Semita Solaris

Semita Solaris wrote: A scientific team of ttü has developed a solar bricks solution where the pv element is encapsulated into polymer-glass composite. The solution enables to produce electric power, using the existing road surface without converting of natural landscapes and farmland. Produced and stored energy could be used for road electric infrastructure in combination with electric network or on autonomous mode without need for expensive wiring. Our aim is to enhance the market readiness level from the lab scale to ready-for-production prototypes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Herbal infused linen

WellnessLinen wrote: The textile industry is the second filthiest industry in the world – and you are wearing its products. There are some sustainable alternatives, like organic cotton, but its production still consumes large amounts of water, and the clothing may still be dyed with chemicals and shipped globally, meaning that there is a big carbon footprint for cotton garments carrying the “organic” tag. . Our goal is to produce textile products with a controlled method, using eco-friendly raw materials – linen fabrics and herbs, which minimizes production resources, promotes non-waste eco-friendly production process and reduces environmental pollution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Festera is an indoor composter

Festera wrote: In estonia only ⅕ of biowaste is being sorted. Most of biowaste is being burned or put into landfills. This causes dangerous emission of greenhouse gases. Our solution is a biobox - trash can that decomposes biowaste at homes. A complicated product, a simple idea. The food waste goes in, humus comes out - 10 times quicker than common composting. Fresh humus, the final product, can be used as a fertilizer. No smell, no flies and the nordic designed biobox only needs to be emptied once in every 2 months. Sustainability and nordic design make us unique among competitors. Festera has grown out of europe's best student company in 2017... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Hydrogen fuel from biomass

GreenFuel wrote: We are working to accelerate the market deployment of hydrogen gas. Our effort is to provide an alternative energy solution which is reliable, efficient, renewable, sustainable and easy to produce. We aim to produce hydrogen gas from biomass in estonia and make it an exportable commodity along with helping develop hydrogen ecosystem within estonia. Greenfuel wants to supply a world changing business opportunity for fueling stations to increase their business prospect as hydrogen cars are going to grow substantially in near future.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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We create self-sustainable vertical farm

CloudVegs wrote: We will combine existing cutting edge farming technologies, like aquaponics and vertical farming, to create a self-sustainable farms inside abandoned apartment buildings in cities. This means that we need to use considerably less water and land. As we are not using any pesticides and other industrial chemicals, the produce will be fully organic... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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To make commuting more sustainable

GreenShift wrote: We connect drivers with empty seats in their car with people from the same community to commute together. With our solution we are able to decrease pollution, traffic jams in rush hours and noise. . Greenshift is an app for community ride sharing. The app does matchmaking, scheduling and billing for the commuters. Commuters have more high quality time, spend less on transportation and meet their neighbors for ride sharing... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Democratizing car charging network

GetElectric wrote: We are going to democratize electric cars charging network allowing anyone to become a charging service provider. Following the airbnb and uber business model, we are crowd-sourcing the electric cars charging service. We handle all transactions and earn a premium from each. We provide extra income to venues and households and stimulate adoption of electric cars... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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AS Postimees Grupp

WhatPackage wrote: With whatpackage we want to reduce emissions and waste by making package-free online shopping comfortable for the customer. Our product is an e-delivery system for package-free shops that makes it easy to order from them in your area. The groceries are delivered from door to door. Instead of regular packaging, we use reusable containers. The customers of the shops pay a deposit for them and get it back upon returning the containers. The containers are then washed and reused for the next customers. For this, the shops transfer us 7-12% of the online order income monthly... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Making potty-training fun for everybody

RoPotty wrote: In 1950-s 95% of children where potty trained by the age of 1,5 years. Today, children in the developed world wear diapers until 3 years on average. By reducing this age we save over a billion disposable diapers a year, that would otherwise end up in landfill. Ropotty is a special potty-training device that parents can rent to teach their toddlers how to use the toilet. Making the potty exiting, educating and fun for children, helps the parents to save a lot of time, nerves and energy. We are building a renting system. That means parents don’t have to worry any more about what do to with the potty after their child is trained. They can just send it back to us and we will use it again... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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WasteAway

WasteAway wrote: In wasteaway we believe that every resource that ends up in a garbage bin is a wasted resource. We want to reduce the usage of single-use plastic with a reusable food container system. Our market is restaurants that sell takeaway food. We, wasteaway, sell rental reusable food containers to restaurant clients for 2,5€ per container. By using our system, only with our beachhead market (tallinn), we save over 9 million single-use food containers amount of trash. Our service is based on the circular economy. Our clients will purchase food from a restaurant with our lunch box and pay a deposit for it. After eating, the box can be returned to our reverse vending machine and the customer gets back the amount of deposit money... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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