On-site printed modular housing units

Ceramic Framework Print wrote: Our product is on-site printed modular housing units. Main printing material is clay mixed with natural fiber materials, which are fired in extrusion process to gain ceramic structure. Our beachhead market is un human settlements programme. Ceramic modular units are 40% cheaper than wood modular units plus they are fully equipped. Printers are transportable and they can function in open environment. Modular units are printed in sections for easy transportation and assemble. In 5 years our annual profit will be 45mn eur resulting from sales of 1. 5mn m². Compared with wood modular housing, usage of clay results in extremely low amount of co² (approximately 8 times)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Latvia

Enabling global plastic recycling

PlasTell wrote: The numerous types of visually identical but chemically different plastics must be separated and recycled separately. Many developed countries use industrial-scale automatic sorting machines, however their high capital cost and infrastructural requirements prohibit their use in developing countries. Instead, developing countries make use of numerous small manual sorting facilities distributed around the country which are extremely limited by their workers' ability to visually identify plastics. We have developed a low-cost and small scale plastic identification device which enables operators in material recovery facilities to quickly and reliably identify different types of visually indistinguishable plastics... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

Acoperisul Verde - Green Roof

#EcoNinjas wrote: We want to present 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 with three distinct places, an experiment unique in romania. Our solution addresses air pollution, heat island effect, biodiversity, rain water management, energy savings, urban gardens... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Romania

Cooking with household waste

Residential Biogas wrote: We provide apartment residents with biogas for cooking that is produced from local organic waste. An anaerobic digester that will be part of the buildings initial design will provide biogas produced of local organic matter directly to apartments in residential buildings. By using unique designated home "trash can", the system will make waste disposal easier. It will transport home organic waste directly to a smart digestion unit and will provide clean energy in the form of biogas to apartment units for cooking. The system will provide a solution for the organic fraction of the solid waste from residential buildings on the one hand and will reduce the consumption of the current cooking energy on the other hand... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

GEO

GEO wrote: 62% of households in the kyrgyz republic rely entirely on coal for home heating that causes the loss of time and money spent on the purchase, transportation, unloading, storing coal, dealing with dirt, preparation of firewood used for ignition and the utilization of ash. . Social costs include air pollution from the burning dirty fuel, deforestation, a danger of fire or smoking the room. . A geothermal heating is the only renewable energy solution for homes that is available 365 days a year and can be used just about anywhere in the world. Geothermal heating systems are 400% efficient and provide 100% of the energy needed. . Geo’s team has found a way to make the geothermal heating systems 10 times cheaper... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Kazakhstan

Food waste management by Black Soldier Fly

Food waste and nutrition recovery innovation through the use of biologically-produced enzymes. The concept is similar to 'farming' using an insect larvae of the black soldier fly. The larvae breaks down waste, creating a usable protein fixed in the insect. The larvae can be processed for a variety of feed uses as a sustainable additive. Instead of farming the solution on a large scale, the company aims to provide the service at the household level.

China

coltivare l'incoltivabile

Dream Team wrote: Coltivare l'incoltivabile. The solution aims to repurpose disused urban areas for agricultural production. The consumption of soil due to excessive cementation keeps the arable and usable areas away from the citizen, leaving instead places of degradation and vacant structures. Our cooperative aims to reconvert spaces urban decommissioned spaces through aquaponic agriculture and the community supported agricolture model . Reconvert abandoned urban spaces through the use of modules for aquaponic agriculture and develop a model of cooperative cooperation with the community supported agricolture (csa) method, i. E. A community of citizens born to grow their food directly in a sustainable and supportive way... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy

Treat hazardous waste

Treat it wrote: Some industrial wastes contain high organic content and are disposed, because it is not possible to find reuse alternatives for them. Mln of tons of hazardous industrial waste is disposed in estonia by oil shale processing plants. Disposal of waste cause environmental pollution, mainly by leaching of contaminants from the disposal sites. We enable companies, producing hazardous waste to change hazardous waste into non-hazardous by reaching the goal set by the law for non-hazardous wastes. Cleaner environment is reached by reducing organic content both in solid waste and leachate water, coming from disposal sites... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Popa Boat

Popa Boat wrote: Sustainable sharing solution of popa boat in the urban waters. It can run on solar energy during the cloudy days with the help of battery storage on the dock. You can order it and control - by using mobile phone... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lithuania

Consolidating a community's resilience

SecchiaTeam wrote: The more cohesive and informed a community is, the more it is able to give a response to critical moments. Our idea develops in three steps: organizing informational meetings about the local morphology and climate, giving information on how to take care of the planet and some tips for a quick and effective response to an emergency situation. In these occasions local people will meet and start to get involved in this topic. Promoting arginami, an android and ios app very lightweight and user friendly. By signing in people agree to be put into contact with other users living nearby in case of necessity. The home screen shows comprehensible data such as temperature, rivers' level compared to the average one, the air's quality, etc... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Italy