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About the Green Technology Selector
Connecting vendors of green technologies with forward-thinking businesses and homeowners
Developed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) this online platform helps accelerate the deployment of green technologies by streamlining investment decision-making.
The platform connects prospective purchasers with vendors of green technologies that have been pre-approved as eligible for EBRD financing programmes via local partner financial institutions.
Green technologies deliver long-term financial and environmental benefits that generate a more resilient outlook for businesses and homeowners.
- Technology buyers can make better-informed purchasing decisions and obtain enhanced access to finance
- Technology vendors can increase product visibility among potential buyers that are ready to invest
- Financial institutions can help clients become more resilient to energy and climate-related events
The Green Technology Selector currently promotes approximately 39,000 technologies from more than 2,600 vendors, resulting in around 15,000 technology purchases each year.
Buyers can identify suppliers of the green technologies that partner financial institutions want to finance.
Vendors can register their technologies free-of-charge and access the markets where investment-ready buyers already have access to finance.
Financial Institutions can reduce transaction costs by referring to technologies that are already eligible for EBRD financing programmes.
How are ‘green’ technologies defined?
The Green Technology Selector promotes technologies that are aligned with the principles, policies, and practices of the EBRD. This includes the Bank’s integrity standards, environmental and social policy, and technical guide for green economy transition.
- These technologies bring substantive climate change mitigation, adaptation and/or other environmental benefits compared to common market practice.
- Minimum performance criteria are set for each technology category, based on a regular review of market performance and compliance attributes.
- Vendors maintain up-to-date product details for each technology product and are required to register the attributes of their technologies, which are assessed against the eligibility criteria and reviewed by our technical experts.
- Technology products that fall short of these criteria are removed.
What does high-performing green technologies mean?
High-performing green technologies mean that products comply with the Performance Criteria EBRD prescribed for the selected country. Performance Criteria are defined per technology category, per country. They require a performance improvement of at least 20% beyond a baseline of typical replacement technologies that reflects local market developments including technology costs and market maturity, thereby only promoting the higher-performing segment of technologies available on local markets.
