Democratizing car charging network

GetElectric wrote: We are going to democratize electric cars charging network allowing anyone to become a charging service provider. Following the airbnb and uber business model, we are crowd-sourcing the electric cars charging service. We handle all transactions and earn a premium from each. We provide extra income to venues and households and stimulate adoption of electric cars... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Educational program for a circular economy

Team Dieter wrote: Our solution to the problem of not getting smes involved with circular economy is an educational program which will be additional to the already established apprenticeships that are offered in smes. The program is an on top, mandatory module. The apprentencies will have to pick up a challenge/ a project within the company after have been working there for 6 months. They will get a professional training and necessary inormation about ce in order to be able to implement ideas within the company they are working for. Moreover, there will be certifiates handed out after the 3 year apprenticeship to both, the apprentencies and the companies... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Bee Care System

Bee Care System wrote: Bee care system is simple, effective and innovative heating system. Increasing temperature allows to exterminate. Varroa destructor - main causer of bees’ dying out all over the world. Bees population decline caused by varroa is global problem for european, asian and american beekeepers. Since invasion of varroa is still in progress, our market is still very wide and will grow in the future. Honey bee is one of the pillars, which creates global ecosystem. They are so important that if all honey bees were to die out, thousands of plants would follow, which could lead to millions of people starving in the following years... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Poland

AS Postimees Grupp

WhatPackage wrote: With whatpackage we want to reduce emissions and waste by making package-free online shopping comfortable for the customer. Our product is an e-delivery system for package-free shops that makes it easy to order from them in your area. The groceries are delivered from door to door. Instead of regular packaging, we use reusable containers. The customers of the shops pay a deposit for them and get it back upon returning the containers. The containers are then washed and reused for the next customers. For this, the shops transfer us 7-12% of the online order income monthly... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Smart Bin

Oskar wrote: Our smart bin "oskar" can sort waste automatically. Oskar has got different additionally features like wifi and a mortgage system for coffee cups. We will place oskar at public spaces where a lot of garbage is accumulating. But the idea is not just about the functionallity of the bin, it is also about providing information and help people be live a more circualr livestyle with the communication plattform "ask oscar". And oscar will be the super star of the communication campaign... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Air quality monitoring platform

AirBie wrote: Our platform allows monitoring of air quality through a network of sensors of nox, co, nh3 and fine dust and other pollutants to measure air quality together with the geolocation of the sensors. The data of the sensors are stored in an immutable blockchain, a new distributed database. Our platform provides real-time rendering of the air quality data on a city map with full transparency and traceability... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland

Awganic Feeds

Awganic Feeds wrote: Since 2014 the brown algae sea weed known as sargassum has been inundating the caribbean coast, costing tourism interest over us$6 billion dollars in lost revenue and another us$120 million in clean up costs. Awganic inputs processes this sargassum combining it will locally available organic agro-processing waste to produce a feed that is targeted to goat industry as a beach head. Data from 2014 says jamaica imported us$15 million worth of goat meat with yearly increases , with this the government of jamaica has seen it fit to increase the national goat herd from 700,000 to 3 million. (outside of theft) farmers report access to affordable feed as the primary issue... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Jamaica

Refurbished products marketplace

Refurbed is a marketplace for refurbished electronics. The electronics are used products that are completely renewed, so they look like new and function like new. Refurbed created a platform for products with consistent, high standards of quality, safety and warranty. The aim is to make sustainable living affordable to all members of society by allowing consumers to easily buy refurbished equipment. The company claims that refurbished products are up to 70% more environmentally friendly compared to a new product.

Germany

SDG 13 Climate Action

SDG 13 Climate Action wrote: The campaign is divided in three population sectors: young people: audiovisual campaigns in social media through influencers and cartoons for kids. Example: paw patrol buying goods in local shops. Adults: audovisual campaigns through social media using influencers and documentals. Example: "the travelling tomato", a tomato that travels around the world showing how far a product can travel and its carbon foot print through the journey. Elderly people: campaigns in classic media like radio, newspapers or tv, using famous characters like "tom jones" as owner of a local shop, and how sad it would be if tom jones´s shop closes, to create empathy with the owners of local shops... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Spain

First Serbian bamboo plantation

Bambooing wrote: Bambooing is a project within whom first serbian bamboo plantation is planned to be established. Since bamboo is not native to europe and european countries import over 50% of world’s bamboo production, this opens new and interesting commercial opportunities that uroboros through bambooing is going to pursue. Realization of this project will allow new branches of existing industries to develop within region or the new ones to emerge- bamboo usage can find its place in every niche: furniture and woodwork, textile, food. Bamboo has so many uses that is up to producers/ customers what their preference will be, not excluding other bamboo growing benefits... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Serbia