Intelligence for heating systems

othermo wrote: The generation of heat and hot water is responsible for almost half of europe’s energy demand and hence one of the biggest contributors to co2 emissions. Othermo saves energy by making heating systems smart. Among others, othermo considers demand as well as local renewable generation forecasts in the control strategy. Thereby, we are able to lower the expenses for energy and at the same time reduce carbon emissions. A win-win situation for the building owner and the environment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Intelligent electric bike trailers

NÜWIEL has developed and built an electric bicycle trailer that automatically follows the movement of the bicycle. The cyclist does not feel the load of the trailer or the cargo. The trailer, thanks to a special coupling, is mounted in a few seconds under the saddle of the bicycle, without the need for further installations. When used without a bicycle, it can also be used as an electrically powered handcart in pedestrian-only zones and inside buildings. Thanks to NÜWIEL’s modular design, the trailer can be used with different cargo structures. It is possible to install an existing transport box system on the trailer, or to develop a custom box for different needs.

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Intelligent flight control software

DronePlan wrote: Power lines spanning vast distances are the circulatory system of modern power grids they present unique maintenance challenges due to their geographical dispersion as well as their height traditionally inspected by helicopter-based methods they can be more easily and efficiently inspected using uavs many buildings like dams wind power plant chimneys power poles bridges chemical plants etc must be regularly examined for damages like crack formations corrosion and deformation in most cases these inspections are only possible with a hydraulic platform scaffold or industrial climber and are linked to high risks and cost. Droneplan is new way how to maintain and inspect hard-to-reachable assets... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Latvia

Intelligent heating and cooling for buildings

Henan Runheng Energy Maganement Co., LTD have developed intelligent heating and cooling technology for building by recharging shallow geothermal energy in the same well. The company claims that their technology matches the amount of effluent to backwater and reaches adequate heat exchange between backwater and soil. This greatly improves the efficiency of the heat pump unit. In the full closed cycle, water remains unpolluted. Furthermore, the technology overcomes the defect of water heat pump recharging in multiple wells. It solves the problem of the heat source well blockage and declining water levels.

China

Intelligent reverse logistics with labor

Green Mining wrote: Green mining has developed an intelligent reverse logistics technology to efficiently retrieve post-consumer packaging and bring it back into the production cycle. Our traceability system ensures that all collected material is sent for recycling. . The startup formalizes work for people with few job opportunities and uses non-motorized vehicles, such as tricycles, to make collections, avoiding co2 emissions... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Brazil

Intelligent tag to show food freshness

Oscillum wrote: Oscillum is a biotechnology company that focus its activity on the food safety industry. We are developing smart labels that once placed in contact with fresh food such as fish and meat it will measure the estate of that product and will notify consumers whether their food is edible or not by a simple color change. Our idea is to develop a more efficient system to prevent food wasting. Our labels are biodegradable, works into the packaging and once it is open and is very easy to use and to understand as it works by color changes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Spain

Intelligent Traffic Control

IT-c wrote: We are it-c (intelligent traffic-control), a hungarian start-up aiming to change the behavior of traffic lights from the current time-based system to a new, live traffic-based solution. Our system receives live traffic data and changes the lights based on live traffic conditions without any restrictions for green-red cycle lengths. It is fully automated which means that only maintenance is required to keep the system working, and we link together the junctions, which creates a network of intersections in the city. It-c aims to accelerate the transition between today’s non-automated traffic and the future’s smart mobility by creating a stabile basis on which all the innovations in mobility can perfectly fit... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Hungary

Internet of energy

UGrid wrote: Over the last decade, our energy grids have seen significant changes. Just look around! we have more weather-dependent generation based on renewables, more evs with infrastructure for them. . But all this requires more of distributed balancing capacity, too. Ugrid’s distributed virtual power plant is going to address this problem. . Let us introduce a smart micro inverter with balancing capacity, iot based grid controller and cloud-based grid management system (gms). The inverter and the controller can be a part of a solar, wind or battery storage power system providing an ability for the owners to sell their generation and balancing capacity to the grid. Suppliers, aggregators, and new utility companies are the main users of gms. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ukraine

Inventory management system to reduce food waste

TotalCtrl have developed software based on automatic data harvesting for the grocery industry to reduce food waste at the retail and consumer levels. TotalCtrl’s solution includes pre-expiration notice, inventory and autogeneration of recipes. The solution is currently available for the grocery industry and consumers. The technology is designed so that it can be easily integrated into existing systems.

Norway

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IoT for facility management

Yanzi and Pythagoras cooperate using IoT for facility management to optimize the usage of office space. By placing sensors they know the precise usage of all desks and meeting rooms, and once they have the full picture they can reorganise so that the use of the office space increases. Most office spaces are only utilized about 50% of the time. By measuring and optimizing this rate can be increased and thereby energy is saved for heating, cooling and lighting and in the long term less buildings will need to be constructed.

Sweden