E-institute

The mission of the E-institute is to improve the citizen’s quality of life closely linked with sustainable development. Therefore we are focusing on environmental protection, innovative economy, social welfare and moral values. Our mission is to follow major European and global trends that are transformed into the applied projects performed on international and national level. Our goal is to introduce new trends and technologies in Slovenia and contribute to the openness of the country and its inhabitants.

In the last ten years we have gained valuable experiences and deepened our knowledge in the field of sustainable development, energy efficiency, renewable energy, new forms of innovation and technology transfer, and in providing support for entrepreneurial environment. In particular, we are proud to introduce modern approaches in the field of sustainable energy investments and assessing sustainable hydropower.  The CENTRALAB project qualified us to become one of the most important institutions in the field of open innovation and living labs in Central Europe. The Smart City Maribor Initiative (www.smartcitymaribor.si) permitted us to implement the first comprehensive initiative to create smart cities in Slovenia. We are thus actively participating in the preparation of smart specialization strategy in Slovenia and encouraging new forms of social innovation.

The future of operation can be seen in introducing new forms of innovation, where a shift toward an open and multidisciplinary innovation is expected to happen, and therefore, all stakeholders will get involved in the innovation process. The development of smart cities and smart communities will become one of the major focuses due to major improvement in the quality of life with the help of modern urban technologies. In the field of sustainable energy, we will focus on encouraging the trends in energy-independent communities and sustainable and multimodal transport.

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