Carbon 0

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

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Robotic vehicle to insulate suspended timber floors

Q-Bot have developed what they claim is the first affordable and fully accredited solution for the retrofit of insulation to suspended floors. The solution works by using a robotic vehicle to insulate the underside of suspended timber floors in-situ. The robot is inserted under the floor through an access hatch or air vent and surveys the void and condition of the floor. If suitable, the robot sprays an expanding insulation foam and finally records the insulation to verify the area and depth of insulation applied.

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Crowd-funded investing for energy access in Africa

Lendahand and Ethex’s Energise Africa is an online platform which enables everyday people to use their money to accelerate the implementation of UN SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy for all) and tackle climate change, whilst also targeting a financial return. People can invest small or large amounts in solar businesses that install solar systems in homes across Africa, enabling low-income families to access solar energy via monthly payment plans.

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Super-fast broadband enabled dematerialisation

Dematerialisation reflects the move to a more digital society enabled through digital communication, replacing physical objects with digital and on-line equivalents. This also includes reduction in personal travel by moving to on-line transactions. The avoided carbon emissions include: the reduction in embodied carbon from the de-materialisation of CDs, DVDs, games, books, newspapers and mail; and transport emissions savings from personal travel reductions associated with shopping (these savings are offset to a certain extent by an increase in courier/delivery travel emissions). BT developed a methodology to quantify the carbon benefits associated with super-fast broadband (fibre-optic residential internet access), which is driving the uptake of digital distribution of goods and services. Current avoided emissions calculated to 0.307 tCO2 per annum per residential fibre broadband connection (2018). https://www.btplc.com/Digitalimpactandsustainability/Tacklingclimatechange/Ourmethodology/index.htm

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Reduced energy shredding for solid recovered fuel production

Magnomatics will deliver the highest efficiency shredder for secondary (SRF)- Solid Recovered Fuel production by utilising magnetically geared direct-drive motor technology and a bespoke shredder system designed holistically around the motor. By removing the need for inefficient gearboxes and pulley systems commonly used in this sector the system will demonstrate the energy savings available from this novel motor technology compared with currently used IE3 motors equipped with gearboxes and pulleys.

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Water treatment resource recovery in fertiliser production

CCm Technologies have developed a technology to process ammonia and organic waste streams found in the wastewater industry, utilising surplus heat and the flue gases from existing combined heat and power (CHP) engines. If successful, the project will save the electricity that is currently used to drive the conventional waste treatment processes and will produce a feedstock for high grade fertiliser, a potentially significant revenue stream. This will also displace further energy used in conventional fertiliser production plants.

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Ultrasonic flow enhancement cold-and hot-runner injection moulding

Soniplas is a new innovation with the potential to transform plastic injection moulding energy efficiency. It utilises ultrasonic energy, applied to the molten polymer as it is injected into the mould, providing a temporary reduction in viscosity as the polymer melt fills the tool, enabling a temperature reduction for the molten polymer of up to 50C - reducing the energy requirement for both heating and cooling after moulding. Matrix Moulding Systems’ Sonimelt technology covers a wide range of applications in the injection moulding sector. It can be retrofitted to existing moulding machines.

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Electric pedal vehicles for last-mile delivery

Transport of passengers or small packages over short distances in urban areas is heavily reliant on conventional vehicles utilising internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Peddlesmart’s innovation involves zero-emissions [at point of use], pedal electric vehicles capable of carrying people or small freight loads. Current models in development can carry loads of up to 200kg with 350kg and 500kg models in development. Significant carbon emissions can be avoided in comparison to conventional ICE technology.

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Low energy landfill leachate treatment

LAT Water’s key innovation involves the treatment of landfill leachate water using Low temperature, Ambient pressure Technology (LAT). The solution provides a low energy process for treating/extracting clean water from heavily contaminated industrial water using waste heat or renewables at a lower cost than legacy systems thus providing carbon savings.

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Energy generation using ambient heat

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

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