CycleFest wrote: Cyclefest will be a bi-annual event that aims to kick-start a movement that changes the current car culture of reykjavik city. Cyclefest aims to partner with reykjavik city, existing cycle clubs, institutions, and other businesses to invest in the success of the culture change by providing an event where the people of reykjavik can come to learn about bicycle maintenance, bike safety, winter biking, construction plans to improve bike paths, and much more, all while expanding exposure of the importance of biking and boosting sales for small businesses that support bicycling in reykjavik. The momentum has already started with the car-free day that happened last month and we need to act now to keep it going... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Palkinto wrote: If you open palkino, you are going to have an account, where you can collect points by walking, cycling and public transport. If you collect 500 seedling, our organization is going to plant a tree for you. If we calculate the numbers in our city, we can say that we are going to plant 30 000 trees / a year, which can product 1 500 000 kg o2, and limit 2 000 000 kg co2... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Baje wrote: As a group we are made the solutions for present status q of public utility "_isto_a". First we want to made better communication with costumers by showing them what work is done by "_isto_a" an what costumer is actually paying. We understand that costumers do not realize how much job is done by _isto_a in one day so we suggest that they improve their app and work on social media. By that costumers can actually see what job is done and what it has to be done. Second solution is to invest in promotion with domestic celebrities who can make an impact within the people and encourage them to be more responsible with trash... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Klimaverksted wrote: Children are the decision makers of the future. At the same time, they have an influence on their parents, the decision makers of today. We aim at making the parents engage in the co-creation of positive energy districts by approaching their children. Klimaverksted is an educational package for children at the age of 10-13. It consists of three elements: first, an educational component about the basics of climate change, renewable energy production and the relevance combined with the current curriculum for schools in norway. Second, the children receive a toolbox consisting of a toolkit for a small power station. A solar panel or a wind turbine. Also a manual for constructing a paper house from an old cardboard box is included... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

CrazyApe wrote: We want to turn the dead and sandy soil of former brownfields into a living and fertile area with our solution. By covering the soil with mats of fiber around our prototype area, we will lay the foundation for a new, fertile soil. On the top of it, we will spread a fertile soil mixture cointaining terra preta. Having set up the two layers of mats and the fertile soil, we plant a crop which can be harvested up to three times per year. With the yield (the fiber part of the plant) we will create more mats, which we use to cover the soil of the brownfield again. In that way, we will create a natural co2-sink, which 1. ) takes up co2 from the environment and 2. ) fertilizes the ground and 3. ) creates jobs... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Draken Technology Transfer Association wrote: Our solution is a remote measurement device which can be installed on public transportation vehicles, and could make measurements in pm2. 5 and pm10 with an 5 seconds of maximum sampling rate. The data consits more environmental data such as the exact gps position of the measurement, temperature, humidity, etc. The large amount of data could be determined by time and geographical position, so the past and present data could be monitored, pollutant sources could be tracked. The large amount of data and the different data sources can lead to a correlation understanding between different parameters (dewpoint, temperature, etc. ). The prototype have a particulate matter sensor, a gps module and a gprs mobile radio... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

WEEEWO wrote: We3 connect is a unique digital platform that incentivizes users to dispose of their small electronic devices in an innovative way: while disposing of broken devices to electronic retailers, they earn points that allow them to access targeted offers and discounts. In this way, not only they save money but also they can actively contribute to climate change mitigation through provision of secondary raw materials. Furthermore, thanks to the footprint calculator, we3 connect will help to increase users awareness about the impact they make while recycling e-waste. At the same time, we identify the main electronic retailer chains as the key partners of we3 connect as they provide us with the infrastructures to collect small-sized e-waste... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

J.F.T. - JellyFish Team wrote: Starting from the economical part, our idea concerns to consider private funders who might be interested in being associated with the idea of the repair cafè or might gain some other benefits by funding it. Private funders may be: companies selling tools for repairers: a growth of the repair community means more people interested in tools. Social cooperative working for the re-integration of jailed/disable/socially disadvantaged people might be interested in having repairers who can teach them a new skill they can spend on the market. Green tech companies who want to find a new way to promote themselves (e. G. Companies working with renewables)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Thermal Thieves wrote: Active solar water heat storage systems offer a viable way to supplement current energy intensive methods of generating space heating and hot water. There are solar panel technologies designed for the purposes of collecting thermal energy from the sun and transferring it to a closed loop heating system. This on site creation and storage of thermal energy at the source eliminates the infrastructure and inefficiencies inherent in district heating systems supplied by offsite power generators. In addition to personal unit supplies, we propose a community storage system that operates on a separate closed loop and is energized once personal systems have reached capacity... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Cousing wrote: The idea is a shared work and living space to reduce the climate impact from the building sector. This will lead to: decrease in amount of rent. Less loneliness increasing sense of community. Reduced climate and environmental impact. Of course people are challenged to accept this kind of housing but it is worth trying... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

TTF wrote: Sun jacket or sunket is a jacket which would be modified with solar microchips which would be woven into a fabric. The solar microchips would gather the solar energy and transform it into electricity which would power small devices like phones and tablets and maybe even laptops. The jacket itself would look apsolutely like every other jacket. The fabric would be washable and the microchips would be waterproof so in case of washing, the jacket would be safe. In the start of making the prototype, the devices would be conected with an usb cabel but in further development, we would find a better solution. The jacket would come in three different designs: everyday use (smaller power usage, more focused on the design)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Nabosol wrote: Our idea is to bring together homeowners with roofs usable for pv-panel installation, with other homeowners or companies without available roof space, but willingness to invest in renewable energy. The solution includes installation of batteries to help with the flexibility of the energy system. Each private actors will get their part of share as energy price reduction, and the surplus energy will be stored in batteries and sold back to the grid when it`s profitable... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

