Ultrasonic flow enhancement cold-and hot-runner injection moulding

Soniplas is a new innovation with the potential to transform plastic injection moulding energy efficiency. It utilises ultrasonic energy, applied to the molten polymer as it is injected into the mould, providing a temporary reduction in viscosity as the polymer melt fills the tool, enabling a temperature reduction for the molten polymer of up to 50C - reducing the energy requirement for both heating and cooling after moulding. Matrix Moulding Systems’ Sonimelt technology covers a wide range of applications in the injection moulding sector. It can be retrofitted to existing moulding machines.

United Kingdom

A bamboo bicycle

Le Michibou wrote: From plastic waste and bamboo we will soon be able to make with a very low price and few energy, le michibou. We believe this bicycle will convey our message "bike for a healthy city" thanks to its original user-experience and its noticeable design... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

France

Take-away cup made out of hemp

HempCup wrote: Consumption of take-away packaging such as coffee cups is one of the biggest sources of waste. Currently take-away cups are made with plastics, which is non-degradable and non-recyclable. We aim to produce such one time used packaging out of ecological and easily recyclable material - hemp... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lithuania

Chef@home

Chef@home wrote: Do you know the feeling when your family members ask, what do we eat tonight?. Chef @ home fixes your problem. For 150 euro/week your chef shops & cooks 9 healthy local meals... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Belgium

Electric pedal vehicles for last-mile delivery

Transport of passengers or small packages over short distances in urban areas is heavily reliant on conventional vehicles utilising internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Peddlesmart’s innovation involves zero-emissions [at point of use], pedal electric vehicles capable of carrying people or small freight loads. Current models in development can carry loads of up to 200kg with 350kg and 500kg models in development. Significant carbon emissions can be avoided in comparison to conventional ICE technology.

United Kingdom

Greening evolving industries

GreenEvo wrote: Greenevo is working with brining green technologies to evolving industriest, hence the name. Our first project is based on the nasa developed omega-system, which has been adapted for the norwegian industries and environment, using norwegian knowledge surrounding offshore installments and aquaculture. Omega cleans wastewater, and produces; food, drinking water, and other products like biofuels, using only renewable energy... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Norway

Empowering rural under-served families

Project Uthaana wrote: With world bank estimating 1600 daily deaths caused due to waterborne bacterial diseases, 73 million working days lost and over 600 million dollars worth of medical expenditure spent yearly in india. Project uthaana seeks to solve a crucial problem of lack of clean drinking water. Using an innovative approach, project uthaana aims to remedy this issue by providing eco-friendly and affordable water filters made from clay and used coffee grounds... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

GOYTI. Sustainable mobility solutions

GOYTI. Sustainable mobility solutions wrote: Almost 3/4 of the population lives in urban areas where transport generates almost 50% of the pollutants that harm people's health. Actual vehicles to move around cities are inefficient and are underused so we address this problem by creating efficient, clean and safe mobility solutions for urban areas adapted to the real needs of the people. Materials used nowadays on vehicles construction come from finite resources as steel, aluminium and petrol; therefore these generate a huge carbon footprint and a unacceptable bad impact to the environment and to the people’s health and life quality... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Spain

Microgrid energy management platform

Village Energy provides an artificial intelligence platform designed to create better preconditions for a reliable and low-cost power microgrid. The innovation provides customers with real time information on their energy grid which could affect their consumption patterns as well as spending on energy. This enables a shift in the consumption allowing the customers to consume energy when it is less in demand which reduces strain on the grid itself.

India

Recycled Paint

CIRCOULEUR wrote: We want to recycle waste paints instead of incinerating them. There is about 45 million liters of unused waterborne paint which is incinerated each year in france alone, leading to high release of carbon in the atmosphere. We will collect it and use it as a material to make more environmentally friendly new paints !.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

France