Igor Inc., a Greater Des Moines technology company, won $125,000 in funding on Tuesday during the Clean Energy Challenge held in Chicago. The company received the $100,000 Wells Fargo Prize, as well as the McCaffery Lakeside Building Efficiency Prize worth $25,000, according to a report by CleanTechnica.com. The Urbandale-based company developed a money-saving power-over-ethernet lighting, sensor and data system. Another Iowa-based company, Advanced Renewable Technologies International Inc., competed in the competition as a finalist but did not win any monetary awards. That student-led company, which has developed an innovative biochar material that addresses water, soil and air quality issues, will be featured in the April 17 issue of the Business Record. 

 To read a past Insider story about Igor, click here.