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?

For Cluster Management activities (Enterprise business promotion, support to project application, information and training and other) Envipark co-finance with own funds activities costs.

That’s possible because of the original Park and Cluster business model

Cluster management costs /y 300.000 Euros

Regional programme grant/y 150.000 EurosMembership fees (500 euro/y) 67.500 EurosEnvipark funds/y 82.500 Euros

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

The Science and technology park

Real Estate management• Total investment: 45 M Euros

• About 30,000 m2 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

Turbine: KAPLAN vertical axis

Max power: 670 kW

Water flow (max): 13 mc/sec

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.

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RE R&D

BASIC

RESEARCH

APPLIED

RESEARCHDEVELOPMENT

TECH./KNOW.TRANSFER

Vision and figures

Annual Park’s average turnover is around 7 M EurosOf 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 .

Parco Scientifico Tecnologico per l’Ambiente

Via Livorno 60, 10144 TORINO (I)

www.envipark.comwww.polight.piemonte.it

massimo.davia@envipark.com

Grazie