Digital rewards platform

Stonnivation wrote: Tourism’s global carbon footprint has increased from 3. 9 to 4. 5 gtco2e, four times more than previously estimated, accounting for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. . This significant rise is due to the quantification of the significant contribution from local transport, shopping and food during their visit. This issue is compounded by day trippers and locals doing similar activities. . Our initial focus is on promoting outdoor tourism in remote and rural locations and rewarding tourism businesses and locals and visitors to make healthier and more environmentally friendly choices. We will re-invest in remote and rural communities to develop infrastructure and resources that support healthy sustainable rural development... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Low-carbon environmental heat harvesting

Planet Heat wrote: It's really difficult to extract energy from (or dump it to) surface water because that water is dirtier than it appears. Traditionally it has to be abstracted (requiring a licence) and centrifugally filtered before it can be used. Our new method removes the need for abstraction and filtration, extracting the heat from the surface water using a small, energy-dense, submersible device. Over the past three years we have heated a real home using over 12 prototypes as proof-of-concept. We also have a published uk patent application (gb2553416a) and all the signs are that full scope of the claims will be granted... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Programmable drones that monitor water quality

Altitude Thinking wrote: Scotland’s rivers, canals and waterways represent an irreplaceable, high-value resource to the scottish economy in terms of tourism and biodiversity. This project will seek to develop, construct and test a mark 1 prototype of a programmable drone that will be able to be deployed and subsequently safely navigate scottish waterways and produce accurate, real-time reports on pollution levels... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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One Cherry

One Cherry wrote: One cherry is an award-winning social enterprise startup based in edinburgh. We created an online marketplace that makes shopping for pre-loved items from local shops more convenient and accessible to the customers. One cherry helps local second-hand shops, such as charity shops, be more profitable by increasing their footfall, promotes circular economy thus supporting the great work done by the charities. . Today, second-hand marketplaces are growing 20 times faster than retailers overall. The global clothing resale alone is expected to jump from £12. 8b in 2016 to £23. 4b by 2021. We aim to ride this trend and make it easier for people to adopt the “make, use, return” model... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Circular designed bathroom accessories

Undisturbed wrote: Imagine removing plastic from the ocean, because it's harming our planet. And adding something that's great for our planet, like hemp fabric. To make something beautiful and functional for bathrooms. . We are undisturbed and we are developing our first product, a circular designed shower blind for bathrooms. We are challenging the current linear plastic or glass shower curtains and screens which are impacting our environment during manufacture and when they end their use in landfill. . Our customers will benefit from a product that is easy to install and replace, is mould and mildew free, very low maintenance requiring no harsh cleaning products and won't cling to your legs whilst you shower... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Mobile solar transport solutions

TRAILAR wrote: Trailar provides a greener, more cost efficient, urban friendly delivery solution that can revolutionize the transport sector. An industry first, we’ve taken everyday vehicles and added cutting edge solar technology to harness the sun’s energy and reduce the impact of each vehicle journey. We affix light weight, aerodynamic solar mats to the vehicle roof space, which is then connected to the vehicle battery, and alternator via a charge controller. Instead of the engine being used to top up the battery and power ancillary equipment on the vehicle such as tail-lifts, refrigeration and tracking devices, we use the harvested energy to power ancillary equipment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Enabling global plastic recycling

PlasTell wrote: The numerous types of visually identical but chemically different plastics must be separated and recycled separately. Many developed countries use industrial-scale automatic sorting machines, however their high capital cost and infrastructural requirements prohibit their use in developing countries. Instead, developing countries make use of numerous small manual sorting facilities distributed around the country which are extremely limited by their workers' ability to visually identify plastics. We have developed a low-cost and small scale plastic identification device which enables operators in material recovery facilities to quickly and reliably identify different types of visually indistinguishable plastics... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Grain storage monitoring

Crover wrote: Cereal grains are the basis of staple food, yet post-harvest losses during long-term storage are exceptionally high, above 20%, making storage the single phase from harvest to final product with the highest losses. This is responsible for about 6% of total greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. Crover is the first robotic device able to ‘swim’ through grains stored in bulk and autonomously monitor their conditions, helping grain operators like farmers and grain merchants maintain the quality of their stock... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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BioKind

BioKind wrote: Aquaculture production in europe has increased 60% since 1998, but these farmed animals need to eat lots of protein. This traditionally comes from wild fish (fishmeal), but 90% of fish stocks are fully or over exploited. To meet demand, many thousands of hectares of soybeans have been planted globally, resulting in widespread deforestation in brazil. Through our innovative, proprietary process, we upcycle non-edible crop waste into a high-protein feed ingredient. We are valorizing a waste product to make agricultural land more efficient, and stop the expansion of other destructive protein ingredients... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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Affordable growth media for cultivated meat

Multus Media wrote: At multus media we create the key ingredient to make cultivated meat affordable and profitable. Cultivated meat is a new way of producing real meat without the animal by only growing the muscle and fat tissues that directly make up the final meat product. Producing meat this way releases up to 87% fewer greenhouse gases than conventional meat, uses just a fraction of the land and water, and requires zero antibiotics. A critical challenge in the cultivated meat industry is cost of production. Growth media, which traditionally uses animal blood serum, accounts for more than 80% of production costs. We create animal-free serum replacements that promote cell growth without expensive nutrients... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

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