WeCare wrote: Wecare runs annual competitons to create engagement with the co-creation of positive energy neighborhoods. There will be monthly themes and competitions, with small rewards (for example free concert within neighborhood from local band). These events will be an opportunity for learning, sharing skills and engaging the community which eventually will lead to co-creation. We focus on the creation and communication of stories which show how neighborhoods take the steps to reduce their energy consumption and begin the creation of localised energy sources. We utilise all possible communication platforms to spread the message. To reach the final goal of of creating postivie energy neighborhoods... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Culture in motion wrote: The vaporetto provides a solution to reduce and diversify the visitors flow. The vaporettoproposes a cultural visit where the visitor educates himself through different activities (in our case in venice). Several immersive rooms inside the boat offers to the visitor interactive games. The vaporetto is self-powered by solar and kinetic energy. This energy can be used by other boats working in the venetian territory. Our overall goal is offering to visitors the opportunity to discover new places around venice, minimizing the visitors flow and allowing other boats to use our energy to charge themselves... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

DATAlab wrote: Act solar is the first impact investment blockchain platform that uses innovative technology anyone that has a smartphone can invest in solar energy. Today. By using innovative technology (like blockchain) that is secure, . , . And by creating digital wallet we can unlock funds from global investors. Act solar is a global marketplace that connects supply and demand... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

RaeEUSE wrote: Eleco is a web platform. The sustainability of eleco is guaranteed by a win-win solution: the repairers are part of an ever growing, self sustained and thriving community. Citizens are incentivized to repair because they can have easy access to repair service at convenient prizes or even collaborate with experts in order to become themselves repairers. There will be 3 main sections and functionalities in the site: 1_online e-flea market. People can sell second hand devices/ broken devices/ components of the devices. The repairers can buy what they need to fix other devices. 2_repair... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Carbon 0 wrote: The game starts with meeting captain joy who helps you assess your carbon foot print. The questions are formed in positive ways for people to learn how their daily actions effect their foot print. Players challenge is to become carbon0!. After your assessment players get some recommendation. For example if they don't have solar panels in your house you'll be offered information on the location of recommended partners to purchase solar panels. Then players get recomendations about local plants based on your location and where you can get them and where you can plant them. Captain joy sends players to missions to plant the trees or take care of other peoples' trees at local community gardens... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Young & Green wrote: The idea is to connect transport companies and private citizens to each other so that they can offer free space to transport goods. The boat that has free space for transport will offer this space thus avoiding it moving at half load. By doing so, more transport can be performed in a single trip. This results in fewer boats and less pollution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Team UP wrote: To achieve this we are introducing a platform which gathers all information between planners, homeowners, real estate companies, and buidling companies in order to facilitate team building and information exchange. In this platform real estate develpers/builders can publish tenders for different teams to participate in. This will enable the creation of effective teams with the players required by the project. Once a proposal is chosen the selected team has the opportunity to further develop the project and maximize the design efficiency in order to reduce time and costs and to ensure that all the actors on the project have all of the information they need to fullfill the requirements... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Blitzer 4 Future wrote: Our unique selling proposition is the combination of modern face-recognition technology with a compelling multi-channel communication campaign. Alongside our partners fromthe public and private sector as well as civil society organisations, awareness about urban traffic problems is created and carpooling as a viable solution is fostered among commuters and local communities... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Freight Club wrote: Our solution is a software that enables companies in dense industrial areas to connect to share their unused capacities. This can easily be rolled out in additional areas as there are thousands of similar cases in germany and beyond. Furthermore, closer collaboration on transport could lower the risk of transitioning to lower-emissions vehicles, such as electric of fuel cell trucks. The software could be financed by a subscription model for the participating firms. The cost savings and image improvement through lowering emissions and increasing efficiency will more than make up for the subscription fee... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Hover Rail wrote: In contrary to conventional shunting where rail vehicles are moved by locomotives, we introduce an idea that allows the complete elimination of locomotives at shunting stations. This is how it works: dynamic shuttle transport of all rail vehicles as well as rail segments on platforms. Movement through magnetic levitation technology powered by green electricity. Fully automated operation controlled by ai to reduce distances and time consumption. Storage on a second level to reduce space and secure the rolling stock from weather impacts. This concept allows shunting operations to be: free of emissions. Free of wear. Durable. Secure for workers... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

AIM wrote: By creating an all-inclusive mobility platform (aim), where all mobility offers are bundled, combined, optimized and bookable, the entire journey becomes hassle-free and sustainable. The platform includes different mobility providers, like scooter-, bike- and car-sharing providers, cabs, autonomous driving and existing public transport. The application provides customers with different options for the requested route. According to user preferences, different options are available: fast, cheap, comfortable, eco-friendly. This leads to higher attractiveness of sustainable public transport and thereby increases the number of passengers. To cope with the greater demand, a higher capacity of rolling stock is required... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

ROIal power wrote: We offer an app that let´s you easily gather information about your energy consumption habits. To motivate users sharing their information we create an incentive system and connect as much data providers as possible. Detailed energy consumption analysis and comparing with average and lookalikes. Offering a step by step guide to lower your energy consumption. We start with advicing our users to take small steps that lowers their energy consumption and the more deeper it gets and the more investment is neccessary we offer hardware as a service models (haas)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

