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

United Kingdom

LPG cylinder from composite material

Safari Techs PLT wrote: Current metal lpg cylinder in malaysia is 70 years old technology. It is heavy, high maintenance and has safety issue in the case of fire. The composite lpg cylinders made using fiber glass and has a lot of advantages such as 60 % lighter, maintenance free,and translucent. This lpg composite cylinder is the local technology which can prevent the gas leakage and improve the connection between cylinder and the nozzle for safety feature. Because of its light weight feature, the logistic cost will be reduced. In addition, less fuel will be needed to transport it thus reduces the carbon released to the environment. No maintenance needed means no chemical will be needed to refurbished the cylinders... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Malaysia

M50 Cycleway

M50 Cycleway wrote: The epa estimates that 1,800 people die prematurely every year in the republic of ireland due to poor air quality. A monitoring station near heuston station, at st. John’s road west measured the worst air quality in 2018, largely due to our reliance on fossil-fuelled motor vehicle transport. As parts of dublin city centre are likely to breach eu and the who guidelines for air quality in 2019, our idea purposes encouraging cycling as the main mode of transportation in the city center in order to limit vehicular emissions. 25% of dublin workers commute from outside the city and suburbs, while approximately 1,150,000 people commute to work via car every day in ireland... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Ireland

MagnoTherm Solutions GmbH

MagnoTherm Solutions GmbH wrote: Roughly 20% of the world's electrical energy is used for cooling. Moreover, most cooling gases used as refrigerants have a global warming potential up to 4,000 higher than co2. Alternatives are inefficient and explosive or toxic. Magnetic cooling uses a special metal which heats up and cools down by magnetizing and demagnetizing it. With a higher energy efficiency of up to 40% compared to the best gas compressor available, this technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we cool down our medicine, food, and premises. The overall cooling sector adds up to 300 bn us-dollar in turnover per year. Without using any harmful or problematic gases, magnetic cooling is low-maintenance, safe, and environmentally-friendly... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

MaGreenLife

MaGreenLife wrote: We have developed a prototype for an application, that rewards the user for climate friendly behavior, via virtual points, achievements or maybe even real-world goodies like low priced public transport tickets. So that the change of the daily routine becomes more easy and makes fun. We want to bring people together and provide leaderboards, so that they can compete against each other. We want to support the local economy with self-conscious customers, who are being rewarded for their environmentally-friendly shopping. And we can also help the local government to get in touch with users to gather new ideas for their important work, so that there is a way from the city to the users and from the users back to the city... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Make insect farming simple

FreezeM wrote: Insects have the potential of becoming a central resource in the feed industry. But in order to replace traditional feed ingredients such as fishmeal, they must be produced at an industrial scale with high stability and quality. Currently, each insect farm has to maintain the entire life cycle internally in order to supply its own demand for eggs. This process is inefficient and costly, making it very difficult to increase the production scale. Our product is viable frozen insect eggs. These eggs can be supplied on-demand to any player in the growing industry of insect protein production... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Make Nyíregyháza greener

Green Day wrote: As an answer that we concluded we should have a community centre, office which deals with local orders, management of parks, green zones and issues about the general public being uninformed and unbothered. The general person only rarely hears about these issues in the news or the radio, but most of the time continues to ignore the facts. This is one of the biggest problems– people are uninterested, especially the elderly, because they keep saying that they won't be around for long anyway and that it's not their problem anymore. But in fact, everything they do still adds up and continues to pollute the earth. We believe that there has to be a place, an initiative that informs and moves people, teaches them and makes them act... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Hungary

Make textile waste biodegradable

Temu Materials wrote: We aim to reduce the burden caused by the fashion industry by degrading textile waste with the help of mushrooms. We will then produce materials, mainly leather, from the mushrooms which we will then sell forwards to our customers. Our goal is to form long lasting relationships with customers in such a way that we take their unneeded textiles and provide them with a better option... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Finland

Make Wuppertal clean again

#Cleanwup wrote: #cleanwup provides a solution to the wuppertal public to raise awarness and activate for a better waste management. In the longrun a mindshift shall be achieved that everyone can improve the situation. We developed a campaigne with various events to encourage the citizens in wuppertal, such as youtube challenges, clean up challenges and art projects with garbage... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

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