From Brownfield to Greenfield

CrazyApe wrote: We want to turn the dead and sandy soil of former brownfields into a living and fertile area with our solution. By covering the soil with mats of fiber around our prototype area, we will lay the foundation for a new, fertile soil. On the top of it, we will spread a fertile soil mixture cointaining terra preta. Having set up the two layers of mats and the fertile soil, we plant a crop which can be harvested up to three times per year. With the yield (the fiber part of the plant) we will create more mats, which we use to cover the soil of the brownfield again. In that way, we will create a natural co2-sink, which 1. ) takes up co2 from the environment and 2. ) fertilizes the ground and 3. ) creates jobs... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Austria

From tomato peels to bioresin

Tomapaint wrote: The core of the project is the development of a natural bio-resin obtained from industrial tomato processing by-products (skins), to be applied on the internal and external surfaces of metal cans for foodstuffs in substitution of the standard oil-based resins. Tomapaint meets the demand for sustainable production and for the safeguarding of consumer health, at the same time increasing the competitiveness of the metal cans industry, valorizing the wastes produced by the preserved industry and reducing refuse. The highly innovative eco-friendly packaging is less dangerous for consumer health with less risk of contamination and is able to compete with other packaging materials, such as bioplastics... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Fruges

Fruges wrote: Fruges product taaza grow seeds treated with bio-fertilizer and bio-pesticides coated with phyto-polymers. It allows farmers to adopt organic farming fertilizing their crop, protects from any insect or disease with 10% to 50% less water. Taazagrow cuts the energy and transportation cost required to manufacture and deliver huge quantity of fertilizer and pesticides used for conventional farming. Saving approximately 100% of the carbon emitted during the whole production and supply chain. In addition of organic matter in soil by decomposing the organic waste, it restores natural soil fertility, kills harmful microbes and degrade toxic organic chemicals. This eventually improves crop production by 20-30%... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Pakistan

Fuel saving for vehicles through aerodynamics

Smart Wings provides an aerodynamic solution to help the transport industry lower their fuel consumption by up to 3%. The products work by reducing turbulence generated by the differences in pressure in the vehicle. It also decreases oscillation of the vehicle rear, thus increasing the general driving stability. The company designs, manufacture, install and perform maintenance of their devices, and provides tailored solutions for each customer.

Chile

FutureFoods

FutureFoods wrote: Futurefoods is a concept about how it is possible to collect useful data along the food chain and learn from it to improve efficiency and safety to the crops. We want to make technology accessible to everyone and everywhere and encourage more distributed and resilient food production systems. . We provide integrated services to food production, from data management to automatization and integration of processes and iot sensors... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark

GAEA

GAEA wrote: Gaea is a company which makes a products helping the food and beverage industry to make its production process more sustainable and productive by reusing their organic wastes into producing an alternative heat source which helps in different processes.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Egypt

Gamifying recycling to educate consumers

Bingoing wrote: Contamination levels of recyclable waste are as high as 50% in some urban areas, resulting in increasing costs and penalties, and also lost opportunity for revenue. Compared to the 50% target set by eu for 2023, yield from recycling including energy recovery is currently at 34% for plastics - there's still a long way to go. We believe that one of the root causes of this situation is lack of proper awareness among household consumers, who are willing to do the right thing but require more knowledge and tools. We want to address this knowledge gap with a fun and exciting solution. Bingoing teaches consumers about better waste management habbits, with a fun, social and competitive set of games... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ireland

Gardens of the Future

Gardens of the Future wrote: Nicosia, the divided capital of cyprus, suffers from urban pollution (including abandoned/decaying buildings), the inefficient use of local urban spaces, unsustainable cultivating, and the large-scale effects of a regional refugee crisis that has resulted in a high number of asylum seekers. Gardens of the future aims to spark the beginning of how an urban unutilized space can be transformed by the people, for the people, with institutional support... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Cyprus

Gardens of the Future

Gardeners of the Future wrote: Gardens of the future provide for women entrepreneurs, a garden where they can plant their vegetables and fruits to feed their families as well as create their own products (jams for instance) and become economically independent. This place will provide all the necessary equipment so they can produce their product along with learning how to become agro-entrepreneurs. We will create a sustainable food supply for refugee women, their families and their communities respectively. Our solution creates a small sustainable circular economy of enterprises to be able to live as respected citizens... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Cyprus

Gasifier of waste with high ash content

The solution is developed as a small-scale and localised/distributed gasification of agricultural and municipal solid waste. The waste comes with a high level of inorganic matter. The organic matter can be further utilized for energy production which could offset the need for some fossil-fueled energy production.

India