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