Small scale power system

WiLL wrote: Mini wind-powered systems represent an important solution in the energy generation market: they are clean, co-effective in terms of installation and maintenance, and generate appropriate amounts of power for housing and enterprises with limited power needs. These technologies have however a limited market space due to the lack of enough windiness in most areas, as well as a negative visual impact on the environment. . Will offers a new concept of wind turbine, that improves the technology both in efficiency and visual impact: its innovative design will allow the installation and inclusion of wind turbines in urban environments... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Fashionable eco friendly backpacks

Koba wrote: Koba stands for compact backpack and accessories. Kobag will be our first product, an innovative backpack with a thermal base for easy storage of food and drinks. We believe that this new feature will help reducing per-capita food waste, making it easier for the everyday worker to bring food from home. Indeed, our backpack aims to blend together the best qualities of a fashionable backpack (captivating design and ease of transport) with the ones of a cool bag (thermal food and drinks isolation). Finally, consistently with our green vision, all our products will be made of eco-friendly materials, thus further reducing our ecological footprint... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Planeta Renewables s.r.l.

Planeta Renewables s.r.l. wrote: Our purpose is to realize and enhance an industrial supply-chain focused on the use of. Non-food lignocellulosic plant called miscanthus giganteus. This biomass is one of. More promising energy crop that grows on marginal, uncultivated, degraded lands and. Not suitable for food crops. Its uses are numerous: clean energy, biofuels, biomaterials,. Bioplastics, packaging and non-wood paper... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Cooking with household waste

Residential Biogas wrote: We provide apartment residents with biogas for cooking that is produced from local organic waste. An anaerobic digester that will be part of the buildings initial design will provide biogas produced of local organic matter directly to apartments in residential buildings. By using unique designated home "trash can", the system will make waste disposal easier. It will transport home organic waste directly to a smart digestion unit and will provide clean energy in the form of biogas to apartment units for cooking. The system will provide a solution for the organic fraction of the solid waste from residential buildings on the one hand and will reduce the consumption of the current cooking energy on the other hand... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Making Green Choices Easier

eco-log wrote: Eco-log is an app and a chrome add-on, that helps you make green choices easier. When you look for products online, we add their environmental impact score,. So you have the power to make better choices. With all the information at your fingertips, you can compare different products,. Businesses, and alternatives, so you influence the market... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Sustainable solar heating for agriculture

Pelenergy wrote: In the 15th century, growers developed methods of artificially heating greenhouses to grow food in the winter. Today, more than 500 years later, pelenergy is revolutionizing the way greenhouses are heated. We have developed a unique method of capturing and storing solar heat for use on demand. Our system arrives in a shipping container which has been specially designed to be easily moved and assembled, and is compatible with any standard greenhouse system. The low initial cost and maintenance, along with no fuel expenses helps growers increase profits while providing a fast return on investment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Perimat

Perimat wrote: Because of increasing fish demand and shrinking fisheries, aquaculture gradually replaces fish catch. Aquaculture still has to overcome few challenges- waste treatment and expensive fish-based feed are the main ones. Perimat is able to do both jobs- filter fish effluents in a reasonable areal rate and the biomass produced is able to replace 30% of fish feed, and in addition, reduce considerable ghg emissions. By doing so, perimat makes aquaculture more sustainable and profitable... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Make insect farming simple

FreezeM wrote: Insects have the potential of becoming a central resource in the feed industry. But in order to replace traditional feed ingredients such as fishmeal, they must be produced at an industrial scale with high stability and quality. Currently, each insect farm has to maintain the entire life cycle internally in order to supply its own demand for eggs. This process is inefficient and costly, making it very difficult to increase the production scale. Our product is viable frozen insect eggs. These eggs can be supplied on-demand to any player in the growing industry of insect protein production... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Insect-based protein for aqua feed

Hexafly is developing new material sources for the aqua feed, chitin and plant nutrition industries from the sustainable farming of insects. Chitin is a high-value bio-polymer with many uses in medicine, cosmetics and as a food additive. In the next few years, Hexafly predicts that the exponential increase in demand for fish food will far exceed supply. Industry will not be able to meet this demand due to declining wild fish stocks, stricter fishing quotas and an increase in material costs. The aim of the innovation is to bring an insect farming revolution to the world and find smart ways to feed the planet.

Ireland

M50 Cycleway

M50 Cycleway wrote: The epa estimates that 1,800 people die prematurely every year in the republic of ireland due to poor air quality. A monitoring station near heuston station, at st. John’s road west measured the worst air quality in 2018, largely due to our reliance on fossil-fuelled motor vehicle transport. As parts of dublin city centre are likely to breach eu and the who guidelines for air quality in 2019, our idea purposes encouraging cycling as the main mode of transportation in the city center in order to limit vehicular emissions. 25% of dublin workers commute from outside the city and suburbs, while approximately 1,150,000 people commute to work via car every day in ireland... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Ireland