:Thing

:Thing wrote: Business need #1 : optimising operational expenses related to heating. Business need #2 : automated facility management and monitoring that scales. Business need #3 : making business more innovative and environmentally friendly. State-of-the-art solutions: training for janitors to manually operate on analogue tvrs. Fully fledged, enterprise grade systems (training and infrastructure required). Smart home systems (good for small scale only, poorly handle short term rentals). Our solution: iot-enabled radiator valves that can be controlled via a mobile-app and integrated with hotel management systems. With the data obtained from hotel management systems, it can optimise heating expenses while ensuring optimal end-user experience ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Poland

"NIDO"

"NIDO" wrote: Millennials are in need of living accommodations that better suite their lifestyle- small footprint housing that has the ability to grow as their needs grow, and move where they move. Current apartments and houses don’t offer that freedom, forcing people to rent and spend more money in the long-term, or to buy and be tied down to specific place and size. We plan to tackle this problem by changing the way housing is perceived. We offer studio type housing units, which at first are placed in multi-storey racks. The individual units are made to be taken out when needed, moved to a different rack or freestanding location and to be expanded with additional different application units... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Latvia

@2

@2 wrote: The number of road vehicles is growing unstoppable every year, as result, the big cities suffer from the increasing emission of carbon dioxide. We are planning to add a modern module on public surface transport of the cities. The main technology of the module can convert carbon dioxide to other compounds as well as generate electrical energy which could be used in a more valuable way. Our beach-market is vilnius, the biggest city of lithuania. There traffic jumps are a big issue, thus, while the public transport usually stops in them, they can clean the air in the urban locations where the need is the strongest one... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lithuania

Make Wuppertal clean again

#Cleanwup wrote: #cleanwup provides a solution to the wuppertal public to raise awarness and activate for a better waste management. In the longrun a mindshift shall be achieved that everyone can improve the situation. We developed a campaigne with various events to encourage the citizens in wuppertal, such as youtube challenges, clean up challenges and art projects with garbage... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany

Acoperisul Verde - Green Roof

#EcoNinjas wrote: We want to present the green roof technical system for rooftops. It is used on a large scale for many years in europe and usa but unknown in romania even for professionals. There are seven million square meters of rooftops only in bucharest, black tar rooftops unused, heating at 80c in summer, creating a heat island effect with immense implications. We already implemented a proof of concept in bucharest with three distinct places, an experiment unique in romania. Our solution addresses air pollution, heat island effect, biodiversity, rain water management, energy savings, urban gardens... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Romania

#Geneveuxplusdautos

#Geneveuxplusdautos wrote: To work towards reducing co2 emissions in geneva our proposition is to provide a radical yet digestible weekly event. Our proposition is to create car-free zones every wednesday (when kids under 16 leave school at noon) in selected areas. Markets would take place on closed streets, the cars having been moved to ideally centralized parking locations. The public transport system would be free or provide promotions, especially for those directly affected by the ‘event’. To compensate, businesses will be encouraged to let those who can, work from home on wednesday and experience a carless day. The objective is to incite social change in habits and values by creating the opportunity for individuals and families to experience new routines... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Switzerland

2°- Climate data

2° wrote: Our solution would allow individuals to track and search the brands they use and better understand the impact global corporations have on the environment. Furthermore, people would be able to easily contact legislators and the companies through social media, email, by phone, etc. We've created a prototype of the database we would use to launch a full-scale application using data scraped from various sources as well as apis from opensecrets. Com. For the database we've used the django rest framework, but the same concept could easily be implemented using most modern database systems... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

United States

3 Acre Model Organic farm

3 Acre Model Organic farm wrote: I am planning to build a 3 acre organic model farm with agro silvo pastoral system for my self sufficient. Agro-silvopastoral systems is a collective term for land-use systems, which combine a woody component (trees or shrubs) with cattle and cultivation on the same site. These systems represent a model of production and conservation based on silvi-culture, the practice of growing trees, complementary to pre-existing agricultural activities. Through this project i and my farm will be the model for organic farming. After completing my project i can suggest organic farming and awareness programs among my rural community. Finally i will be the roll model for who would like to do an organic farm. My city is jaffna sri lanka... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Sri Lanka

Eco-innovative 3D printing

3cular wrote: We are reinventing 3d printing in a sustainable way, enabling manufacturers to produce any kind of wooden objects out of leftover wood material, increasing resource productivity and reducing the use of plastics as the most popular 3d printing material. This innovation enables designers, wood and furniture industries produce wooden objects faster and easier, saving costs, resources and the environment. . Our solution is especially helpful when releasing customized and short series, products with complex shapes, or if spare parts are needed fast. It provides design freedom, improves quality through lighter parts and prevents tonnes of co2 from being released to the environment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Customisable 3D printer filament

3GreePrint wrote: 3greeprint project is based on manufacturing 3d printer filaments for fdm (fused deposition modeling) desktop 3d printers from recycled pet plastic waste. The 3greeprint filaments will be available in many colors with various material additives, offering high quality 3d printing in a fair price. We also give the option to order custom made filaments to cover specific needs. So, let’s go green to solidify your dream!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Greece