TST wrote: . We developed a two stage approach for cooling train power units. Firstly we focused on cooling during dynamic phase via adjustable flaps, a heat transfer system and a combination of diffusors and nozzles. For static use we developed a special fan system for train station operation. Different operation phases and solutions: acceleleration phase: klappen system schließen. Diffusor-düse-system. Wärmeleitsystem. Werkstoffauswahl (für wärmeleitsystem). Drive mode. Klappen anstellen (winkel adaptieren). Latentwärmespeicher „laden“. Diffusor-düse-system. Externer wagen zur kühlung. Deceleration. Klappen öffnen (entlüften). Konstruktion adaptieren (kamineffekt). Latentwärmespeicher entladen. Wärmeleitsystem. Werkstoffauswahl (wärmeleitsystem... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

WasteMerchant wrote: Wastemerchant is a digital platform that incentivizes sorting of household/institutional waste by creating a trading platform of such sorted waste. By streamlining such operations in the growing complexities of urban spaces and combined with technological solutions, our platform reduces the costs for governments/municipalities for waste treatment. Our solution promotes sorting which leads to more recycling and reuse and less to landfill and incineration. And fosters a positive environmental impact... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

SolarSack wrote: Solarsack can contain 4 liters of water, and with 4 hours in the sun, the water will be pasteurized, and ready to drink. With about 60 uses, a single solarsack can provide more than 240 liters of water. Solarsack is made to reduce shipping cost, and with a production price 1/5 the cost of a bucket of coal, solarsack can be sold at a profit, and still be affordable to the user. Solarsack is developed based on studies and prototyping in east africa, and the both the purification process and the user interaction is tested with the actual users in africa. Calculation including shipping and distribution still gives solarsack a 1/20 the co2 emission compared to boiling with charcoal, while totally eliminating the use of wood... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Zero Carbon wrote: Air pollution in form of particulate matter is an increasing environmental and public health. Problem. According to who, 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels. Exceed limits. In the european union, the average life expectancy is estimated to be decreased. By 8. 6 months, because of exposure to particulate matter. The world health organization. Estimates the number of deaths caused by air pollution is up to 7 million per year, mostly. Related to asthma, lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We built a mechanical tree, that harvests renewable energy from the wind and the sun. The... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

#Cleanwup wrote: #cleanwup provides a solution to the wuppertal public to raise awarness and activate for a better waste management. In the longrun a mindshift shall be achieved that everyone can improve the situation. We developed a campaigne with various events to encourage the citizens in wuppertal, such as youtube challenges, clean up challenges and art projects with garbage... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

KiteX wrote: We are developing a new kind of wind turbine, using kite and drone technology. It is very suitable for deploying in remote locations such as islands that are often relying on expensive and dirty diesel today... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

WEStoreOnTEX wrote: Westoreontex develops flexible textiles and accessories that store energy to power electronic devices and sensors integrated on clothing. Currently, electronic textiles rely on the integration of external lithium-ion batteries at specific locations of clothes, which are toxic, rigid and of low durability. Our product is a greener solution with faster charging and higher durability, providing improved comfort, lightness, flexibility and safety for the user, without risk of ignition... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

NanoScreen wrote: Up to 40% of electricity costs in office buildings are due to air-conditioning and with dwindling energy resources, there is a need of new energy-efficient products on the market. At present, opaque and translucent window films are used to cut out the amount of light and heat entering a room. Yet, these can only stop a small portion of heat from entering, while compromising the transparency of glass windows. That is the reason we came up with an innovative energy-saving solution: nanoscreen. . Nanoscreen is a unique, transparent polymer-based screen embedded with special ir-reflecting nanoparticles, therefore reducing the cost of air-conditioning... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bastaliste Hub wrote: We see bastaliste as the community of urban gardeners: located 10km from the city centre, bastaliste offers allotment renting to urban people willing to produce own organic food, as well as needed tools and education. Wider perspective of bastaliste includes raising awareness of the expert, political and general public on the importance and benefits of urban agriculture as a tool for ecological, social and economic city development. Especially, when it comes to fighting climate change and unemployment in serbia... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Monkeybox wrote: We will revolutionize the electricity market. Monkeybox is a blockchain-based smart contracting platform to enable trading directly between electricity producers and consumers, big or small. With our efficient way of electricity contracting producers gain more money and consumers pay less for electricity. Our aim is to provide cheap, local and environmental-friendly energy for anyone to buy... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Collective wrote: We provide an information hub that serves as a starting point to learn more about the necessity of personal action against climate change to raise and maintain awareness, no matter how much you have already been involved. This hub does not only deliver you the knowledge and education on why change is needed but gives you instant access to in-house solutions to reduce your carbon footprint, as well as an overview of all sustainable alternatives in the respective cities, that you can simply implement into your lifestyle. Apart from this, it will be an open platform to share local and regional petitions and inform about other ways to help in achieving change, within our partner organizations... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Sunflower wrote: We offer a development of an application. It's purpose is to guide you through the process of instaling solar systems on your property from the idea through finiancing and administration to realization... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

IntelFlows wrote: Intelflows is building a network of moving sensors to monitor, gather air quality data and visualize the pollution levels within cities. Using iot, data processing algorithms, latest sensors and the moving vehicles within a city, intelflows seeks to create the most complex map of air pollution of the urban environment at a street level. The devices are installed on moving vehicles, especially public transportation, thus covering a larger area at a lower cost... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Hiio wrote: Hiio is the world’s first smart modular interior gardening system that integrates an environmental monitoring system in a piece of functional art - the lego of indoor gardening. The business model is based on the sale of our smart fully autonomous pots and a subscription model to compatible soil containers, nutrients and seed capsules - easy and clean "nespresso capsules" for home agriculture... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

