Borut KELIH

Borut Kelih started his career as a student and later as a researcher in the Department of Biocybernetics and Robotics at the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana. In 1990, after obtaining his master’s degree, he and his wife founded the company LEA, d.o.o. The company focuses on developing and producing LED displays for different purposes, recently mainly for road transport applications like passenger information displays, variable message signs, and VMS trailers. In 2008, the company was bought by SWARCO, a traffic technology group that helped develop the company and provided worldwide marketing options. Borut Kelih redirected his focus to so-called sustainable development. He invested and was directly involved in creating and building a tourist farm, Ročnjek, located in the Triglav National Park, and Garden Village Bled, an ecological glamping resort and an excellent example of the successful integration of tourism in nature. Apart from tourism, the Garden Village project is based on improving sustainability in food and energy and providing education on how to achieve that.

Garden Village Bled, sustainable tourist ECO resort.

1958 Born in Jesenice, Slovenia

1982 Degree, thesis on implantable stimulator, FE, University of Ljubljana

1989 Master’s, FE, University of Ljubljana

1991 Founded LEA, d.o.o.

2005 Solar plant project

2014 Garden Village project, Bled

Important Works

B. Kelih, M. Matija. Evaluation of gait during therapy with six-channel electrical stimulation.

U. Bogataj, G. Nuša, M. Maležič. Restoration of gait during two to three weeks of therapy with multichannel electrical stimulation.

B. Kelih, M. Kljajić, R. Aćimović- Janežič (2014) Garden Village Bled, Sustainable tourism.

Selected Awards

1982 Univerzitena Prešernova nagrada za študente

2006 Gorenjska gazela–najboljše hitro rastoče podjetje v regiji

2008 Pečat občine Radovljica za prispevek h gospodarskemu napredku občine

2014 Snovalec, SPIRIT Slovenija projekt Garden Village Bled (GVB)| “Snovalec” award

2015 “Sejalec” award

2015 Certificate of excellence, 2015 Winner, GVB

2016 Glamping Hub Greatest; GVB