The first of what is hoped will be a new generation of green-tech start ups based at Ireland's first green economic zone has been announced.
GreenEgg Technologies, a spinout of the Energy and Design Lab in Dublin City University, will develop products and solutions for the clean technology market, including its first product the EcoBike.
An educational tool that could be used in schools and universities, the EcoBike is a pedal powered electrical generator used to demonstrate the concepts of energy efficiency and green living to children and adults in an interactive and fun way. As users pedal, it enables them to power electrical appliances with their legs.
An tSlí Ghlas or the "The Green Way" was launched in November by an alliance of businesses, academic institutions and local authorities including Ballymun Regeneration, Dublin Airport Authority, Dublin City University, Dublin Institute of Technology, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and North Dublin Chamber.
"GreenEgg is the first concrete example of the collaboration between partners at the ground level in the Green Way" said Professor Brian MacCraith, president of DCU. "With a pipeline of other interesting product concepts, we are expecting that this will be just the first successful product launch for this new company, and the first of many companies to come out of the Green Way in the coming years."
