The University of New Hampshire and the State of New Hampshire recently partnered to create the Green Launching Pad, an initiative that will help accelerate and expand the deployment of new green ideas and technologies to the marketplace. It will help innovative clean technology entrepreneurs succeed and support the creation of new well-paying jobs in New Hampshire.
The Green Launching Pad will help to maximize the economic benefits in the state from emerging interest and efforts to reduce energy use and the dependence on high carbon content and imported energy sources, in the nation and globally. It will stimulate the conception and development of innovative business ventures and support the efforts of existing companies positioned to expand market activities in this so-called "green economy." These ventures will draw on engineering, energy, environmental and business research at UNH, Dartmouth, other colleges and community colleges and other New Hampshire entities to conceive of, develop and commercialize new technologies and practices that reduce energy use and/or provide renewable energy resources.
The Green Launching Pad's focus and timing is right for New Hampshire. People in New Hampshire are very concerned about the economy and the poor prospects for strong recovery from the recession. They also care deeply about the environment. These two concerns are increasingly tied together in the Granite State and will be even more intertwined in the future. As we start to come out of the current economic hard times, the state has an opportunity to ensure a strong economic and environmental future for its citizens with the help of the Green Launching Pad.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Green Launching Pad: For N.H.'s economic future - Fosters
Author:
Ross Gittell, James R. Carter
Professor and professor of
management
University of New Hampshire
Matt
Pierson
Chairman
New Hampshire High Technology Council
