Build aqua drones that maintain waterways

Kayal Technologies wrote: Urban waterways in developing countries tend to be heavily polluted and urban poor live close to that. Keeping urban waterways clean is essential for healthy cities and also preventing ocean plastic pollution. However, the current global methods for waterway maintenance are labour intensive, inefficient and don't scale. We’re automating waterway maintenance with ai and drone technology. We are building all-electric aquadrones that collect floating debris and remove weed using computer vision. They also function as mobile data acquisition platforms, tracking waste aggregation trends while recording water and air quality data. We cut down the operational costs of waterway cleaning by up to 90 percent... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Sri Lanka

Building blocks for LED lighting system

Tailor-Made Led Lighting Solutions wrote: Led lighting is emblematic of the emerging clean revolution technologies, which promise minimal environmental impact, generate immense economic value, and have the power to change our lives for the better. . But like any new technology, they face barriers to adoption from a market. . The price premium on led lighting products still remains high, and the initial purchase price represents a significant barrier to decision makers when considering an initial investment in general lighting applications. . The core of our innovative led system proposition is the modular approach to luminaire design and manufacturing. It comprises of small number of types of building blocks for led lighting products... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Armenia

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

Building energy automation

Nordomatic provides solutions for building automation focusing on “smart buildings” and energy efficiency in larger properties. The concept is based on an approach towards heating, cooling and ventilation, which is referred to as ‘brilliant energy building automation.’ The concept entails utilising all the surplus energy which is generated in a building but often not utilised. The concept takes into account the property’s shell, giving each property a unique thermal inertia, which is utilised through optimised control.

Sweden

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BurnItGreen

BurnItGreen wrote: Burnitgreen is a clean and efficient solution for thermal energy needs and waste utilization. It’s more efficient than other stoves, has advanced computerized control system, compact size and could be easy incorporated with existing heating systems. It works with variety of solid fuel sources and can be used for waste utilization allowing automatic feeding. The temperature inside the firebox is kept around 1000 c, but the burn process could be temporally suppressed allowing efficient burn in wide ranges of power consumption. The innovative combination of heat exchanger and advanced water filter absorbs the thermal energy from firebox, plus all particles and acidic gases... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bulgaria

Business model for hydrogen generation and supply  

H2PV is a business program of Phineal, which seeks to develop a business model for generation and supply of hydrogen obtained from photovoltaic energy. The energy production disconnected from the electrical network can be utilized for energy storage, fuel cells and transport systems with internal combustion engines dual and other applications combined with other hydrocarbons. Introduction of hydrogen can enhance their energy properties and emission reduction.

Chile

Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect wrote: The project involves to support local farmers. To achieve this, we have identified 4 main pilot areas of implementation. The first stage involves the establishment of a facility which includes the conversion of organic wastes (state / market / park and garden wastes) that are generated in the province and the introduction of the fertilizer obtained therefrom. Secondly, with the composting machines to be installed in two pilot schools, to ensure the spread of waste recycling to the training process. Thirdly, the installation of a composting machine in a local business to convert its organic waste. Finally, it includes composting machines within a site... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Turkey

CaffeInk

CaffeInk wrote: Caffeink extracts pigments from coffee waste and use them to produce sustainable ink. In this way we create a new value chain. . Despite digitisation, the demand for printing ink is increasing. That ink is currently produced in a polluting way, emitting high levels of co2 and toxic compounds. What’s more, in ink, the current black color pigment used is black carbon. Recent studies found that black carbon is the second largest contributor to climate change after co2. Currently, ink is one of the most expensive liquid commodities in the world. The most expensive ingredient for ink is pigment. The total global demand for pigments is expected to grow at a rate of 4,1% to 22. 3 billion euros in 2022. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Calidi: energy alternative

La Roca wrote: The geological materials remain at a stable temperature, regardless of the season or weather conditions. This geothermal stability is what allows the subsoil to be considerably cooler in summer than the outside environment, a particular case being spain at ground temperature (around 15 °) at depths of more than 5 meters is relatively high. So a heat pump extracts thermal energy from the ground in winter by transferring it to the interior, while in summer it extracts heat from the interior and returns it to the subsoil. The development of a geothermal heat pump is heat capture on one side of the circuit, to release it on the other... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Mexico

Cansat that measures air pollutants

Cansat wrote: Improving people's health, identifying points where there is poor air quality, sending alerts about healthy limits of air quality in real time . Example: if there are high levels of air pollution in my environment in real time, send me an alert to stop doing outdoor activity. Visualization of this information on a free internet of things server as well as in a mobile app. The station can send air quality information in real time, you can download the history of the measurements in excell tables to later make an analysis of this information... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Mexico