CosmoCrops wrote: In today's society plastic is used almost everywhere, however, it is very hard for the environment because nature cannot degrade it, and it will interfere with the ecosystems. Cosmocrops has developed a new production system that can produce biodegradable plastic (bioplastic), without the use of plants or field space. Our new and innovative production system relys on two microorganisms who can work together, and by the use of solar energy and co2 from the air produce bioplastic. By selling this bioplastic to the danish food packaging industry, we can decrease the amount of conventional plastic used, while providing a much more sustainable solution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

FuelSave.io wrote: We develop the only mobile app that performs live training for truck drivers, using 30 different data points from the trucks’ running conditions. With our unique methodology, road freight companies can save up to 20% in fuel and gas emissions, simply by retraining their drivers. For better performance... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

PurCity wrote: Purcity has developed for the first time in the world a pct patented, sustainable and highly efficient self-cleaning air purification system that turns new or existing buildings into large scale air purifiers. It is called gaps, and consists of industrial panels that are a great substitute for exterior aluminium facades. Gaps shape has been designed like a double facade, which produces a chimney effect to naturally suck the polluted air into the gaps chemically activated exterior wall-panels, which removes both pm2. 5 particles and toxic gases like sox, nox, vocs and carbon dioxide. The clean air is then delivered to the building through the hvac system, which saves 10-20% (15-30 kwh/m2) of energy consumption while delivering pure air... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

AquaFutur wrote: 1. Create an urban farm unit with aquaponic system. 2. Design and sell urban farm unit to cities, local communities, farmers, abandoned land. 3. Bring fresh, tasty and local food to communities.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Tempact wrote: Tempact develops self-sustainable thermostat systems for commercial use of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (hvac). The unique value of our products is the ability to circumvent any expensive wiring required for power or communication by harvesting energy from temperature differences between pipes and their surroundings and utilizing low-power communication, allowing for much increased battery life-time compared to other wireless solutions... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ambient Engine wrote: Ambient engine deliver power by sucking heat from atmosphere and convert to useful energy for energy generation, automobiles and powering the drones for unlimited period of time without refueling. The proposed idea utilizes the ambient heat to energy and can produce energy while on the go eliminating the need for heavy battery storage system. Inspired by the natural process of rain where water absorbing heat from ambient atmosphere for phase change is the technology behind the idea. Utilizing the atmospheric temperature to change fluid to gas in an orc turbine. And generate energy from it and cool the working fluid using an external air conditioning system... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

CargoWheelz wrote: In dense populated cities people face a major problem, when they need to transport something bigger in shorter distance. Driving in city areas is difficult because of the traffic and parking. Also. Owning a car is expensive and doesn't fit to sustainable lifestyle, which is a big trend at the moment. Cargowheelz solves this problem by offering easily accessible shared cargo bikes in urban areas, where the ride fee is based on the used time. With our cargo bikes you are able to transport items freely and independently. In addition it's social and a lot of fun - get the bike and take your kids for a nice leisure day trip. We make your urban life without a car more convenient and affordable, and offer you new experiences. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lyras wrote: This invention relates to uv-reactor instrument for cold pasteurization of liquid food products. It utilizes uv-c light, which is well known for its germicidal properties and leaves no trace behind. In this manner, the food products being treated will remain fresh and natural. Not only does the uv-reactor treat the liquid food products with more care than traditional heat pasteurization it also uses 91 % less energy... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Pavnext wrote: Pavnext consists of an equipment to implement in the road pavement surface of speed reduction areas, where vehicles needs to dissipate energy to reduce their speeds, that is able to harvest vehicle's kinetic energy and with a very high conversion efficiency transforms it into electrical energy, which can be injected into the grid or used locally in electrical applications as road illumination or traffic light signs, being more relevant if connected to the urban micro grids. It's also adapted to the smart cities, by providing information about traffic and speeds, supporting road safety... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Batea Biotech wrote: Batea biotech is on a mission to remove microplastic found in the water used by fish farmers. Microplastic, small particles of plastic, will be taken up by the fish and eventually accumulate in the human body, when we eat the fish. The value of our idea lays in the innovative way, we will, remove the microplastic completely. Using only the flow energy and natural inspired components our filter can not only remove more microplastic than the current products, but they will also be saving the fish farmers from using electricity. Hereby, providing the fish farmers with a cheaper and more sustainable production and a more clean product to sell!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Urbantransitioners wrote: We partner with low-income communities like keko machungwa in dar es salaam to build toilets that separate urine. We then collect the urine and sell it as fertilizer to large scale farmers, subsistence farmers and gardeners. With our solution we help farmers to fertilize, irrigate and repel their crops. We also tackle the challenge of water scarcity, work for affordable sanitation and promote health and hygiene. . Our goal is that by the end of 2017 we have five farmers as early adopters using urine on their crops. Secondly, because we want to see dar es salaam as a lush and green city, we will built 10 000 toilets in dar es salaam by 2027. Ultimately, we aim to dry sanitize dar es salaam and make it an example worldwide... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Naava wrote: Naava provides tools, training and consulting to help businesses thrive in an uncertain future. Through a combination of systems thinking, design thinking and good old fashion bottom line analysis, we help businesses do less harm and begin taking advantage of the new business opportunities sustainability brings. Business as usual is changing, as evidenced by international frameworks like the un sustainable development goals and the paris agreement. With an innovative customer engagement methodology and unique expertise in the relationship between sustainability and business, naava aims to help accelerate the shift to a more sustainable way of doing business... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

