EBEN BAYER
2008 WINNER
Greensulate™ is rigid board insulator designed to replace expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam), an unsustainable insulation material used in many modern buildings. Greensulate™ insulation is a healthy, affordable and effective replacement for expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam).
Greensulate™ is made in a revolutionary new manufacturing process that uses a growing organism – mushroom root fibres – to turn waste cellulose into a rigid biological resin. This process is extremely energy-efficient, occurring in the dark, at room temperature and pressure, without any petroleum inputs. Greensulate™ is enabled by a flexible platform that can also be used to make sustainable materials for different products, including packaging, disposable coolers, and surfboards.
In addition to winning the Green Challenge, Greensulate™ took first prize in the Tomorrow's Planet category of the Oxford University Business Plan Competition.
Ecovative Design website
'The boost has been huge'
Find out how Eben's doing a year after winning the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge!
Presentation, 25 September 2008
From left: Ed Browka, Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer.
2009 finalists
- Sanne Castro:
SimGas - Robin Chase:
Open Road - Dean Gregory: Power Collective Limited
- Michael Mathres: Mootral
- Robert Matthams: Shiply.com
- Hjalmar van Raemdonck: Ephicas SideWing
One bright idea can make a big difference. The entrant with the best idea for a greenhouse-gas-reducing product or service will win €500,000, expert coaching and a starting list of customers! Read all about it »
How to win
Think you're too young to enter this contest? You lack a track record as an inventor? Or your idea's too wacky to fly? Read this »
"I'm pleased that the Dutch Postcode Lottery has launched the Green Challenge to encourage entrepreneurs to develop new ways to fight one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change." Read more »
"The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge will be organised for the third time in 2009. I was happy to be involved in launching this initiative. We should all work on promoting sustainable businesses and to do that, we need to find the young, creative entrepreneurs. The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge does just this."
