S.T.A.N.

Tio^2 wrote: A waste water treatment system that takes advantage of solar energy in order to heat a water flux taken from industrial residues, cleaning it for recycle in a sustentable way, plus, the structure used is covered in titanium oxide (tio^2) which breaks carbon dioxide molecule down into c0 and oxygen, helping the fight against air pollution in citys, specifically industries of mexico city. Water gets cleaned by passing first through an activated carbon filter, then an inverse osmosis filter, to later pass through a condensation process, and finally to a cistern, while checking and controlling the water variables through iot... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Mexico

To Bee

To Bee wrote: Our solution is to create ecosytem service which will help to bring more bees into gauja national park area and they with the ability of pollinate flora will help to sustain the biological diversity. Moreover, we see it not just as placing bee hives in the park area but also creating system to take care of them. There we see local community as a crucial player - we will ensure course for local cesis inhabitants to learn basics about beekeeping and they will be the ones taking care of bee farm. In addition to that, gauja national park and cirulisi nature trails are popular attraction points for tourists... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Latvia

Smart charging solutions for EVs

TOKA wrote: We provide hardware and software solution which allows real estate developers equip their parking spots with charging stations for evs without increasing power limits in their grid, that allows developers reduce their costs up to 8 times. The idea is to use existing power effectively in real time... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ukraine

From tomato peels to bioresin

Tomapaint wrote: The core of the project is the development of a natural bio-resin obtained from industrial tomato processing by-products (skins), to be applied on the internal and external surfaces of metal cans for foodstuffs in substitution of the standard oil-based resins. Tomapaint meets the demand for sustainable production and for the safeguarding of consumer health, at the same time increasing the competitiveness of the metal cans industry, valorizing the wastes produced by the preserved industry and reducing refuse. The highly innovative eco-friendly packaging is less dangerous for consumer health with less risk of contamination and is able to compete with other packaging materials, such as bioplastics... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Italy

Eco-products for climatic stress

TopEcoSilicone wrote: Under unpredictable climate change emergencies (abundant rains alternating with severe droughts, exceedingly low temperatures alternating with high temperatures, the pests activation and plant diseases, as number and effects, etc. ) there are few solutions to protect agricultural crops. Topecosilicone selects and synthesis advanced multifunctional materials used both stimulating the plants growth and alleviating the climate change induced stresses in horticultural crops. These are basically foliar emulsified multifunctional silica fluids or multifunctional self-disintegration gels in which the silicon is an essential nutrient for raising the plant self-defending capacity against pests and climate change induced stresses... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Romania

Air-to-air heat exchanger for cooling

Air conditioning systems consume considerable power and have a large carbon footprint. TORO Water Air Thermal Technologies Corp have developed an air-to-air heat exchanger for cooling which they claim saves 50–80% energy compared to Conventional AC systems. It offers energy-efficient, climate friendly air conditioning alternatives and uses water as a refrigerant with Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling to maintain a comfortable range of temperature and humidity in multiple climate zones. Air Conditioners with this technology eliminate Ozone Depleting / High GWP refrigerants and reduce carbon emissions. This technology can be adapted for Residential, Commercial and Industrial cooling applications.

Canada

HIKARI positive energy building

Toshiba and Bouygues have together developed a solution for positive energy buildings they called “HIKARI”, which generates more energy than it consumes. A first-of-a-kind positive energy building, located in Lyon, France, HIKARI is designed to be an exceptional example of a smart building that leads to rethinking the design of more traditional buildings, to ensure a smart, sustainable city. Created through a partnership with the Japanese government agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Grand Lyon, HIKARI is a part of Metropolitan Lyon’s mid-term objective to design new uses for housing and shared areas to encourage a "zero carbon" territory.

Japan

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Inventory management system to reduce food waste

TotalCtrl have developed software based on automatic data harvesting for the grocery industry to reduce food waste at the retail and consumer levels. TotalCtrl’s solution includes pre-expiration notice, inventory and autogeneration of recipes. The solution is currently available for the grocery industry and consumers. The technology is designed so that it can be easily integrated into existing systems.

Norway

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A sustainable grocery shopping app

TotalCtrl Consumer wrote: Totalctrl consumer offers a solution to the grocery industry that makes it easier for their customers, the consumers, to plan, buy, and to use food. Totalctrl consumer is a sustainable grocery app that gives consumers control over their own consumption. Everything is connected. By letting the consumer plan, buy and use smarter, the grocery retailers will do the same. Totalctrl consumer will reduce the money retailers waste, literally, in the garbage in the form of foods. Improved inventory control, increased purchasing experience and streamlining sales are just some of the benefits that our solution contributes to. The app consists of features such as notification according to expiration date and autogeneration of recipes... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Norway

Touch Climate

Touch Climate wrote: We chop down the huge bulk of information about climate change into small, digestible pieces in our interactive graphs. People can get a good picture of climate change facts on the go, as well as about how their local behavior can contribute to the big solution. With weekly changing graphs provided by touch climate, people can experience how rising global co2 levels have been connected to days of extreme heat per year in their hometown over the last 70 years, calculate the co2 emissions they produced on their way to the shopping center, or see what the different scenarios set out by the international panel of climate change (ipcc) actually implicate for global temperature, and more.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Germany