T Gold Handmade Footwear wrote: Recycling leathers from leather sofas chairs to produce an upcycling footwear and leather goods... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Kaffe Bueno wrote: Kaffe bueno is a novel coffee company built by millennials for millennials and generations to come. Through our cradle to cradle model,. We aim to change how people experience their everyday coffee. We recycle coffee waste from our clients and use it for cosmetics... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Massaï wrote: Human demography in combination with evolution of average standard of living increase strongly the demand for animal protein and thus of even more dramatically for plant protein. Several problems arise both at the level of the farms and at the level of the nations but also for climate, particularly in the highly soybean dependant eu. . Massaï meets this challenge with innovative agricultural machines. It promotes cultivated well known plants that are far more efficient than soybean to produce large amounts of well balanced proteins. It brings the biofractionation industry into the field and thus increases significally the crop value. It preserves and even enhances the feed quality of the harvested crop during storage. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Industrial Nature wrote: The company has researched and developed three types of insulating crop-based construction blocks. These are unique in that they both insulate, store heat, provide structure and passively regulate temperature and humidity - all with local and natural materials. They outperform conventional insulation materials and have a better than zero carbon footprint due to the carbon sequestration in the crop-based aggregate. They. Are also better than zero waste because they can be reprocessed or recycled at end of life. They are designed to positively disrupt the global mainstream building sector... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Nordic Moss wrote: Nordic moss is a green-tech and innovative start-up. . We cover buildings with a moss layer, making your csr strategy more visible. It's more than just green branding, as it acts as an insolation layer which results in co2 emission reduction. Additionally, moss has the ability to clear the air and control the humidity... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Mahlzeit wrote: Every year in households with 1 person 98 kg of food is wasted. There is millions of people living alone in larger cities. If there are just 2 people in a household the food waste per person per year is reduced with 34%. It is difficult in households of 1 to cook meals from scratch because ingredients are often bought in bulk and after cooking 1 meal the unused ingredients eventually end up in the trash bin. Mahlzeit proposes a way to share meals more easily within neighborhoods to reduce food waste, help homechefs earn money, make homecooked meals available to everyone and to create a more diverse market of takeaway food. The product is a web app, a two-sided platform, where users either buy food, sell food or both... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Tsarina Natural Wood Protection wrote: I have developed a 100% natural, non toxic and environmentally safe direct replacement for creosote, creocote and other timber protection treatments. All the ingredients come from plants, tree's and minerals from natural sustainable resources. Preparing the treatment uses zero energy, although a low power blender would be a benefit to large volume mixer. The treatment also has other uses apart from timber protection. It can also be used to protect metal from oxidation and can be used to protect other materials. It can also used to create waterproof breathable membranes from waste paper and other materials. At end of life cycle, the pinelinite can be easily recovered for reuse. It is a true 100% full cycle recyclable product... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

ASPEn wrote: Aspen_ is pioneering a new platform for international cooperation in the field of sustainability. By pairing similar groups in very different continents we are creating an environment that facilitates knowledge and experience sharing on a large scale. . . The online element is currently under development with support from our scottish partners. This will be populated with ngos, start-ups, academic institutions and public bodies from across the asia pacific and the uk. This will would allow previously undiscovered asian groups, specifically startups, to make themselves known to each other and their counterparts in scotland; allowing international partnerships to form. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

O'Sol wrote: O'sol develops deployable solar generators for mobile, temporary or emergency applications. Its alpha generator uses a deployment system inspired from satellites, which allows it to deploy and retract its solar panels without any human interaction. This makes it autonomous, and thus very simple to use. Alpha comes equipped with batteries, and can be interconnected to create a smart microgrid. The alpha generator is especially adapted for festivals and temporary events. A second generator is being developed for humanitarian applications... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

uFraction8 wrote: Ufraction8 builds products around a disruptive new liquid particle processing technology. Following our world leading research, establishing new levels of throughput for massively multiplexed microfluidic devices, our technology will be the key to unlock a prosperous and sustainable future. Our technology offers superior performance and cost savings against the big three liquid processing technologies of filtration, flow centrifugation and flocculation. High volume applications benefit by our unique ability to granularly match targeted volumetric throughputs and our ability to scale this beyond the physical limitations of competing technologies... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bloodlink wrote: Bloodlink is a startup at the cross field of technology, experimental design, healthcare and social entrepreneurship. In short, bloodlink has developed a solution that will alleviate the shortage of donor blood and help manage blood donation in developing countries across the world. This solution enters the market for online platforms by providing a smooth and effective way to connect different stakeholders: blood banks, hospitals, patients and blood donors. "we wish to take the responsibility of finding blood out of the hands of the patient by connecting blood banks and hospitals in a more efficient way than ever before"... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

