanweb.tv   Listen to the podcast at ITunes:  http://cleanweb.tv/itunes Stitcher:  http://cleanweb.tv/stitcher Connect on our Twitter account: @Cleanweb_tv Connect with Woon: @Woontan   If you have any suggestions and feedback feel free to get in touch cleanwebconversations@gmail.com

Open Utility is a UK based online marketplace for buyers and sellers of renewable energy. They connect renewable energy generators directly to consumers while bringing transparency to the energy market and the growing local communities at the same time. Open Utility is a cleanweb company founded in London. We chat with James Johnston founder of Open Utility to talk about the genesis of the company. We talk about what got him inspired to start Open Utility and how along with his co-founders he brought the company to its current state and the challenges of a cleanweb startup disrupting the energy sector. James shares his organisation's values and the future vision of Open Utility. To find out more about Open Utility: http://www.openutility.com To learn more about cleanweb head over to http://cleanweb.tv and susbcribe to this podcast.

We chat with Hermione Taylor (Founding Director) and Martin Warne (CTO) from the DoNation. The DoNation is a behavior change platform that is making sustainable living the norm because they believe that small changes can add up to make a big difference.    The donate by doing platform is a sponsorship site that helps raise sustainable actions instead of cash. For example, when taking on a marathon challenge, you could invite friends and family to pledge simple actions from a list 40+ DoActions which could be anything from Veg out - make meat a treat to Feed the earth - composting your food waste all while saving the earth. A CO2 savings is then calculated as total impact of your efforts.   The Do Good for Business is a business platform that engages businesses, charities and universities that want to engage in energy savings and making an impact to the environment while engaging employees.   The DoNation is currently raising £150,000 for 12% equity on Crowdcube a leading UK crowdfunding platform. Head over to crowdcube.com to invest in a sustainable future.    Interested in engaging your organisation in sustability actions - Do Good For Business - www.dogoodforbusiness.com To raise sponsorship and make pledges - Donate by Doing - www.thedonation.org.uk/ To invest  - head to Crowdcube - www.crowdcube.com/investment/the-donation-16310   To learn more about cleanweb head over to cleanweb.tv and susbcribe to this podcast.

In this episode we chat with Dan Cunningham from Geeklist which is a social network and collaborative platform for developers, engineers and entrepreneurs. Geeklist will be organising the global hack against climate change which will have more than 3000 people attending these events in more than 40 different cities across the world.   Dan shares with us what happens in a Hackathon and the significance of such an event. With climate change high on the political agenda with the upcoming UN Climate Summit in New York, hackers are uniting across the world to demonstrate leadership and take action by developing innovative technology solutions to have a positive impact for a better world.   To get involved in the hack against climate change and find out more about Hack4good go to http://hack4good.io/ To learn more about cleanweb head over to cleanweb.tv and susbcribe to this podcast.

In this episode we have the first trial of the trilogue with Chris Adams and Jack Townsend. We talk about the cleanweb movement and share with you the numerous examples of successful cleanweb companies developing innovative solutions using the web to address resource and sustainability challenges.   Jack has over 10 years of experience working in web and innovation and he is currently completing the first phd in cleanweb at the University of Southampton. Jack is a coorganiser of CleanwebUK an is also actively involved in the Open Sustainability community.    Chris has been working in cleanweb since 2009 in companies such as Provenance, AMEE, and Loco2. Chris is also a cofounder of CleanwebUK and is currently based in Berlin leading the growth of the Berlin cleanweb community.   To find out more about cleanweb head over to cleanweb.tv   If you are interested to learn more and you are based in London or Berlin be sure to join us at the next meetup event. http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-London http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-Berlin

In this episode we speak to Cristian Schalper who is the co-founder of GiveO2. GiveO2 is an app that monitors and tracks your transportation activities using your mobile device, providing a better understanding of your environmental impact and incentives you to change it. GiveO2 believes that the most important asset of a company are its employees as they are the ones that keep it up and running. If employees are unhappy, unhealthy or uncommitted, the company loses competitive advantage. That’s why GiveO2 have created a web & mobile platform that helps HR/CSR managers improve the company’s work environment while reducing absenteeisms cost, through sustainability, fitness & fun. To find out more go to GiveO2.com

In this episode we speak to Ruth van Wieren from Rockstart Accelerator. Ruth is the project manager of the Smart Energy programme. The programme intends to drive innovation within the energy sector and are open for all types of energy related startups. Smart Energy can be considered in a broad sense; helping to reduce our energy or CO2 footprint on the world. In short, the main focus is on the intersection of I.T. and clean-tech, particularly in areas of smart home and metering, collective and decentralized energy generation & distribution, energy reduction, energy usage awareness, mobility and energy trade. Rockstart plans to take on 10 promising startups for this intensive programme. For more information check out rockstart.com/accelerator/

In this launch episode, we speak to James Smith who is a founder of the London Cleanweb Meetup, starting with the question what is cleanweb? James talks about his involvement as a pioneer in the cleanweb movement and the genesis of the cleanweb meetup and how it has evolved into a highly successful monthly event in London. These events cover a range of cleanweb related topics from energy and resource management to climate change to conservation and flooding to food. The meetup brings together the people of the tech community as well as experts and professionals in sustainability, resource and environmental management, government, acadamia and businesses. To learn more about cleanweb, head over to cleanweb.tv