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

Natural Wood Protection

Pinelinite wrote: Pinelinite has been developed as a direct replacement for creosote, creocote and other toxic wood treatments. Pinelinite is 100% natural and non toxic and environmentally friendly. It requires zero energy consumption to produce gate to gate. The treatment uses 100% natural and sustainable materials in its production. Pinelinite also has zero ozone depleting voc's... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

NIGHTWAY Smart Bus Stop

NIGHTWAY Smart Bus Stop wrote: We are building not only a solar powered bus stop, with a structure made of recycled plastics and a new lighting technology, but a connexion point for smart territories, which wants to break many paradigms in the people's way of life,. Our project is developed by a multidisciplinar team, combining different technologies. The result is an hollistic approach to climate change which includes: sustainable mobility, renewable and energy efficiency, circular economy, approach to the digital divide and smart cities... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Spain

To Bee

To Bee wrote: Our solution is to create ecosytem service which will help to bring more bees into gauja national park area and they with the ability of pollinate flora will help to sustain the biological diversity. Moreover, we see it not just as placing bee hives in the park area but also creating system to take care of them. There we see local community as a crucial player - we will ensure course for local cesis inhabitants to learn basics about beekeeping and they will be the ones taking care of bee farm. In addition to that, gauja national park and cirulisi nature trails are popular attraction points for tourists... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Latvia

Industrial high productivity CO2 recycling equipment

NeoCarbons wrote: Migration from fossils means alternative ways of sourcing raw materials. Since all carbon chains, whether for foods, feeds, chemical industries, come from co2, neocarbons is proposing a patented equipment that can capture and transform co2 from industrial sources into high value chemicals, on a real time basis (zero net), competitively, profitably and in respect of sustainable development principles. On a 5 m2 footprint the solution recycles 165 tons of co2 annually; it is conceived to be easily upscaled into industrial production plants in order to tap to tap the 20 gt of industrial co2 rich gaseous effluents. Source: eit climate kic's climatelaunchpad.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland