B-finder

About

B-finder is breakthrough patented system for wind power sector. B-finder gives the industry simple, automatic, universal, worldwide, onshore and offshore ready, transparent tool for bat & bird mortality monitoring.

Automatic monitoring

Automatic, based on sensors monitoring, independent of environmental conditions and human activity. You get personalized reports, wherever you are.

Standard & transparency

Results from every single wind turbine with B-finder are gathered the same way, so the results are standardized and comparable worldwide.

You keep control 24/365

Permanent monitoring enables bats and birds observation. Reports contain time of collisions and localization of victims – local team can quick find and help animals.

Risk assessment

Full efficiency of monitoring gives reliable basis for identification time and periods with high and low collision rate and eliminate unclear precautionary principle from your project.

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News

B-finder in Texas

B-Finder was presented at the largest wind energy event in the Western Hemisphere: AWEA WINDPOWER 2019, May 20-23 Houston TX. Thank you for visiting our booth!

B-finder at Offshore Wind R&D Conference

B-finder Team visited high informative R&D Conference focused on Offshore Wind in Bremerhaven, 14-16 November 2018. Sail Ho!

The American Wind Energy Association Conference

B-finder was presented on Emerging Technologies panel during AWEA Wind Project Siting & Environmental Compliance Conference 2018, Memphis TN, 20-21 March.

B-finder Amsterdam mission

B-finder Team presents poster “Counting instead of stopping. The 3% annual productivity battle” at WindEurope Conference & Exhibition 2017, Amsterdam, 28-30 November.

B-finder U.S. tour

B-finder was presented during the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies 107th Annual Meeting, 10-13 September 2017, Salt Lake City, U.S. Speech for Energy & Wildlife Committee and Expo stand during the event allowed us to present B-finder to American friends.

B-finder on the CWW Expo

B-Finder was presented at the Expo and Conference on Wind energy and Wildlife impacts in Estroil Portugal, 6-8 September 2017. Interest in our solution exceeded our expectations.

B-finder awarded!

Poster with presentation of B-finder on WindEurope Summit 2016 in Hamburg was awarded as the best in environmental impacts & social acceptance category.

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timeline

patent

12/03/2019

B-finder system was patented.

expansion

12/12/2018

The Polish Investment & Trade Agency grant for internationalization of B-finder.

The Marshal Office grant

10/10/2018

B-finder Team starts the research project supported by the Marshal Office of the Wielkopolska Region in Poznan grant.

trademark protection

22/11/2017

B-finderTM is protected trademark.

starting prototype test

11/11/2017

The prototype test in real conditions.

The National Centre for Research and Development grant

27/07/2017

B-finder Team receives The National Centre for Research and Development grant for integration and testing the prototype.

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development grant

02/01/2017

B-finder receives government funding for patent protection on target markets around the world.

WindEurope Award

27/09/2016

The first public presentation of B-finder system in WindEurope Summit in Hamburg has been awarded.

patent pending

13/02/2016

Initiation of the patent protection procedure.

B-finder is born

02/02/2016

Eureka. The result of 100 cumulative years of bats & birds monitoring for wind power.

in Big Five

31/12/2015

After ten years of activity in Poland, EMPEKO has ranked among the first five companies in wildlife research in terms of the number of completed projects.

EMPEKO S.A.

07/07/2011

Establishment of EMPEKO S.A., a non stock exchange joint-stock company. Still small, family owned enterprise.

first wind power project

23/02/2008

EMPEKO has finished the first project for wind power industry. In next years environmental service for wind power projects will be the majority of company’s portfolio.

EMPEKO starting

01/01/2006

Short after university graduation Michał starts the professional adventure with wildlife research and environmental consulting. Jan and Paweł join the crew soon.

education

01/10/2000

Paweł begins study in environmental protection spec. ecology & protection of animals. Michał starts biology spec. ecology & natural resources management. Three years later Jan inaugurates geography spec. GIS.

roots

31/12/1989

Brothers Paweł, Michał and Jan buy first binoculars and borrow Sokołowski handbook from small suburbian library, where they begin observations of animals.

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headquarters

our experience in environmental research

440
projects completed
13
years experience
+100
cumulative years of bats & birds monitoring
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TEAM

B-finder Team is rooted in EMPEKO – one of most seasoned polish wildlife research company with 13 years of experience in +440 projects.

JanB-finder GIS Specialist

Graduated at Geosciences Department – Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan): M.Sc. in geography (specialization: Geoinformation). Experience in GIS analytics for bats & birds research and environmental monitoring & supervision during wind farms construction.

JózefB-finder Automation Manager

M.Sc., Eng., degree in Automation and Robotics at the Cracow University of Technology (specialisation: Industrial Systems Multimedia), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Alumni of electronics technical high school. Experience in CAD design, astronomical telescope mechanism design, design of plastic elements and electrronic technical support engineer.

MichałB-finder Team Leader

Entrepreneur, biologist and innovator with 11 years experience in environmental consultancy for wind power industry. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biology, studied technical environmental protection in Berlin, European integration in Warsaw (postgraduate) and management in Barcelona (AMP).

MiłoszB-finder IT Developer

M.Sc. in computing science and Ph.D. studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Experience in 3D programing. Successful participant of numerous competitions like Polish Academic Championships in Team Programming 2013, Central Europe Regional Contest 2015 , Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016.

PawełB-finder Chief Scientific

Ph.D. in biological sciences. International doctoral studies in Natural Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences (Krakow). Graduated at the University of Wroclaw: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in environmental protection (specialization: Ecology and Protection of Animals). Zoologist with many years of professional experience.

SupportB-finder Back Office

The support crew of accountants, attorneys and consultants.

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CONTACT





Location

B-finder Team
EMPEKO
ul. Mleczowa 3A
61-680 Poznań
Poland
+48 730 739 737
info@b-finder.eu
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