RoofSolar wrote: How many of you have photovoltaic (pv) panels in your houses? most of you would have you ever faced direct marketing strong-arm sales techniques that conveniently covers up the installation company flaws for the benefit of the installation company rather than supporting the homeowners? are the homeowners properly informed regarding the installation pros and cons? the answer is a big no. . Roofsolar provide a solution by mending the gap between the installers. And homeowners. By empowering the homeowners to make informed decisions about the benefits, risks, financial support, insurance, and safety issues allowing the "roofsolar" online platform from the comfort of their house for free of cost... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Katjet wrote: Every year a big amount of fruits and berries are spoiled due to the deficiency of processing technologies and big energy consumption. We will produce solar powered spirits distiller for farmers, do installation and service. Distilled spirits will be realized as bio-fuel. This will solve the utilization problems in agricultural field by utilizing extra amounts of fruits and berries and produce extra income for communities and farms. With our technology farmers will implement clear alcohol and spirits production, reduce atmospheric pollution and energy consumption by using clear and free power of sun and obtain clean and cheap bio-fuel, which will be used for heat generation during could season... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

CompBox wrote: Recycling your organic waste in an urban household and help yourself to install a great design stool. Have less fruit flies in your flat and reduce your walks to the common organic waste container. All this with compbox – wooden boxes, including worms and your organic waste – producing compost. Our customers are young professionals aged about 21-35, earning 2000-3600€/month, living in a city apartment without a garden/ balcony. They value a healthy lifestyle, do sports and like to cook for their own – besides that, a minimalistic and modern design plays an important role in their apartment. – so called lohas... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Smart Air Conditioning Solution wrote: We provide a device, which makes your air conditioning equipment smarter, to save user's expenses on electricity. It's an easy to install and use small box, which is connected to the internet and user's mobile phone, it controls an air conditioner and heater in the house. It provider an energy savings up to 40% according to our tests.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Green Cargo Network wrote: Green cargo network provides a software that functions as a fleet management system and a marketplace for b2b goods transportation for a percentage of the assignment revenue. We bring the sharing economy to goods transportation by connecting freight companies and businesses in a distributed network, thus allowing for better customer-transporter matching while preserving economies of scale. The service provided increases a transportation company's vehicle capacity utilization and reduces operational costs through optimized customer matching, integrated vehicle routing planning and smart contracting... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Mini Washer wrote: As an alternative washing machine, we present ultrasonic cleaning device, which consists of a power supply and an ultrasonic oscillator. Just put a device in a bowl with water and dirty laundry, add washing powder and cleaning process will occur. The device can be especially helpful for travelers and soldiers... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bandora wrote: Bandora is your virtual facility manager fully focused and dedicated to well operate and maintain your building. We push commercial buildings to operate to their utmost efficiency, keep spaces well ventilated and healthy, look for the optimal comfort zone for the occupants and detect abnormal consumptions. Because we integrate with any iot systems in buildings, we do not overlap with existing investments, but complement and retrofit them. Bandora comprehends a data exchange gateway that connects to any building system, a crowd comfort feedback app for occupants, an ai engine to correlate data and simple and intuitive dashboard for assets managers or cfo level, where the savings, comfort, notifications and alerts for action are available... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

CIRCOULEUR wrote: We want to recycle waste paints instead of incinerating them. There is about 45 million liters of unused waterborne paint which is incinerated each year in france alone, leading to high release of carbon in the atmosphere. We will collect it and use it as a material to make more environmentally friendly new paints !.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

EcoPad wrote: Ecopad is aimed to reduce the consumption of paper in an office environment and daily use. Using microwave technology, ecopad paper can be reused several times, in contrast to traditional methods of disposal and recycling. By using the ecopad application, users can save their information digitally and have access to the storage from their smartphones and computers on demand. The information can be safely stored in multiple platforms of choice (i. E. Gmail, dropbox, etc. ) allowing the user to revise it anytime. Even nowadays, notepads are the primary tool for notetaking in many industries. The list of customers is vast, but the our target consumers are from office environments, banks and universities... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Tailor-Made Led Lighting Solutions wrote: Led lighting is emblematic of the emerging clean revolution technologies, which promise minimal environmental impact, generate immense economic value, and have the power to change our lives for the better. . But like any new technology, they face barriers to adoption from a market. . The price premium on led lighting products still remains high, and the initial purchase price represents a significant barrier to decision makers when considering an initial investment in general lighting applications. . The core of our innovative led system proposition is the modular approach to luminaire design and manufacturing. It comprises of small number of types of building blocks for led lighting products... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Mater Dynamics wrote: Mater dynamics has developed an environmental friendly microelectronic imbedded sensor, for product packaging quality monitoring and traceability. (qstamp®). The sensor is powerless, low-cost and can be programmed accordingly standard telecom protocols such as wifi, gsm or ble... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Wand wrote: Wand. Is a smart pen with temporary ink that sends to your smartphone every scratch you make on a piece of paper the way you wrote it. The temporary ink evaporates after about 30 minutes from the paper allowing you to see what you’ve written and reuse the same piece of paper afterwards while your data is stored nice and safe on your mobile app and, if you want, backed up on our servers if you choose so... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Grovio wrote: Plants improve indoor air quality and remove chemical toxins from the living environment. . Grovio by its own takes care of indoor plants by monitoring the environment and adjusting the watering settings for each plant individually. The device provides a guaranteed green thumb by using moisture, temperature, and light intensity sensors which connected to the internet and available to greenery owner from anywhere via a mobile app. . We are using a patent pending technology to provide a delicate care for each plant. Also, it integrates with available smart home solutions and ai assistants like apple homekit, google home, amazon alexa and others. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Advanced Biofuel wrote: Our product is biodiesel which is produced from used cooking oil. Our beachhead market is armenian crop producing farmers in the neighbor communities of yerevan. Biodiesel is from 20% to 30% cheaper than fossil diesel. Our product does not require vehicle modifications or special fueling equipment - just pump and go. In 5 years our annual profit will be 600,000 eur resulting from sales of 10,000 barrels. Compared with fossil diesel, usage of biodiesel results in low amount of regulated pollutants (nitrogen oxides (nox), particulate matter (pm), carbon monoxide (co), hydrocarbons (hc), etc. ) and dramatically decreases ghg emissions to the atmosphere... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

