PURA water tech

PURA water tech wrote: (all) advantages.  your pool without any kind of chemicals.  health benefits for its users.  lower energy consumption.  eco-friendly technology due to its low carbon footprint.  more versatility, especially important in re-conversion of chemical pools.  clear water all year long.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Portugal

Turn Buildings into Large Air Purification Systems

PurCity wrote: Purcity has developed for the first time in the world a pct patented, sustainable and highly efficient self-cleaning air purification system that turns new or existing buildings into large scale air purifiers. It is called gaps, and consists of industrial panels that are a great substitute for exterior aluminium facades. Gaps shape has been designed like a double facade, which produces a chimney effect to naturally suck the polluted air into the gaps chemically activated exterior wall-panels, which removes both pm2. 5 particles and toxic gases like sox, nox, vocs and carbon dioxide. The clean air is then delivered to the building through the hvac system, which saves 10-20% (15-30 kwh/m2) of energy consumption while delivering pure air... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark

Pyrocycle

Pyrocycle wrote: Pyrocycle developed a new patent pending, cost-effective and environmentally friendly thermochemical process for recycling the end-of-life electronic waste. A unique approach that can recycle the electronic waste without toxic emissions or landfill, by recovering the base metals like copper and the precious metals like gold; and also by decontaminating the plastics that contain high levels of toxic flame retardants, whose releases cause environmental and human health concerns, and transform these plastics to value-added products like: oil and carbon... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Canada

Pyropower

Pyropower wrote: We are bringing an innovative electric generator to the market. It works on organic waste, which can be agricultural waste for example, the generator converts this into electricity. The byproduct of the generator is biochar, a type of charcoal. Its our byproduct but a primary product in other industries, which makes it very valuable. To give some examples, biochar is used in fuel cell technology, in water treatment, and also as a soil conditioner in agriculture. What differentiates this generator from other renewables is that it is carbon negative, since the carbon absorbed by the plants is stored in a stable form as biochar... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Netherlands

IoT for facility management

Yanzi and Pythagoras cooperate using IoT for facility management to optimize the usage of office space. By placing sensors they know the precise usage of all desks and meeting rooms, and once they have the full picture they can reorganise so that the use of the office space increases. Most office spaces are only utilized about 50% of the time. By measuring and optimizing this rate can be increased and thereby energy is saved for heating, cooling and lighting and in the long term less buildings will need to be constructed.

Sweden

Robotic vehicle to insulate suspended timber floors

Q-Bot have developed what they claim is the first affordable and fully accredited solution for the retrofit of insulation to suspended floors. The solution works by using a robotic vehicle to insulate the underside of suspended timber floors in-situ. The robot is inserted under the floor through an access hatch or air vent and surveys the void and condition of the floor. If suitable, the robot sprays an expanding insulation foam and finally records the insulation to verify the area and depth of insulation applied.

United Kingdom

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Industrial chemical heat transformer

The Qpinch Industrial Chemical Heat Transformer is capable of recovering industrial waste heat from 75 °C and turn it into new process heat (e.g. steam) up to a temperature of max. 230 °C in a CO₂ neutral manner. Qpinch says that the solution is applicable on a megawatt scale throughout all major industries such as chemical, food etc. The company also claims to have the lowest total cost of ownership of all commercially available heat-producing technologies.

Belgium

Quadcycle Ltd

Quadcycle Ltd wrote: We are manufacturing electric vehicles for last-mile transportation in nigeria and setting up solar charge stations for these vehicles... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Nigeria

Quant Co

Quant Co wrote: Power industry needs a smart grid which can integrate renewable energy efficiently at scale without having to keep polluting power stations online to manage intermittency. This requires energy storage to act as a buffer, reducing demand when supply is low or increasing when it is high. But with the ability to store energy, managing the timing of energy use to minimize costs is extremely complex. We create a game-changing solution — a tool with superior intelligence for managing energy storage, for a problem too complex for humans alone to solve. We optimize the timing of energy use like never before... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Turkey

Deep-well geothermal heating and cooling system

The QHEAT product is a geothermal heating and cooling system, utilizing geothermal heat wells. The innovative part of the solution is the depth of the well, which is around 2000 meters (compared to conventional residential geothermal heating systems that are around 300 meters). The product can provide seasonal energy storage. Several buildings can be connected to one well in a low-temperature energy network, allowing for energy to be exchanged between buildings in the network. The innovation also includes more energy efficient technology compared to conventional geothermal heating for residents. The innovation would replace conventional heating and cooling solutions, based on burning of fossil fuels.

Finland