Giovanni De Lisi, CEO of Greenrail, has patented railways sleepers, which reuse plastics and rubber waste. And now, a 75-million-dollars contract comes from the USA. ROME. At the age of 19, he decides to leave the university: “I went to my father’s office, I thought he’d take it badly. I explained him that my [...]
Greenrail is one of the founding members of World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, an international initiative that promotes sustainable projects in several sectors. Its Constituent Assembly, in which Greenrail took part, was held at COP23 Conference of United Nations in Bonn on 14 November 2017.
The company founded by Giovanni De Lisi, which has designed railway sleepers made of recycled materials, was awarded by a jury of 100 representatives of entities such as Microsoft, AXA, Unicredit, and sponsors: Eni and Sanofi. It was Greenrail, which was selected as the Best Startup of the year 2017, among 10 finalists at [...]
Greenrail, an Italian company, example of sustainable industrial development following the circular economy’s principles, which has designed a new concept of an innovative and eco-sustainable railway sleeper, patented in 79 countries worldwide, has finalized the first license contract with SafePower1, an American company created by local entrepreneurs and investors from Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, [...]
Many thanks to eng. Sohail Hasnie from Asian Development Bank - ADB for sharing the real innovation behind Greenrail project: railway infrastructure capable of producing clean energy.
On the 6th, 7th and 8th October the Authority of Transport Regulations (ART) will present the new edition of Transport Hackathon: a marathon of 56 hours aimed at developing innovative services' projects supporting mobility and improving access and fruition of roads and highways networks, urban areas, ports, airports and railways. Thanks to the partnership [...]
For Greenrail, winning the Energy Award 2017 confirms the effectiveness of the green economy model, in which we have believed and invested. A confirmation, which makes up for the courage of a small startup, founded by Giovanni De Lisi, who believed and still strongly believes in the necessity of changing the direction. Greener, more [...]
What is Greenrail? The founder of Greenrail is Giovanni De Lisi: a 30-year-old Sicilian, currently based in Milan. When I was interviewing him in the company's office at Polihub, startups' incubator of Polytechnic University of Milan, he began with a promise: "Greenrail was not born in front of a desk, but out in the [...]
An Italian company has patented an eco-sustainable railway sleeper, obtained in part from End-of-Life Tyres and recycled plastics, able to generate electrical energy thanks to the integration of solar panels. A technology low cost, which respects the environment and produces energy.
During the first week of EXPO 2017 in Astana, our Vice President Emanuele Occhipinti had a pleasure to talk to Oriel Morrison from CNBC International, and explain how Greenrail makes the railway sector more green, innovative and sustainable.