AWCA wrote: As an alternative water source, we present atmospheric water generator for cars (awca) project which intends to develop and produce absolutely safe, almost costless and drinkable water source. Installed in a car, the device constantly provides hot and cold drinkable water from atmospheric air. The mechanism of device is based on air condensation phenomenon. The device can be especially helpful for travelers and truck drivers who need water on long roads... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

GreenEvo wrote: Greenevo is working with brining green technologies to evolving industriest, hence the name. Our first project is based on the nasa developed omega-system, which has been adapted for the norwegian industries and environment, using norwegian knowledge surrounding offshore installments and aquaculture. Omega cleans wastewater, and produces; food, drinking water, and other products like biofuels, using only renewable energy... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Le Michibou wrote: From plastic waste and bamboo we will soon be able to make with a very low price and few energy, le michibou. We believe this bicycle will convey our message "bike for a healthy city" thanks to its original user-experience and its noticeable design... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

The Nu Wardrobe wrote: Nu is an online platform for people to share and swap their clothes. Users get a constantly changing wardrobe that's convenient to use and inexpensive. And, as a community, we extend the life-cycle of our clothes and significantly reduce waste. . The platform works like a social network and will initially be aimed at female university students. Users sign up, upload their wardrobe and tag their items by size, colour, and style. They browse through the nu wardrobe, choose items that they like and request to book them out for certain dates. The lender accepts the request and a collection or delivery is arranged. Users pay a service fee for each item borrowed or swapped on the platform. There are no additional rental or subscription fees... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

bookitgreen wrote: With bookitgreen we are embracing the trends of the sharing economy and the impact that the “green” lifestyle has on travel behaviour. We are connecting travellers that are interested in sustainability with hosts that provide sustainable accommodations (hotels, apartments, hostels, holiday homes, private rooms, etc. ), by providing a state of the art booking-platform. 2017 being the un year of sustainable tourism for development, bookitgreen is in the right place at the right time... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Sprout wrote: Sprout offers a smart solution for urban gardeners with limited experience. Based on your location and sunlight conditions, the web-tool shows you what vegetables, herbs and flowers you can easily grow. Select what you are growing at home, upload your garden plan and connect to other urban gardeners in your neighbourhood and all over the world to exchange tips, tricks and happy green stories... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

SunDrive wrote: Electric driving is the future, but there is a lack of charging stations infrastructure in romania, the market is still at the beginning and people are afraid of high prices. . Sundrive provides a solution to today’s mobility, offering the possibility of a truly sustainable driving experience for electric car drivers. By making the whole concept of electric car charging a lot more accessible, user-friendly and affordable, the kit allows you to charge your car using green energy produced by photovoltaic panels. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Plantonica wrote: We develop an automated vertical garden with hydroponic technology that will produce herbs in a sustainable way. The system will also have a screen that will show data about the cultivation. Process, but also emails, news or food recipes being able to be personalized by the user. The. Project is using the cutting-edge technology that will allow the user with no training in plant. Cultivation to grow fresh food, and the system could be monitored remotely. Moreover, we will. Integrate voice recognition commands that will bring the people close to the system, using ai. Technology. The myth of talking to plants to make them grow better will become reality through our way of linking technology with the plant science knowledge... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Sweet Circular Refinery wrote: Biorefinery consists of preservation of sugars by aditivate ensilage of freshly harvested sorghum biomass, extracting sugars from ensiled biomass, followed by fermentation sugars to ethanol or other biochemicals, hydrolysis without pretreatment of lignocellulose, obtaining second generation ethanol and anaerobic digestion of residues from the fermentation and hydrolysis and production of biogas and organic fertilizer... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Green door wrote: This idea refers to a revolving door how reduces energy lost through her using a simple fan. This idea works on door with four compartments, and functions as it folows: the door have one compartment above the door (a) where is engine, and second compartment is under the floor (b). The roof and the floor have holls on the left side and on the right side. The door ratates to the right, in the winter for example , on the left side hot air goes out and on the right cold air goes inside. If we put a fan (1) up to push through chamber (a) air from the left compartment that goes out,... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Duomobile wrote: A new way to recharge electric cars on highways, while moving. With a special hitch and autopilot system, it can follow any car having a standard hitch ball. Duomobile will free electric cars from waiting at stand points. Duomobile will improve safety : driver fatigue causes one in five fatal crashes on highways. Sharing drive save lives. The owner will benefit the relaxing comfort of an autopilot car. A co-operative and environmentally friendly transport system, saving energy from the aerodynamic drag by linking vehicles (even non electric). More electric cars will reach towns with a full battery, reducing. Towns pollution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Pikotech wrote: Pikotech offers affordable and efficient sawmilling and bioenergy solutions for remote pine forest owners in developing countries. Our beachhead markets are in rural areas of tanzania and nepal where there is development aid supported pine plantations in the community land and where people do not have access to reliable electricity. We have picked these markets as there are existing capacity building projects, we have strong personal networks and team members who have experience in working in these areas. Our solution is modified to work in local context by taking off extra high-tech functions and modifying component structure to enable local maintainability... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

