FlushWave start-up

FlushWave start-up wrote: There is dramatical shortage of drinking water in the world. According to un 2015 report, there will. Be 40% lack of drinking water in 15 years on the planet. All of us use clean tap water for toilets. Flushing. It takes 30-50% of the overall water consupmtion. Flushwave system lets double use. Polluted water from wash basins, bath tubes, washing machines for toilet flushing... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ukraine

Design and create urban aquaponic farms

AquaFutur wrote: 1. Create an urban farm unit with aquaponic system. 2. Design and sell urban farm unit to cities, local communities, farmers, abandoned land. 3. Bring fresh, tasty and local food to communities.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

France

Create transparency to enable investment

MeetMySources wrote: Consumer brands can only create a business case for investment, in sustainable raw material production practices if they can prove the investment’s positive ecological or social impact to the end consumer. Nowadays „trustmarks“ like brands and certificates are insufficient to establish the required consumer trust in the related impact claims, therefore brands have to provide transparency in form of instantly accessible digital proof points. . Meetmysources is a digital platform which allows consumer brands to directly interact with the raw material producers in their supply chain. Understanding of farmer needs and built-in reward structures allow brands to incentivize and invest into farmers’ sustainable behaviour... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Size/U

Size/U wrote: Digital fabric technologies designed to enhance the way we shop for clothing online, enabling retailers. To provide their customers with the correct fit. Vastly reducing the enormous financial and carbon. Cost of returns across the industry and providing consumers with a friction-less shopping experience... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Ireland

Small plastic cylinders for high-efficiency dishwashing

Granuldisk has developed a new type of dish washers, where small pieces of plastic called Powergranules are incorporated into the dishwashers, scratching off unwanted residue from cooking pots and pans. This is combined with high pressure and water to make sure the clean process is finished. According to their website, the amount of water and energy needed to obtain the same result is reduced when using Powergranules. The products also replace many chemicals that are used in traditional dish washers.

Sweden

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

Umweltlink AG

Umweltlink AG wrote: Many types of industrial waste-water cannot be treated by conventional sewage plants. In developing countries, they go into rivers untreated. In highly developed countries they are burnt at very high cost. We have developed a low-cost technology to treat industrial waste-water. The scientific description of our technology is oxidative reduction of chemicals in aqueous systems with internal superoxide support. We call it orcaswiss. The orcaswiss reactor takes in industrial wastewater and treats if with air and hydrogen peroxide. The reactor lets out clean water which can be treated further and ultimately produce drinking water... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland

Marketplace for shipping needs

uniskat AG wrote: As a farmer i often faced the challenge to find the right hauler for bulky, unpacked and used goods. On the other hand i noticed as a truck operater, there is always empty cargo area on my trailer. So i thought of a way to combine and bring on a win win possibility. . It is just as simple as it is, but with a very effectiv outcome. People get the possibility to post their shippingneeds on our website and benefit of a large community of individuals as well as transportcompanies on the road. . The long and tiring process to find the right carrier for your goods will be eliminated, simply post and get the guaranteed delivery in the next 4 days. You benefit of an easy, cheap, insured, and ecologic transport option. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland

Portable solution for temporary lighting

Prime Design Sweden has developed the Baselight, which is a portable light system to be used in situations where temporary light is required, such as construction sites, rescue operations or events. It can be easily moved around while maintaining performance and energy consumption that is competitive to permanent lighting solutions. Baselight is also equipped with different lighting settings to increase usability and flexibility.

Sweden

Energy generation using ambient heat

Ambient Engine wrote: Ambient engine deliver power by sucking heat from atmosphere and convert to useful energy for energy generation, automobiles and powering the drones for unlimited period of time without refueling. The proposed idea utilizes the ambient heat to energy and can produce energy while on the go eliminating the need for heavy battery storage system. Inspired by the natural process of rain where water absorbing heat from ambient atmosphere for phase change is the technology behind the idea. Utilizing the atmospheric temperature to change fluid to gas in an orc turbine. And generate energy from it and cool the working fluid using an external air conditioning system... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom