"Acoperisul Verde" - Green Roof

Green Roof wrote: Our solution is the green roof technical system for rooftops. It is used on a large scale for many years in europe and usa but unknown in romania even for professionals. There are seven million square meters of rooftops only in bucharest, black tar rooftops unused, heating at 80c in summer, creating a heat island effect with immense implications. We already implemented a proof of concept in bucharest on three distinct places, with seven experimental areas, an experiment unique in romania... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Romania

Coffee grounds as fertilizer

SUD & SATZ wrote: Coffee grounds are being disposed as garbage - 9 million tons every year, worldwide. Our plan is to use this awesome resource in a new and innovative way. . Currently we are developing our first product: coffee to grow, an all-natural, all-compound fertilizer. This fertilizer does not only provide your plant with all the nutrients it needs, it also builds up a strong and fertile layer of humus. That way we save co2-emissions and offer a way to transform worn out low nutrient ground into a rich and profit-yielding soil for decades. . Vienna, the city with the 3rd highest coffee consumption rate worldwide, offers the perfect setting to farm this resource and learn everything we need to scale all over europe. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Austria

Planeta Renewables s.r.l.

Planeta Renewables s.r.l. wrote: Our purpose is to realize and enhance an industrial supply-chain focused on the use of. Non-food lignocellulosic plant called miscanthus giganteus. This biomass is one of. More promising energy crop that grows on marginal, uncultivated, degraded lands and. Not suitable for food crops. Its uses are numerous: clean energy, biofuels, biomaterials,. Bioplastics, packaging and non-wood paper... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

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

Stop shipping air

colleq wrote: No one would question you why squeeze a pet bottle before you through it out. Because it saves spaces and means you have to return your bottles less often, the recycling stations have to pick them up less often and they need less space and fuel to be transported. . So why don't you do it with your trash? . You probably even do - you throw out your yoghurt cup and then push down on your trash but one of the amazing capabilities of plastics is staying in shape. Instead of shipping all the air that's stuck between your yoghurt cups, plastics, food containers, styrofoam packaging etc. Our wilson will break them down in to pieces and save space, fuel and money... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland

Smart charging solutions for EVs

TOKA wrote: We provide hardware and software solution which allows real estate developers equip their parking spots with charging stations for evs without increasing power limits in their grid, that allows developers reduce their costs up to 8 times. The idea is to use existing power effectively in real time... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ukraine

Soap to Soap

Soap to Soap wrote: Our solution of the solid waste management challenge is to collect used soap bars that are dumped in waste daily by hotels, or recycle or recycle them in a variety of soap products for people who do not have access to clean sanitation services, in return for reducing the price all of them can be tolerated while empowering rural women to work on the project, recycling in a safe and healthy manner and giving hotels a quality green environment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Egypt

Hydrogen based battery

Aude Opus wrote: Aude opus provides hydrogen based batteries for long term electricity storing. To make renewable energy consistent and trustworthy we need to have an electricity storing solution, which can provide electricity for a long periods time. In order to go full on renewable energy we need to electricity storage solution. To create that, aude opus combines already existing new technologies in a single product... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

VermiGo

VermiGo wrote: Vermigo is a unique combination of a vermicomposter and vertical home garden. Through the process of vermicomposting (composting with earthworms), vermigo transforms your organic waste into nutrient rich vermicompost and tea. Unlike traditional vermicomposters, vermigo allows for herbs, small fruits, vegetables or decorative plants to be grown directly in the built-in vertical garden beds. Plant roots are able to receive organic nutrients from the fresh vermicompost, which guarantee their health and rapid growth. Vermigo is made from high quality stainless steel to ensure it's longevity. Vermigo's minimal design will beautifully complement your balcony, patio or kitchen and help you create your own oasis... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Hungary

GreenBytes

GreenBytes wrote: Our solution aims to tackle a fundamental part of the food waste problem in restaurants preemptively. The majority of food waste come from restaurants. This is because ordering the right amount of food is difficult. The data to make good decisions is available, but it is confusing, and it is easy to get lost in the numbers. Greenbytes takes the data analysis out of the hands of restaurants. We collect sales data from restaurants and use artificial intelligence to determine optimal amount of food that needs to be ordered. The first step to this is breaking down the ingredients of a restaurant’s menu and quantifying how much goes into each dish... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Iceland