A LOW-COST WAY TO TEST THE ITALIAN MARKET FOR U.S. FIRMS IN THE GREEN-BUIILDING, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTORS
The U.S. Commercial Service will organize a “Virtual” Green Trade Mission to Italy in the fall of 2009. The goal of the mission is to offer U.S. firms in the green-building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy sectors a cost-effective way to gain market exposure and identify potential agents/distributors.
Cost: $350
Participants will receive:
- A two-page “promotional brochure” on our U.S. Green Trade Mission website, including a summary translated into Italian.
- Promotion throughout Italy through our industry partners and contact lists
- A final report on interested Italian companies, prescreened by the Commercial Service.
- Optional but recommended: A link to your “elevator pitch” video uploaded to YouTube – to put a personal “face” on your company’s products/services.
Why Italy
- The EU requires Italy to obtain 17 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2020.
- Due to the high cost of electricity, Italy is expected to achieve “grid parity” in the cost of solar versus conventional sources by 2015.
- Ample incentives exist in the form of favorable feed-in tariffs for alternative energy and tax deductions for solar thermal panels and energy efficient renovation (55 percent).
- Energy efficiency is increasingly required for approval of building plans by the national and local governments.
Get in on the ground floor of an emerging market opportunity with tremendous upward potential!
What we need from you:
- Registration and payment of $ 350.00 by credit card on our trade mission website http://www.export.gov/eac/show_detail_trade_events.asp?EventID=29629.
- The completed "Virtual" Green Trade Mission Form – see .pdf form under the Virtual Green Trade Mission logo, upper right hand corner of your screen.
- Your promotional brochure text (two standard 8.5x11 inch pages including color logos and photos) and the address of your company website.
- Your promotional video for uploading to YouTube (1 GB maximum file size, 5 min. running time recommended).
The registration deadline is November 30, 2009.
For further information and to make submissions please contact your nearest U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center (a list is available at http://www.buyusa.gov/home/export.html) OR email Federico Bevini at federico.bevini@mail.doc.gov
"Virtual" Green Trade Mission Form