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