The Ecosummit Award 2012 (ECO12 Award) brings fame and fortune to the best smart green startups. We nominated 52 startups from 9 countries for the ECO12 Award. The list of nominees is sorted by Facebook votes (likes). Facebook voting and award applications are officially closed now. The deadline was 1 March 2012.

We had many last-minute applications and, therefore, decided to continue counting Facebook votes to enable the recent nominees to have some fun, too. Although the ECO12 Award Facebook Winners are certain, you can still vote to move up your startup in the list of nominees. The ECO12 Award jury voted from 5 to 11 March 2012 to decide the winners of the €15K prize money. The Ecosummit Award 2012 Jury Winners were announced at our fantastic Ecosummit Award Party on 22 March 2012.

As of 1 March 2012, 24:00 CET, we counted a total of 11.489 Votes. We are very impressed and want to thank you very much for voting and fostering the transformation to the Smart Green Economy.

And the Ecosummit Award 2012 Facebook Winners are:

1. Gold Medal: BlaBlaCar from France with 4.595 Votes winning 3 ECO12 tickets

2. Silver Medal: Carpooling.com from Germany with 2.728 Votes winning 2 ECO12 tickets

3. Bronze Medal: MyCO2 from France with 634 Votes winning 1 ECO12 ticket

Smart Green Startups

1. SolarFuel - Power to gas plants for renewable energy storage - Germany - votes
2. Nanotion - Realtime nanoparticle analysis - Switzerland - votes
3. SunCoal - Waste biomass to biocoal conversion - Germany - votes
4. Tamyca - Peer to peer car sharing - Germany - votes
5. Naporo - Sustainable building material - Austria - votes
6. Autonetzer - Peer to peer car sharing - Germany - votes
7. Social Car - Peer to peer car sharing - Spain - votes
8. BlablaCar - Ride sharing - France - votes
9. WeGreen - Sustainability search engine - Germany - votes
10. Brite - Semi-transparent solar windows - Greece - votes
11. Get Neutral - Consumer carbon management - Germany - votes
12. Polarstern - Green electricity and green gas retailer - Germany - votes
13. Power Plus Communications - Broadband powerline for smart grids - Germany - votes
14. Flinc - Realtime ride sharing - Germany - votes
15. StreetScooter - Electric city car maker - Germany - votes
16. PassivSystems - Smart home energy management - UK - votes
17. Tado - Cloud climate control - Germany - votes
18. Lautlos durch Deutschland - Electric mobility retail chain - Germany - votes
19. Heliatek - Organic photovoltaics based on small molecules - Germany - votes
20. Sefaira - Green building software - UK - votes
21. Carpooling.com - Ride sharing - Germany - votes
22. EVTEC - Mobile fast charger for electric cars - Switzerland - votes
23. Pyrum Innovations - Rubber recycling with Pyrolysis - Germany - votes
24. Avocado Store - Online marketplace for green products - Germany - votes
25. EnOcean - Energy harvesting wireless technology - Germany - votes
26. Nachbarschaftsauto - Peer to peer car sharing - Germany - votes
27. GreenPocket - Smart metering and smart home software - Germany - votes
28. Milk the Sun - Online marketplace for PV projects - Germany - votes
29. WeSustain - Enterprise sustainability management - Germany - votes
30. Biowater Technology - Wastewater treatment - Norway - votes
31. Watson Brown HSM - Rubber recycling - UK - votes
32. Oree - LED planar lighting modules - Israel - votes
33. Smartblue - PV system monitoring - Germany - votes
34. MyCO2 - Green consumer loyalty programme - France - votes
35. PocketTaxi - Realtime ride sharing - Germany - votes
36. Rent-n-Roll - Peer to peer car sharing - Germany - votes
37. Torqeedo - Electric outboard motors - Germany - votes
38. Ubivent - Virtual event platform - Germany - votes
39. AirBase Systems - Air quality sensor network - Israel - votes
40. Amee - Sustainability management software - UK - votes
41. Entelios - Demand response management - Germany - votes
42. G24 Innovations - Dye sensitised solar modules based on Graetzel Cell - UK - votes
43. Alucha - Paper waste recycling - Spain - votes
44. Onyx Solar - Building integrated photovoltaics - Spain - votes
45. BEN Energy - Social energy efficiency network - Switzerland - votes
46. TMW Technologies - Water treatment and desalination - France - votes
47. McPhy Energy - Green hydrogen production and storage - France - votes
48. Advanced Plasma Power - Waste to energy gasification and plasma conversion - UK - votes
49. Eight - Solar car charging station - Germany - votes
50. Smart Hydro Power - Small hydropower plants in rivers - Germany - votes
51. Solarkiosk - Sustainable offgrid business enabler - Germany - votes