Eco Urban Block Challenge

iloeco challenge wrote: We will organize a building block energy conservation challenge, whereby we will train inhabitants on good practice of energy conservation. Inhabitants will follow their building consumption on an online platform and try to become the best performer building over 6 month period. We willtailor a financial support scheme based on the data acquired during the training period on energy conservation... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

France

SilverHull makes shipping cheaper

SilverHull (ARS Inc. OÜ) wrote: Wanna hear about company who cleans vessels, reduces fuel consumption and reduces carbon dioxide emission? yeah, contact us. We have in development a prototype of autonomous ship cleaning robot, which will be first cleaning system that can be used during ships' movement. In essence, you will get move effective days at sea for your ship. Also - using silverhull will save your shipping company cool millions of dollars every year and reduce your company's carbon footprint. Sounds perfect? yes, shoot us an e-mail!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Nanomik Biotechnology

Nanomik Biotechnology wrote: According to reports presented by fao, each year in the world, approximately 1. 3 billion tons fresh fruit and vegetables are produced; however, approximately 25% of production is lost because of crop-destroyer fungi spoilage in the post-harvest process. To solve this fungi problem, harmful chemical fungicides are used to prevent fungi spoilage in both pre- and post-harvest periods. But these chemicals are very harmful to human health and nature. To solve this problem we launched our first product mikoks. Mikoks contains natural plant based fungi killer microcapsules. They can be used in different stage for different fruits. In citrus they can be used in postharvest, although for grapes mikoks used in pre-harvest stage... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Turkey

Sleeping bag air conditioner

Replacing ordinary air-conditioners small ones. These are to be individualized for one person during sleeping hours in places where the heating requirement is limited. As such, the temperature in rest of a building could be lowered during these hours, saving energy.

India

CO&Co

CO&Co forces wrote: Sollicitating copropriétés to participated in a larger renovation program through the syndics. Tender process between qualified craftsmen of the sector to ensure competition and reduced costs. Facilitating communication and transfer of data (relative to owners, buildings and financing capabilities) through a numeracal plateform. Facilitating financing options through partnerships with already existing consulting actors. Our remuneration would come from as a transaction cost... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

France

Sustainable manufacturing of coconut waste

CoirWood wrote: The manufacturing of wooden furniture products involves a lot of deforestation and chemical products. Additionally, coconut waste (i. E. Coconut husks) occupy huge areas in asia and are therefore burnt or left to rot which subsequently leads to pollution. Together these form the input for coirwood its proposed sustainable business idea. . Instead of burning or leaving these husks, coirwood aims to manufacture 100% bio based fibre boards which will serve as a substitute for the wooden medium density fibre (mdf) boards. The fibre boards are fire- and water resistant and even more stronger than the mdf boards... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

Map of eco-friendly spots

RRRadar wrote: We build a mobile app which helps you follow three well-known principles: reduce, reuse, recycle. . The main feature is a map of points where you can bring recyclables: containers, charity organisations, funds or any other related spots. This is especially actual for countries with poor recycling infrastructure. . We also put eco-friendly businesses on the map - restaurants, coffeeshops, groceries which are carefully selected by our team. . In order to ease following the rrr-lifestyle we bring our users some educational articles, related tips & tricks... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Russian Federation

Energy-efficient air conditioning using latent heat

Temperate Technologies has developed an air-conditioning solution for small-medium sized commercial buildings that can decrease energy consumption by up to 40% and that decreases refrigerant leaks by up to 90%. The solution is a new type of evaporative cooler, the True Dew Cooler, which has several technical advantages over traditional coolers, such as being able to cool the coolant convectively. The system also allows the coolant to be transported in a closed loop. As such, it is not at risk for contamination and can be safely pumped to the evaporator side of the cooling system, enabling free-cooling.

India

Blocktricity - Green community-driven investment fund

Blocktricity wrote: Blocktricity uses citizen investment to collect money and allocate it forrenovation work. The goal is to not charge the citizen for the improvement of the energy efficacity made into their flat. The investor is get paid by the new lower bill (the difference between before and after the renovation work)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

France

SoilSpy

SoilSpy wrote: Soilspy facilitates farmers to monitor environmental parameters and analyse the concentration of multiple specific nutrients precisely, quickly, cost efficiently, and directly on field. Through optimized fertilization according to the analyzed nutrient levels and therefore needs of the plants, yield can be maximized while minimizing the usage and cost of fertilizer and sustainably reducing the pollution of ground water... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany