Sustainable solar heating for agriculture

Pelenergy wrote: In the 15th century, growers developed methods of artificially heating greenhouses to grow food in the winter. Today, more than 500 years later, pelenergy is revolutionizing the way greenhouses are heated. We have developed a unique method of capturing and storing solar heat for use on demand. Our system arrives in a shipping container which has been specially designed to be easily moved and assembled, and is compatible with any standard greenhouse system. The low initial cost and maintenance, along with no fuel expenses helps growers increase profits while providing a fast return on investment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Israel

Light blue bag

Light blue bag wrote: Our solution proposes to process all types of plastics that we dispose of daily and what ends up in landfills and the environment, to turn them into new products. It is made up of 2 parts: education and awareness in society; and the final disposal of all these plastic wastes. The first part is to urge citizens to separate plastic waste from all the others we produce daily, without worrying about the way in which they dispose of this waste, if they should be washed and dried. We will use a plastic bag of a different color than those used to separate waste such as paper and glass... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

United States

Bringing Water to Life via 3D Printing

AquaRoot wrote: Mimicking the function of a tree root network to transport water environmentally and efficiently, aquaroot's proprietary 3d printed biodegradable pipe platform. Enables farmers. To print their own irrigation systems rapidly, economically. And on site. Enabling them to seed and grow their crops in these pipes even in drought prone environments... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ireland

Organic single use drinking straws

Blessing Palms wrote: Leafy straws are 100% organic and biodegradable single use drinking straws made out of fallen dried palm leaves. The literally zero cost raw material available in abundance combined with our patented yet simple production process make leafy straws the most cost effective and scalable alternative for plastic straws. Leafy straws are better than other alternatives in many ways, can be made in custom and uniform sizes, have longer shelf life, strong enough to pierce tetra-pak cartons... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Smart Sustainable Bag (S.S.B)

Smart Sustainable Bag wrote: We analyzed some categories people’s answer in instagram (link) who use. Plastic and sustainable bags. Then we thought and gave some solution and designed “smart sustainable bag” that all kinds of people can use them. This smart sustainable bags can increase and remove plastic bags, remove paper recipe in chain store/hypermarket, consumer/customer management, consumer/customer attraction and increased loyalty,. Increased local buying and reduce traffic jam, monthly buying management with using electronic recipe, use store/market/hypermarket promotion plans for customer/ consumer, prevent using a lot and monthly planning for buying/shopping. In this idea, we design special bags for children who protect earth from childhood... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Iran, Islamic Republic of

The PLEASER bottle

The PLEASER bottle wrote: My idea would visualise replacing packaging for the one use throwaway plastic bottle to the domestic home in the food, pharma, cosmetic, and chemical sector resulting in sending out their product in biodegradable - compostable liners to load into the pleaser bottle in where the bottle is used for every 25-30 individual loaded liners , the benefits for this would be less product been thrown out as oxidation doesn't take place within bottle- longer shelf life, the amount of waste been recycled after would greatly improve with the make up (composition) of the liner, and the amount of up to 96% less in volume and 95% less in weight thus greatly reducing household costs on wastage driving sales again for these delivered products, driving a better carbon footprint for companies manufacturing, delivering and the household user and notably the environment, reducing the bisphenol ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ireland

Ubabio biomass energy solutions

Ubabio Biomass Energy Solutions wrote: We utilize locally available resources to create an innovative technology that recycle organic wastes into biomass energy, in form of green biomass briquettes. The briquettes are manufactured from organic garbage and provide a more ecological alternative to traditional charcoal or wood fuel which directly contributes to deforestation. Our product is sustainable, affordable, reliable, and long lasting, clean cooking fuel. . By replacing wood-based charcoal with sustainable biomass briquettes we help to improve the livelihoods of millions of people, increase natural carbon sequestration and support the local communities’ ability to respond to the challenges of climate change, as well as improve environmental sanitation... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Nigeria

Apparel as outdoor experience services

The current short average life time of clothes and other apparel causes significant environmental damage as the production process results in significant emissions. One solution of this is to maximize the lifetime, eliminating the production need. Based on this, Houdini has developed concept based on sharing, reusing and renting apparel. To make sure their products have several owers and long life times, they have clothing repair infrastructure as part of the solution. The rental services also allows customers to have flexible state of the art clothing options. Lastly, the solution also includes locations where users can buy and sell products, resulting in less consumption.

Sweden

Mili'r Pothe Choli

Mili'r Pothe Choli wrote: Developing cartoon characteristics for kids. Name: mili’r pothe choli. Description: our character is a school going girl named mili. One day she was sitting with her father and suddenly a news comes where she saw on television that many penguins are dying. Then she asked her father about the facts. Her father told her about global warming which is responsible for it. She felt very sad and thought that she has to do something to take the responsibility to save them. Then she started her journey to save the penguins. In her journey she discovered that there were many devastating problems are going around the world where everyone’s were threatened where... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Bangladesh

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