Two of ECCI’s newest start-ups are off to a winning start - collectively bagging three awards in their first month on ECCI's EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator.
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Explore the latest news, case studies, opinion pieces and blogs from across the ECCI community.


26 June 2019
ECCI’s pioneering career enhancement programme reports impact
Joint delivered by ECCI and SAGES, the ECCI Innovation Programme is a pioneering career enhancement opportunity for NERC and SAGES postgraduate students.

19 June 2019
Eight start-ups tackling the climate emergency take off at ECCI
Eight budding Scottish start-ups tackling the climate emergency have launched their bid for success with ECCI's EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator.

13 June 2019
Join ECCI's Innovation Team
Two opportunities to work with ECCI's innovation team and help shape the zero carbon future.

05 June 2019
NYC Mayor’s Office Advisor talks climate strategy at ECCI
Lolita Jackson, Special Advisor to the NYC Mayor’s Office on Climate Policy and Programmes, visited ECCI last week to address SSN members.

28 May 2019
ECCI seeks consultants to deliver start-up training
Consultants sought to deliver skills workshops as part of ECCI’s Climate-KIC Accelerator programme.

22 May 2019
Equiwatt storms into Pitch@Palace finals
The ECCI-supported start-up planning to ‘Uber-ise’ the energy market has been shortlisted to take part in Duke of York-founded competition.

15 May 2019
Top speakers converge on ECCI for sustainable food event
The free evening event on Thursday 6 June will include talks from University of Edinburgh professor and author Dave Reay and Nourish Scotland's Pete Ritchie.

15 May 2019
ECCI back on the hunt for budding entrepreneurs
Applications are now open for the centre's Climate-KIC Accelerator. Join the 22 start-ups who have already bagged over £1.75 million and scooped an impressive 54 awards.

02 May 2019
New Scottish emissions targets a 'turning point' - ECCI's Ed Craig
Rising to the climate challenge will unlock huge benefits from exciting new innovations and industries to healthier, smarter cities both locally and globally, says the centre's Interim Director.

29 April 2019
'People will only really go green when it saves them money'
We catch up with Jim Laidlaw, founder of ECCI-supported start-up Boxergy, about his plans to disrupt the domestic energy market.

25 April 2019
ECCI seeks PhD researcher for city climate project
The centre is looking for a dynamic postgraduate researcher to produce recommendations on City Climate Commissions for Edinburgh.