TopEcoSilicone wrote: Under unpredictable climate change emergencies (abundant rains alternating with severe droughts, exceedingly low temperatures alternating with high temperatures, the pests activation and plant diseases, as number and effects, etc. ) there are few solutions to protect agricultural crops. Topecosilicone selects and synthesis advanced multifunctional materials used both stimulating the plants growth and alleviating the climate change induced stresses in horticultural crops. These are basically foliar emulsified multifunctional silica fluids or multifunctional self-disintegration gels in which the silicon is an essential nutrient for raising the plant self-defending capacity against pests and climate change induced stresses... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Natural Connection wrote: Natural connection restaurants serve vegan foods prepared with the best ingredients that our planet can provide. Our business incorporates and runs it's own delivery service via bicycle courier in the hungarian capital budapest. Education is the main driver of our business, we aim to raise awareness and provide an green alternative to the busy city life, while improving and maintaining a healthy body and mindset for our customers... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Trashtag wrote: Trashtag offers you an easy and comprehensive solution with a user friendly dashboard that gives you a clear understanding of all data inside your organization and full control over the clean-up process and optimal storage decisions through its unique artificial intelligence algorithms and its deep learning function, according to your colleagues personal usage behavior. . Trashtag, a win-win solution that saves your money, improves your carbon footprint and makes you the only master of your data... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Heliopulse wrote: We make solar concentrated power systems for households. Our system has many benefits: . -it doesn’t overheat in summer, . -it works effectively in winter, . -it tracks the sun, . -it has a short pay-back period. And, what is most important,. - it is 2 times more efficient than any other solar collectors systems. We are the first, who made a concentrated solar power system for households and individual use... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

TotalCtrl Consumer wrote: Totalctrl consumer offers a solution to the grocery industry that makes it easier for their customers, the consumers, to plan, buy, and to use food. Totalctrl consumer is a sustainable grocery app that gives consumers control over their own consumption. Everything is connected. By letting the consumer plan, buy and use smarter, the grocery retailers will do the same. Totalctrl consumer will reduce the money retailers waste, literally, in the garbage in the form of foods. Improved inventory control, increased purchasing experience and streamlining sales are just some of the benefits that our solution contributes to. The app consists of features such as notification according to expiration date and autogeneration of recipes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Hempstatic wrote: 50% of global carbon emissions stem from heating, cooling and constructing buildings. Currently, there is only little awareness concerning this issue. Hempcrete is a natural composite building material. It consists of hemp shives (derived from the wooden inner core of industrial hemp stalks), lime-based binder and water. Our hempcrete block is a construction material that can be used to assemble walls, roofs and floors and can be adjusted to all types of buildings. More carbon dioxide is sequestered in a hempcrete wall than is used to build it. Thus, hempcrete blocks outperform zero-carbon materials and allow building carbon-negative structures... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Messinian Hub wrote: Business activity includes a vertically integrated production unit of organic greek herbs, such as mountain tea, oregano, sage etc, a micropropagation laboratory and the creation of a group of farmers. We would like to help farmers to cultivate greek herbs through giving them the appropriate herbal material and the right economic motivation to do so. The idea covers the entire production cycle, creating economies of scale and reducing the environmental footprint. We are trying to solve two main problems; lack of greek herbal material and cultivation of thousands of herbs per acre in sort period. Company applies micropropagation... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Counting Carbon wrote: Food accounts for approximately 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Taking a number of important factors into account, counting carbon generates a relative score for each food product so that the consumer can easily choose the food products that are best for the environment. By changing consumer behaviour, we can create a competitive advantage for environmentally friendly companies, and drive clean tech innovation along the food supply chain... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

BurnItGreen wrote: Burnitgreen is a clean and efficient solution for thermal energy needs and waste utilization. It’s more efficient than other stoves, has advanced computerized control system, compact size and could be easy incorporated with existing heating systems. It works with variety of solid fuel sources and can be used for waste utilization allowing automatic feeding. The temperature inside the firebox is kept around 1000 c, but the burn process could be temporally suppressed allowing efficient burn in wide ranges of power consumption. The innovative combination of heat exchanger and advanced water filter absorbs the thermal energy from firebox, plus all particles and acidic gases... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Pulpy Crisps wrote: As young people studying in the field of biology and caring about the environment, we discovered a great opportunity to reduce the waste from juice production by implementing the thrown out pulp in a fruity desert. It will be a great healthy alternative to the existing unhealthy snacks. At the same time our idea will help with the development of the circular economy and the sustainability in our country. This is why we are motivated to further develop our idea and bring it to life!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Temu Materials wrote: We aim to reduce the burden caused by the fashion industry by degrading textile waste with the help of mushrooms. We will then produce materials, mainly leather, from the mushrooms which we will then sell forwards to our customers. Our goal is to form long lasting relationships with customers in such a way that we take their unneeded textiles and provide them with a better option... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Aqua Ziwa wrote: With our solution we are able to desalinate 2000l of sea water in an hour into drinkable water. The whole solution is estimated to cost 380. 000€ per unit and does not require many maintenance nor special employee to operate it. Our sollution could be applied into variable areas like ports, hotels, govrnments, but our beachhead market are privately owned islands. As the owners of them are usually also supporters of green technology we believe we'll also with their support have easier antrance in muncipality and government markets... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

TrackEarthON wrote: Interactive social network that will challenge inner competitiveness among consumers, through collecting “green points” from bought food products. Such competitiveness has ability to create a critical public mass that can further attract the food production industry by favorising parties that invest in green technologies. Altogether, it will increase the public awareness about the climate change and how their daily choices (can) impact it: think globally, act locally!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad