vTech

vTech wrote: Sustainable water treatment is one of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century. Freshwater supplies are limited and the treatment of (waste)water requires increasing amounts of energy (water-energy nexus). The present state-of-the-art water treatment technology is membrane treatment. The major hurdle for membrane applications, however, is membrane blocking (fouling) and the challenge of a reliable process control. As a consequence membrane operation (1) requires higher pressure and energy demands, (2) loses productivity, and (3) is limited in a tailored process control... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Linea Continua

Linea Continua wrote: Our solution aims to provide a simplified approach to public transport for the city of carpi, also by providing an incentive based on electronic coupons. Each citizen is pushed to avoid the use of cars, utilizing a positive approach. A personal electronic card can receive points when used in affiliate shops or activities, when collecting urban waste as cans or pet bottles, or when use private and public bikes. The card is directly usable as a public transport ticket. We also intend to develop a mobile app to avoid the physical card and to reduce the use of plastic... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy

A biodegradable fertilising flower pot

GrowGreen wrote: We obtain used coffee grounds from cafeterias and together with other organic ingredients we produce biodegradable fertilising flowerpots to replace the plastic pots that producers use. We sell our product, the greenbox, for 1 euro each while still saving money for the producer since he's not required to buy extra fertiliser. The production of plastic releases a huge amount of co2 in the air, but the production of our product leaves no carbon footprint... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Cyprus

B-Preg

B-Preg wrote: B-preg technology offers recyclable, high performance and lightweight natural fiber reinforced biocomposites for the transportation industry to help in fuel-efficiency and lowering co2 emissions. To be more precise; a parcel shelf of a passanger car produced with b-preg biocomposite saves %60 of production cycle time and %43 of weight compared with a parcel shelf produced with current materials. Being responsible for global warming by generating ¼ of total co2 emissions in the world, transportation industry is faced with strict regulations (to reduce emissions otherwise pay penalties). Thus, vehicle lightweighting solutions b-preg offers is a key for future... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Turkey

Oacity - Green City Oases

Oacity wrote: As a team, we responded to the climathon challenge to create sustainable green oasis in cities. Our aim with that is to transform existing urban areas for more sustainable places to improve air quality and promote biodiversity. However, in order to achieve our aim, we have to involve and empower inhabitants. Nowadays inhabitants feel the need to be part of the development and decision making. Of the neighborhoods and feel themselves owner of their places. With this development we came up with the solution to provide a program with modular elements for outdoor space. In the beginning we will aim for inhabitants of rental houses. These inhabitants often don't feel connected with the outside area of their building... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Netherlands

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

StarkTek

StarkTek wrote: We develop water quality monitoring platform aimed towards delivering in depth water quality data and analytics for our customers. Using iot and lorawan, our solution can deliver real time pollution data which combined with our ai powered analytic tools and algorithms makes identifying pollutant source, severity index and predictive hot-spots much easier. We are on a mission to clean up every polluted water body on earth... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Extreme weather

LoWA - Local Weather Alert wrote: We take weather forecasting to the city grid level. Collecting weather data such as temperature, humidity or even wind speed from a broad local network of sensors constituting among others so-called lorawan sensors and city weather stations, we create a unique dataset mapping the local city weather. If weather parameters reach a critical level due to extreme weather events, we are able to provide location-specific alerts tailored to the weather conditions through our api. These can be used to warn people ahead of time for example in case of extreme heat or flooding... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Reducing shipping GHG emissions

Syndeseas Integrated Solutions Ltd wrote: 90% of world's trade is carried by sea. Shipping emits 1 billion tonnes of co2 annually, which is predicted to increase up to 250% by 2050. Enhanced regulatory compliance and ship performance optimization are key to tackle this. Syndeseas integrated solution is a technology enabler: a cloud based software, utilizing ships existing technology and reporting systems, enriching ships reported data and performing advanced analytics and continuous pre-verification activities, for providing near real time actionable insights for efficient ship operations. By providing secure remote access to validated data to all stakeholders (ship managers, port authorities, flag administrations), syndeseas makes compliance easy and democratizes maritime digitalization... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Cyprus

The solution for sustainable air travel

Fuel Switch wrote: Fuel switch aim to directly tackle the almost 1 billion tonnes of co2 that aviation generates every year. We allow airlines to empower their passengers with the choice to fly sustainably through the use of renewable jet fuel, reducing emissions by around 80%... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Australia