Klimaverksted - an Educational Package

Klimaverksted wrote: Children are the decision makers of the future. At the same time, they have an influence on their parents, the decision makers of today. We aim at making the parents engage in the co-creation of positive energy districts by approaching their children. Klimaverksted is an educational package for children at the age of 10-13. It consists of three elements: first, an educational component about the basics of climate change, renewable energy production and the relevance combined with the current curriculum for schools in norway. Second, the children receive a toolbox consisting of a toolkit for a small power station. A solar panel or a wind turbine. Also a manual for constructing a paper house from an old cardboard box is included... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Norway

Herbal infused linen

WellnessLinen wrote: The textile industry is the second filthiest industry in the world – and you are wearing its products. There are some sustainable alternatives, like organic cotton, but its production still consumes large amounts of water, and the clothing may still be dyed with chemicals and shipped globally, meaning that there is a big carbon footprint for cotton garments carrying the “organic” tag. . Our goal is to produce textile products with a controlled method, using eco-friendly raw materials – linen fabrics and herbs, which minimizes production resources, promotes non-waste eco-friendly production process and reduces environmental pollution... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

IMDEA Agua

BioForward wrote: Bioforward aims to provide green desalination solutions for urban, industrial and agriculture clients. Our product is a bio-based desalination plant focused on small and decentralized applications (current global market for desalination is about 15 billion euros growing 8% annually). . By growing micro algae in mass we can create the forces required to desalinate water and produce fresh water, using low energy input (90% reduction compared ro current reverse osmosis technology). The by-product of algae can be used for feedstocks and fertilizers. Due to the growth of algae requires co2, our technology is sustainable desalination process that has a net zero emission of co2. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Spain

Smart charger for 2- and 3-wheeled electric vehicles

The innovation is directed at the electric vehicle (EV) market. It’s the development of an intelligent communication protocol between the battery and the charger of EVs which will enable remote monitoring of the battery condition and charging levels using an app. This will give the user more information about the loading performance and timing of their batteries. Potential overcharging or undercharging can be avoided through improved information systems.

India

Cousing

Cousing wrote: The idea is a shared work and living space to reduce the climate impact from the building sector. This will lead to: decrease in amount of rent. Less loneliness increasing sense of community. Reduced climate and environmental impact. Of course people are challenged to accept this kind of housing but it is worth trying... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Norway

Smart waste collection system

WASCO wrote: Wasco offers an enterprise approach to smart, connected waste management deployments. Your local account representative will work with you to evaluate your current waste management situation by conducting an assessment of your waste and recycling footprint, costs, and drivers to build out a wasco smart waste collection system customized to your facility and needs. Wasco smart waste collection system provides modern solution and green solution for traditional waste collection systems. Wasco wireless sensors can measure the garbage bin fill level instantaneously and send this information to cloud using iot technology. These collected information from all over the city is processed to get the efficient daily collection routes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Azerbaijan

CowStraw laddu for more milk and less methane

Chemlife wrote: Chemlife's cowstraw laddu is nutritious tasty dish (laddu) for dairy cattle to increase the milk yield and enhance profit to farmers. The market for this type of product in developing countries is quiet big as average milk yield of crossbred cows is significantly less compared to those in developed part of the world indicating possible nutritional gap. Our attempt is to fill this gap through cowstraw laddu made out of low cost paddy straw which is considered as agricultural waste, through a novel biotransformation process... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Zinc ion battery

Cost efficient, eco-friendly, robust batteries that power renewable energy/micro-grid, telecom towers & electric vehicles. Our first invention is a ‘ZincGel® battery’, that combines innovation in electrolyte, democratized material and electrode design, leading to breakthrough in dnergy density, power density and energy efficiency at a very cost-effective end user price. We have modified 150 year old zinc and Manganese-Dioxide chemistry to cater to the current energy storage opportunities. Our plan is to prove ZincGel battery’s strength in a few business cases by running small scale pilots. This data will establish our credibility and strength over other competition.

India

Nabosol - Cosharing of roofs for solar panels

Nabosol wrote: Our idea is to bring together homeowners with roofs usable for pv-panel installation, with other homeowners or companies without available roof space, but willingness to invest in renewable energy. The solution includes installation of batteries to help with the flexibility of the energy system. Each private actors will get their part of share as energy price reduction, and the surplus energy will be stored in batteries and sold back to the grid when it`s profitable... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Norway

Plant based energy milk

Otmilk wrote: Considering expected organic milk source shortage without chemicals due to global population growth in coming five years we have found and prepared the product for milk drinkers (also for vegans; allergic people, elderly and as an energy drink for sportspeople) – otmilk: thoroughly providing proteins and vitamins including myriad other healthy ingredients. Together with characteristics dairy milk our product has its special and crucial features and properties for human body health and, in additions, our product is considered to be consumable for children of all ages of what providing products are quite limited. Containing nuts and seeds otmilk doesn’t originate lactose, is not allergic like dairy-milk, doesn’t elaborate cholesterol... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Azerbaijan