Aeloi Technologies

Aeloi Technologies wrote: Aeloi’s goal is to make impact funding for microentrepreneurs accountable and accessible using digital tokens. We provide an assured digital link between funders (including development partners, carbon offsets providers, foundations etc), local microfinance institutions, microentrepreneurs, and goods/services vendors. We work specifically with the electric minibus sector in kathmandu, nepal. Our system can help ensure that each $1 of investment is used towards building renewable energy powered transportation by providing real-time climate and social impact tracking. . Digital tokens are a flexible form of shop credit only usable at pre-approved vendors, similar to e-vouchers... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Nepal

RVM NEPAL

RVM NEPAL wrote: The world is being polluted by plastics and we have invented this vending machine which in turn takes i nthe useless empty plastic bottles and then reqards the users. This incentivizing the process will help clear plastic pollution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Nepal

Oacity - Green City Oases

Oacity wrote: As a team, we responded to the climathon challenge to create sustainable green oasis in cities. Our aim with that is to transform existing urban areas for more sustainable places to improve air quality and promote biodiversity. However, in order to achieve our aim, we have to involve and empower inhabitants. Nowadays inhabitants feel the need to be part of the development and decision making. Of the neighborhoods and feel themselves owner of their places. With this development we came up with the solution to provide a program with modular elements for outdoor space. In the beginning we will aim for inhabitants of rental houses. These inhabitants often don't feel connected with the outside area of their building... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Netherlands

FarmitUp

FarmitUp wrote: Farmitup is. An online ton which consumers of homegrown food can meet its producers and complete the transactions online. In short, it is the ebay of homegrown food in the netherlands... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Crowdsourced Elevation Data

All4Elevation wrote: All4elevation wants to provide accurate and affordable elevation data for better flood predictions and offer it as a service to public and private organisations. We are doing this by combining smartphones, satellite navigation and the power of the crowd. Together with the european space agency we are developing a crowdsourced mobile application which allows to turn smartphones into “smart sensors being able to conduct elevation measurements by utilising potentially millions of phones. The data is gathered and further enriched in our global database before it is offered as a service to our customers with a pricing model accounting for the accuracy, timeliness and application of the data... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Making athletic apparel sustainable

Iron Roots wrote: Imagine wearing a t-shirt that is made completely out of cannabis. Sounds crazy right? well not if it is up to us. . At iron roots, we create athletic apparel made from industrial hemp, the non-smokeable, legal version of cannabis. Industrial hemp has a lot of environmental benefits compared to for example cotton or polyester, so it should be, in our opinion, more widely used in the clothing industry. . As you might know, the clothing industry is the second largest industrial polluter, second only to oil. This is due to the lack of use of sustainable materials and lack of transparency within the industry. We exist to tackle these problems and to inspire the use of industrial hemp. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Clean energy storage for renewable energy

FibAirTech wrote: Energy storage is gaining relevance due to the increasing participation of renewable energy sources in the grid. The inherent intermittent nature of solar and wind energy made use storage necessary in order to. To provide energy when it is needed. Fibairtech offers an energy storage clean-tech technology based in the power of the compressed air. Using well known technologies as compression process and cutting edge materials, energy can be stored using mainly air. A particular arrangement in the system components can be customized for different sizes and applications... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Making insects part of our staple diet

Burgs Foods wrote: There is a rising demand for animal protein worldwide. The current way we produce this protein is however very unsustainable and a drain on our resources and the environment. Crickets as a food are full of the essential vitamins and nutrients the body needs and packed with protein. Additionally crickets require much less food, water and land to rear making it a perfect environmental friendly protein source. . We at burgs foods set out to produce healthy and tasty food products based on insects. Our first product is the burgs burger, a cricket based burger. With the burger and additional food products we want to push a food revolution to make insects part of our staple diets in europe by 2030... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Providing smart maritime waste solutions

Green Anchor Ports wrote: Green anchor ports (g. A. P. ) connects and provides smart waste. Solutions to maritime ports. Cruise ships produce thousands of tons of. Waste on a daily basis year round which is offloaded in cruise terminal. Ports. Some ports(-islands) do not have the sufficient capacity to. Handle these. Waste streams. G. A. P. Provides a unique worry-free. Service for such ports by sharing a professional network and expertise. To implement small scale sustainable waste management solutions like. Anaerobic organic digesters and/ or energy producing incinerators. Eventually the aim is to turn waste back into a valuable resource... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Waste to feed solutions

Weendle wrote: Everything we do is to empower people to live in dignity, by rethinking and implementing innovative waste solutions. In weendle, we transform waste into feedstock with exceptionally high protein and fat content. This highly scalable and rapid process is carried out by our army of black soldier fly larvae. These exceptional creatures in combination with the skills and knowledge of our human agents, reka gugan and mathieu chaix-bar have the ability to prove that waste could and in fact, should be perceived as food/feed. Our business case to bring this mix into the market of africa will shed light on how we intend to achieve this. Hungry for more? stay tuned!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands