Efficient wind turbine

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

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Water purification for developing countries

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

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Transparent, heat reflecting nanotech

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

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Self-sustainable wireless thermostats

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

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Air pollution monitoring system

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

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Modular interior gardening system

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

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UV-Reactor for cold pasteurisation

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

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Removal of microplastic by nature

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

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Bioplastic from microorganisms

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

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Turn Buildings into Large Air Purification Systems

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

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