Smart Yields prevailed in a three week public vote, earning a place on stage at the upcoming VERGE Hawaii conference in June.

Smart Yields won the “Food, Water and Transportation” category for the “Accelerate” program, with two other winners taking the “Renewable Energy” and “Energy Efficiency” categories. Smart Yields took over 32 percent of the vote in its category of eight startups.

The VERGE Hawaii conference is being co-presented by GreenBiz Group and the Hawaii State Energy Office as the annual Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit. It will take place from June 21-23 at the Hilton Hawaiian village.