Awards
We are pleased to announce the following startups who have been selected for the 2020 Energy Startup Day Awards.



Award Winner Podcast Interviews with Swisspreneur
✨ Public Choice Award : Insolight
✨ Investors Choice Award : Exnaton
✨ Experts Choice Award : BluAct Technologies
Public Choice Award
After each startup pitch in the afternoon of Energy Startup Day, the participants are able to judge the startup based on three criteria: uniqueness, impact and feasibility. At the end of all the pitching, the startup with the highest average score will be announced.

Investor’s Choice Award
We asked the investors involved in the Investor Speed Dating who they wanted to meet at Energy Startup Day and their collective interest decided the winner.

Expert’s Choice Impact Award
A selected group of 50+ Swiss energy and cleantech experts reviewed the Energy Startup Day startups for their potential impact on the global energy transition based on: uniqueness of solution, importance of problem, impact of solution, scalability and website impressions. The winning startup has the highest average score across the categories.

Expert Panel
We want to thank the Experts who helped to make the Expert's Choice Impact Award possible.
Adrian W. Müller - Head, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - ZHAW
Adriano Bürgi - Regional Startup Accelerator Lead, DACH - EIT Climate-KIC
Anaïs Sägesser - STRIDE - the unSchool for Collaborative Leadership & Social Innovation
Andreas Rothen - CEO - act Cleantech Agentur Schweiz
Angela Beckenbauer - Head Center of Business Innovation - ZHAW
Anne-Claire Pliska - Strategical Planning and Innovation Group Director - BG Consulting Engineers
Annina Faes - Cleantech Specialist, Knowledge and Technology Transfer - Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
Armin Eberle - Dozent/Institutsleiter - ZHAW
Beata Gruschka - Lead Runway Startup Incubator https://runway-incubator.ch - ZHAW
Brigitta Kratz - Partner - Stifter & Partner Rechtsanwälte
Christian Schaffner - Executive Director, Energy Science Center - ETH Zürich
Christian Winzer - Lecturer - ZHAW
Christian Zeyer - CEO - swisscleantech
Christina Marchand - Researcher - ZHAW
Claudio Cometta - Professor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - ZHAW
Daniel Wiener - President - Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB)
David Avery - Head of Cleantech - Switzerland Global Enterprise
David Stickelberger - Managing Director - Swissolar, Swiss Solar Energy Professionals Association
Eric Plan - General Sekretär - CleantechAlps
Fabienne Sierro - Research Associate - ZHAW
Georg Meier - Partner - Energie Zukunft Schweiz AG
Jacqueline Jakob - CEO - Energy Agency of the Swiss Private Sector
Karin Roesel - Senior Strategy Manager - CKW
Lea Trogrlic - PhD Student - EPFL
Marcel Frei - retired - former CEO - ewz - Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich
Marcus Cathomen - Project Manager Technology & Innovation - ewz
Martin Feuz - Senior Lecturer and Researcher - ZHAW
Matthias Filser - Head, Center for Entrepreneurship - ZHAW
Metin Zerman - Investment Manager - Energie 360° AG
Noemi Rom - Digital Consulting - Zühlke Engineering AG
Oliver Marchand - Global Head of ESG Models & Research - MSCI
Oliver Wimmer - Leiter Internationale Projekte - AEE SUISSE
Patrik Brandenberg - Former Board Member / Assistant - Student Impact/ University of St. Gallen
Patrick Jiranek - Senior Project Manager - Stadt Zürich, Umwelt und Gesundheitsschutz
Peter Schmid - Senior Advisor - BV4 AG
Pol Budmiger - Startup Coach - Innosuisse
Rainer Kyburz - Leiter Technologiemanagement - CKW
Ray Neubauer - CEO & Founder - Ahoy-Hoy GmbH
Regina Betz - Head of Center/Professor - ZHAW
Regis Vonarb - Head of Industrial engineering and Lean Management - Liebherr Machines Bulle
Rolf Iten - Managing Partner - Infras Consulting and Research Zurich
Romeo Deplazes - Head of Solutions, Deputy CEO - Energie 360° AG
Ruth Happersberger - Member of the executive board / Head of strategy, participations and corporate venture capital (Smart Energy Innovationsfonds AG) - Energie 360° AG
Susanne Rutz - Projektleiterin Energie und Klima - Stiftung Pusch praktischer Umweltschutz
Thomas Schumann - Managing Director - Technopark Winterthur
Ursula Woodtli - CEO - Gewerbeverband der Stadt Zürich
Walter Steinmann - Owner Steinmann Consulting - Steinmann Consulting