NETS - Green Net Finland

Photo: NETS stand at the Environmental Technology 2008 Fair in Helsinki.Co-operation between project partners: Ms. Päivi Saarnia from Green Net Finlandand Mr. Christian Theel from Baltic Sea Solutions congratulated each other onsuccessful project.RESTA 2008Green Net organized a stand at the Building Technology exhibition RESTA 2008 in Vilnius,Lithuania, in April 2008. The fair is biggest of its kind in the Baltic countries and, for the first time,energy efficiency was the main topic. RESTA was a perfect place to be visible for NETS as crowdof exhibition visitors were very willing to make contacts with Nordic companies and / or buy theirproducts. A list of potential contacts was made as a result of the exhibition. 400 energy brochureswere handed out to visitors during 4 days which means almost as many face-to-face contacts.Wirec 2008The NETS project was present at the Wirec Conference and Exibition in Washington DC in March2008. Green Business Norway organized the stand in close cooperation with Baltic Sea Solutionsand Grontmij Carl Bro. 4 companies, representing mainly geothermal and waste-to-energysolutions, were present at the exhibition.The materials used at the exhibition included on-line access to NETS web site, NETS publication,brochures from Finland, Sweden and Denmark promoting networks, showcases and companies aswell as company presentations.Results from the exhibition were as follows:• About 200 visitors where registered at the NETS stand.• 40 contacts where established for follow up, either directly as B2B connections or more longterm cooperation development.• The Norwegian state secretary Ms. Liv Monica Stubholt from Department of Petroleum andEnergy visited the NETS stand and was informed about the NETS cooperation.13