Car-free Aarhus city center

Group two many cars in Aarhus wrote: Today cars can drive freely into the city, we propose that we make a car free zone in the city, but still giving the people flexible transportation options to get in and around the city. We propose that the city of aarhus adapt and introduce the concept of “park and ride” (p+r). P+r is a concept where the cars park outside the city in a parking house and use other more sustainably types of transportation to get into and around the city. The idea is that you park your car in one of the p+r-houses and use your fee as a ticket to other types of transportation. These transportation options could be public transportation like bus or light-rail, or the more flexible micromobility (light vehicles) options like bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Denmark

Zefiro

Zefiro wrote: Zefiro is a smartphone application that approaches the digital athlete and young people in the open air sport world. Zefiro tells the sportsman the closest place to him with the best climate where he can do the desired sport!. Zefiro's sports are divided into three categories: -water, for sports in the maritime and river areas;. -air, for flying activities;. -earth, for sport on the ground. In addition to this, zefiro helps companies to reduce co2: employees will be able to find out the best way to walk, run or cycle from home to work. “zefiro” is a light breeze, and spring messenger: this is what the application promises to do, pointing to the user places where the climate is no longer an obstacle but an ally... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

NuReCo

NuReCo wrote: Currently, wastewater treatment companies (wwtc) use technologies to catch suspended particles (solids and molecules i. E. Nutrients, organic matter, fibres, and phosphate) included microplastics that are not yet neither environmental nor economic sustainable . Nureco’s team has developed a device, the mbb-fox® system, that makes this catch sustainable. Since, it does not need pre-treatments neither addition of extra chemicals other than the flocculant, and it generates reusable residues. Its technology is based on a unique mixing mode that facilitates the aggregating properties of a flocculant that clumps together suspended particles present in the sludge to form strong floc... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Speed control technology to capture slip-loss energy

Jiangsu Magnet Valley Technology Co., Ltd. Produces winding permanent magnetic coupling adjustable speed drive in motor system. It is a kind of non-contact permanent magnetic drive technology which consists of permanent magnetic rotor, winding rotor and the control system. When there is speed difference between the p-m rotor and winding internal rotor, induced electromotive force will be generated in the winding. By controlling the induced current, speed control and soft start can be realized. During power transmission, the slip power is converted into electric energy to be fedback and reused, which is efficient and energy saving; completely solving the problem of temperature rise of other variable speed regulating devices.

China

MovER: Personalised microbus system

movER wrote: Mover transport is a mode of mobility that seeks to redefine the public transportation experience and facilitate micromobility uptake in order to encourage more sustainable behaviour in aarhus citizens. Using a route optimization platform that operates in realtime, commuters input their pickup location and destination, which aggregated with other commuters in their area to find a common pickup point and drop off locations near their workplace for a personalized . Such points would be walkable to the final destination, but encouraging micromobility alternatives such as vois and swapfeit fleets with availability at the sites to take for shorter distances... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Denmark

Poko

Poko wrote: Every second roughly 160,000 plastic bags are being consumed around the globe. The primary energy required to produce these bags could be used to circle the earth with a car. Not a single plastic bag ever produced has completely degraded thus far. The plastic continues to pollute the environment for hundreds of years with over a million marine and land animals dying every year as a consequence. Poko aims to destroy this plastic addiction by offering a convenient and eco-friendly shopping bag with similar properties to that of a plastic bag. A poko bag is made from polyester that is reusable for hundreds of times and can be recycled. It is light, durable and also fits into a stylish key-holder that can be made out of various materials... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Tree Mattress

Tree Mattress wrote: We are ‘tree mattress’ company, producing world’s first cellulose foam mattress. We have the technology to produce the mattress from cellulose which is totally recyclable as paper and totally free from toxic chemicals. Billions of mattress are produced every year and millions of them are dumped as waste every year. Most of the mattresses available in the market nowadays also have health issues due to the presence of harmful chemicals. Our mission is to bring the solution to this very problems without compromising the sound sleep... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Finland

Report & Ride App for bicyclists

Report and Ride wrote: Report and ride solution consists of two parts. The app for bicyclists allows to make a photo of an infrastructure problem, add the description and upload the information to the cloud. All the reported problems are shown on the map for other bicyclists, who can add more photos or comments to the description of the problem. To motivate bicyclists to use the app and report issues, the app has functionality of an activity tracker, providing various statistics data for the rides and has ranking board for the most active reporters. After the infromation from riders is collected, it is combined with other open source data, like statstics of road accidents with bicycles allowing to rank the bicycle infrastructure problems by importance... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Helping companies to align with Agenda 2030

Novospection wrote: Demand for solutions to leverage agenda 2030 is increasing. Platform2030 responds to this demand, offering intuitive planning, monitoring and reporting tools. Without need for prior knowledge, organisations can connect their core operations with the goals. By providing an easy to use service, more organisations can contribute within a viable business model. . Platform 2030 is powered by a patented algorithm. The algorithm interprets the information organisations provide on their core business and connects it to the global targets of agenda 2030. Based on the result, countries that demand the solution are suggested. The platform is connected to official united nation’s data... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Sweden

Live Matter is a biomaterial from sponges

Live Matter wrote: Live matter is a growing matter from a mushroom. For its growing we need a farm, very little energy and a sample hall to add to its wonderful qualities, healing biological colours. . This matter is interesting for the global vegan market as a substitute for natural leather. . We want to start a business that is responsible to animals, supportive to natural processes, needs small investment, doesn’t have risk, and brings value to the new age and our planet. . Live matter has surprisingly good behaviour as a leather with its elastic, healthy, artistic and durable qualities... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Bulgaria