Insect-based protein for aqua feed

Hexafly is developing new material sources for the aqua feed, chitin and plant nutrition industries from the sustainable farming of insects. Chitin is a high-value bio-polymer with many uses in medicine, cosmetics and as a food additive. In the next few years, Hexafly predicts that the exponential increase in demand for fish food will far exceed supply. Industry will not be able to meet this demand due to declining wild fish stocks, stricter fishing quotas and an increase in material costs. The aim of the innovation is to bring an insect farming revolution to the world and find smart ways to feed the planet.

Ireland

ComeDaHorta

Intercambia-o wrote: Comedahorta initiative provides a multimodal platform (a website "comedahorta. Com" and a downloable mobile app) that will contribute to reduce food waste by helping people who would like to exchange their excedents of natural products with their neirbourghood with minial effort. Take a picture a an item you do not plan to consume and post it on "comedahorta. Com" instead of throwing it away (with the subsequent increase in the volume of waste that will need to go through the recycling processes). It's that simple. And on the other hand if you are interested in these organic products produced in nearby rural areas, you can just check out "comedahorta" and see what it is offered now near you... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Spain

FarmitUp

FarmitUp wrote: Farmitup is. An online ton which consumers of homegrown food can meet its producers and complete the transactions online. In short, it is the ebay of homegrown food in the netherlands... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

GoGreenExperts

GoGreenExperts wrote: The problem: there are products marketed as “green” in most uk consumer segments, but some products are much greener than others. The companies providing the environmentally superior offerings struggle to get this message to consumers. . Our solution: a green product star rating system (like defaqto in the uk insurance market). We will become a trusted, independent, household name in providing green consumer advice. . Why now: there has been a large (and continuing) shift in consumer sentiment in the past 18 months. Many consumers now want to be sure they are making the right purchasing decisions for the environment, but there are no independent experts focussed on helping them make those decisions. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

CestApp for sustainable food

CestTeam wrote: In cestapp you can do your shopping list that classify the food with a code of 3 colours by 3 parameters, which are location, food season and carbon footprint, and an explanation of the consequences that cause these products worldwide to consume according to the colour. This app aims to help us make good decisions when making the purchase in an easy and informative way to reduce pollution caused by the food sector... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Spain

Cheap thermal energy for heating indoors

SunCatcher wrote: Suncatcher provides solar collectors for heating inner spaces during wintertime. At the same time, the collectors can be used for food drying and drying of industrial items, also solar cooking and water heating during the other seasons... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Moldova, Republic of

Intelligent reverse logistics with labor

Green Mining wrote: Green mining has developed an intelligent reverse logistics technology to efficiently retrieve post-consumer packaging and bring it back into the production cycle. Our traceability system ensures that all collected material is sent for recycling. . The startup formalizes work for people with few job opportunities and uses non-motorized vehicles, such as tricycles, to make collections, avoiding co2 emissions... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Brazil

Recila-T App

ODS 3 y 15 wrote: Our app helps people to recycle better, reading the code bar give us information about which kind of residue is and in wich rubbish bin we must throw out. If you do it well the app is giving you points and you will have discount checks in ecological or localy products in your city. Also we want a section to give information about the brands and products that are more environmentaly responsible, as well as to encourage people to buy ecological and localy products... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Spain

Ceramics heating panels that save energy

BOTANICA wrote: Introduction: o in spain, 1 out of 5 households heats their home with electrical heaters. -these households use this type of heating because they may not live in the coldest parts of spain or they don´t need heating all year round. -however, electrical heating is one of the most inefficient ways of heating. -every year, 20 million tons of co2 is emitted to produce the electricity for these heaters. O we have developed a product is the saveheat panel, and we intend on selling these panels to households at 225€/panel. O the tile is heated using the same technology every household has in its home: microwaves. -the microwaves are produced in a heating cell, which you can see in the top ri.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Spain

Helping families to tackle climate change

Skoopr wrote: With a skoopr on the wall of the house, teenagers see the carbon footprint of their family's energy use fall. Skoopr collects air hitting the house to feed a high speed generator that is optimised for low speed and turbulent urban wind conditions. Costing the same as an xbox and installed in less than two hours, skoopr is ready to work all day. . With school strikes for climate and rising guilt about holiday flights, conversations around the kitchen table in homes across europe are heating up. Teenagers are eager to take action and parents are faced with competing priorities. Skoopr tackles two problems... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom