Sofa for Life

Sofa for Life wrote: Walking around in glasgow i was shocked to see the amount of flytipped sofas on the streets. Talking to users i found that this decreased lifetime is caused by an inability to clean, transport or repair sofas easily. Fire retardants turn the sofa into hazardous waste and therefore every single sofa ends up in landfill. . The ‘sofa for life’ is the better alternative. The user customizes the sofa online and continues to adapt the sofa to accommodate their change of style or life situation. The sofa fits in the boot of a car and the simple assembly does not require any tools. The cushions are machine washable and each part of the sofa can be exchanged and updated. The ‘sofa for life’ changes with the user and therefore prevents discard. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

SoilSpy

SoilSpy wrote: Soilspy facilitates farmers to monitor environmental parameters and analyse the concentration of multiple specific nutrients precisely, quickly, cost efficiently, and directly on field. Through optimized fertilization according to the analyzed nutrient levels and therefore needs of the plants, yield can be maximized while minimizing the usage and cost of fertilizer and sustainably reducing the pollution of ground water... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Solar Fruits

Solar Fruits wrote: At modern terra we mimic temperate climate and conditions by utilizing our plentiful sunlight and wind resources to grow crops that normally wouldn’t grow in the tropics. This will to help ensure food security of small island developing states in disaster prone regions. Modern terra’s implementation will also aid in reducing high food import bills and carbon emissions from shipping to remote sids. To guarantee the aforementioned, modern terra will also be an educational and equipment resource for local farmers to start their own modern farms... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Barbados

Solar master map for Dhaka city

Solar Master Map wrote: Bangladesh is set to face a major challenge with the exhaustion of natural gas sources being predicted to be as soon as 2025. The government is therefore trying to shift to alternate sources of energy. Solar irradiation absorbed in bangladesh is about 4-6(kwh/m2/day) and sunshine amounts to 2,500 hours per year. Yet, we see that most rooftops in the dhaka city has not installed solar panels despite the government incentives. Our solution focuses on addressing this major challenge with a participatory planning approach. We want to make solar potential maps using remote sensing and geographic information systems... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Bangladesh

Why use heating if we have the sun

Solar Pump wrote: At any time we ventilate, window opening we think a little when the cold comes in that is not good . If the solar pump passes through the fresh outside, preheated air, sunshine problem is solved!it's not just a preheat vent, but a solar powered heater. In this case the medium is gaseous - air. The air heated by the concentrated sunlight provides technical heat around the 200 ° c or at the desired temperature. It can provide solar energy for heating, industrial heat, which plays a major role in co2 emissions. What to burn on that day when it is boiling all day, rather than solar pump!hyperboloid light concentrator-heated cu core is passed through air through the heat. The copper core was patented black for better adsorption... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Hungary

Solar-IA: virtual assistant for solar distribution generation

SolarTracker provides a web service that evaluates the performance of solar power generating systems, using an artificial intelligence engine. It provides predictive maintenance intelligence that estimates performance loses and diagnoses causes. The service was designed to help operation managers and owners of solar energy systems including energy service companies, increasing energy production performance by 5%, decreasing maintenance costs by 10% and optimizing human workload by 60%.

Chile

Solar-Windmill

Solar-Windmill wrote: Symbiosis of wind and solar renewable energy production in the way that they complement each other for region with moderate number of windy or sunny days, and with best performance for places which has it both. Solar windmill can work above the pv cells field without interfering their work, and use leftover heat energy from them, and surpassing wind energy above them. With better usage of occupied space it can also prolong duration of electric production... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Serbia

Solar4Schools

Solar4Schools wrote: Solar4schools develops an automatic stand-alone solar energy system for schools in developing countries who are struggling with access to affordable and clean energy. Using mobile payments and iot technology the solar energy system is initially financed by selling phone charger services to the wider community. This subsequently provides an additional income source for the school. Furthermore, the solar4schools system enables schools to stop using kerosene and candles, so it is cleaner and enable schools to reduce carbon emission by 91% per year. The community will also benefit by not having to walk 2-10km to the town for phone charging, but rather go to the school, which in turn will place schools at the centre of the community... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Norway

Solarity

Solarity wrote: The purpose of solarity is to help the state reach its goals in terms of the number of solar energy panels installed. It is a platform that incentivizes home owners who have a potential roof and financial means to install solar panels. It is based on a referral system which rewards current solar panels owners to act as the psychological push (“a technological evangelist”) to change people’s mind on buying solar panels, and push them to act. It’s much easier to go for a coffee with a friend that you trust rather than having to research for yourself on the internet and trying to motivate yourself to act on something that you’re not an expert in... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Switzerland

Water purification for developing countries

SolarSack wrote: Solarsack can contain 4 liters of water, and with 4 hours in the sun, the water will be pasteurized, and ready to drink. With about 60 uses, a single solarsack can provide more than 240 liters of water. Solarsack is made to reduce shipping cost, and with a production price 1/5 the cost of a bucket of coal, solarsack can be sold at a profit, and still be affordable to the user. Solarsack is developed based on studies and prototyping in east africa, and the both the purification process and the user interaction is tested with the actual users in africa. Calculation including shipping and distribution still gives solarsack a 1/20 the co2 emission compared to boiling with charcoal, while totally eliminating the use of wood... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark