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Sefaira is a software company specializing in cloud-based computing solutions for high-performance building design. In 2011, Sefaira won the Green Building Innovation of the Year award at London’s Ecobuild. The company was founded in 2009. ==History== Sefaira was founded in 2009 by Peter Krebs and Mads Jensen to provide the building industry with a whole new way to design and create buildings.〔 Co-Founder and CEO Mads Jensen said in an interview, “we set out to create a new type of web-based design tool that would allow green buildings to become the norm.”〔 The founders derived the name Sefaira from the Greek word Sfera or sphere, symbolizing the earth and the company’s holistic approach to global solutions.〔Sefaira (retrieved January 31, 2013): http://www.sefaira.com/about/〕 In 2009, Sefaira won the INSEAD Business Venture Competition, and shortly after Sefaira was incorporated in London, UK with offices opening in New York, US shortly thereafter.〔 In 2011, Sefaira cloud based analysis platform was voted the most promising new technology at the London Ecobuild. In April 2012, the company announced that it had received $10.8 million in Series A funding from Braemar Energy Ventures in partnership with Amsterdam-based Chrysalix SET and UK-based Hermes GPE.,〔 and in July 2012, the company announced the public launch of the Sefaira web application. In 2013 and 2014, Sefaira won numerous awards and accolades, including being listed as part of the Global Cleantech 100 - the top 100 cleantech companies judged most likely to make a significant market impact over the next 5–10 years according to the Cleantech Group.〔Laura Paddison, the Guardian (October 10, 2013), http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/cleantech-global-100-list-2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sefaira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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