Save your Planet

Save your Planet wrote: Environmental problems, are getting bigger and bigger and we need an easy and funny way to educate the public about the problem, . “save your planet” is a cross-platform, eco educational project consisted of: two animation series (one for pre-school and one for kids-adults), apps (smartphone-tablets) and books for kids. . The animation series has been selected and awarded in the biggest festivals all over the world, in europe, asia and the us. . Kids and adults, love animation series and also love (tablet-smartphone) apps... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece

AquaSense promotes efficient water usage

AquaSense wrote: Aquasense allows users to view their household water consumption, broken down by the appliance. Based on an interactive service, households can save money due to consumption behavior changes. Household members can set goals, keep and update a consumption diary and get through messaging, information on their progress towards their goal and personalized feedback. . With aquasense, consumers can participate in social networking groups, the ‘reference’ groups, consisting of household units with similar characteristics. Households are categorized according to their consuming performance and best attitudes are rewarded through a ‘green’ on-line membership card with for example discounts on green retailers, advertised in aquasense app. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece

Turning useless sludge to useful raw materials

Byeplastic wrote: Byeplastic will be. Activated mainly in a wastewater treatment plant. Where we can exploit the useless sewage sludge to produce a raw material used by bioplastic manufacturers. The whole process outweighs the advantages of other kinds of plastic production as it can reduce the co2 emissions during the production and hence downgrade the importance of petroleum to our lives. It is also costless and biodegradable thanks to its raw material. Our target is to be drastic to pitch in the climate change, changing the plastic!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece

Food waste and washwater treatment

OceaniCO2 wrote: Cruise ship companies face enormous fines when not complying to international regulations for food waste and washwater discharge. In light of the imo 2020 regulations for sulfur emissions, food waste and water discharges, oceanico provides a real time, on-board, and energy self-sufficient solution. We treat food waste and sulfur-containing scrubber waters and, at the same time, produce electricity and green sulfur fertilizer. In oceanico, we believe in offering the most fitting and eco-friendly solution, while producing marketable byproducts... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece

Helping companies predict energy demand

Power Forecast wrote: Power forecast helps energy companies buy and sell electricity with increased profit by predicting the grid's energy demand using a special algorithm. Better prices at optimal timing means less running costs, less environmental impact and a profit increase of up to 7% !.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece

Building cities of eco-civilization

Bamboo Composite wrote: Our drive is to solve the global affordable housing deficit; unemployment and climate change with one solution - our bamboo composite eco-friendly affordable housing units built in ecological cities environment. Using lime & clay, bamboo and biochar as our main construction materials to replace 100 percent cement component; 95 percent steel & 95 percent timber and 50 percent sand components respectively in our housing construction. Our bamboo composite affordable housing unit stores/sinks a minimum of 20 tonnes of co2. According to un-habitat 1. 0 billion new homes are needed globally by 2025. Imagine if these homes are built green with our solution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ghana

AI-based system for building energy management

BEAD is an AI-based system that analyzes, optimizes and operates a building’s energy management and related marketing strategies and operations by measuring real-time occupancy data. BEAD sensors analyze human behaviors and occupancy changes inside the building. Occupancy cycles, movements, and density change information can be collected with the use of BEAD software. With human behavior contributing to energy waste by 20-40%, the goal of the innovation is to analyze and develop fully autonomous/self-operating buildings to save energy, cut utility bills, optimize marketing strategies and reduce emissions.

Germany

Refurbished products marketplace

Refurbed is a marketplace for refurbished electronics. The electronics are used products that are completely renewed, so they look like new and function like new. Refurbed created a platform for products with consistent, high standards of quality, safety and warranty. The aim is to make sustainable living affordable to all members of society by allowing consumers to easily buy refurbished equipment. The company claims that refurbished products are up to 70% more environmentally friendly compared to a new product.

Germany

Crowdfunding of solar projects in emerging markets

Ecoligo provides a fully financed solar-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for businesses in emerging markets. By providing a digital platform for financing and delivering solar projects, ecoligo aims to remove the barriers that prevent such projects from being realised. Their aspiration is that supplying businesses with affordable electricity will enable them to grow and boost the local economy. The innovation includes raising the necessary finance for the project, the construction and insurance of the solar system, scheduled maintenance, operation and management.

Germany

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Coolar refrigerator using solar heated warm water

Coolar has produced an electricity-independent medical refrigerator. The Coolar system uses warm water that is heated through solar energy and stored in a water tank. It does not use any moving parts, hazardous cooling fluids or lubricants. Thus, the Coolar system is a cheap, durable and sustainable solution for storage of vaccines, medicines and food in regions with unreliable or expensive electricity. The Coolar system runs independently from electricity by using solar heat, which makes it almost carbon neutral. Such a refrigerator can enable doctors and health professionals to preserve lifesaving medicine and vaccines in a reliable and eco-friendly way.

Germany

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