Green Schools Pilot Initiative 

The Green Schools Pilot Initiative provides Ontario cleantech companies with an opportunity to demonstrate the viability of their technology with a well-known reference customer: Ontario’s schools. The initiative seeks to identify, demonstrate and test innovative green products, technologies and services that currently have either no exposure or limited exposure in the Ontario school system. For participating companies, it’s an ideal platform for real-world demonstration of innovative green technologies, helping them to expand into the local, North American, and global markets.

Expressions of Interest for this initiative were accepted until May 5, 2009.  Submissions to this initiative are no longer being accepted. 

The Ministry of Research and Innovation has completed a two-stage evaluation of companies that develop, manufacture, market and/or use innovative green technologies/products.

Next Steps

The list of potential pilot projects has now been provided to Ontario School Boards and they will be contacting the companies directly, should they be interested in the product/ technology outlined in their business cases.  For further questions, please contact Fiona Menzies at the Ministry of Education: Fiona.menzies@ontario.ca

The Ministry of Education expects to review and approve pilot projects by the end of October 2009.