2010 Ideas Competition Finalists
Air, Water & Waste
China
Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China
Two-stage anaerobic digestion technology for high strength industrial wastewater treatment
Egypt
Application of rice husk in Green Chemistry
Rice husk as an adsorbent material to tackle oil spills and water pollution.
Finland
Zen Robotics
Zen Robotics have invented a robotic waste sorting system. Built with off the shelf industrial robotics components, the system utilizes biomimetic artificial intelligence to separate raw materials from construction and demolition waste (CND).
http://www.zenrobotics.com
India
The Eco-preneurs
Eco-friendly kitchen accessories and decorative items made from Arecanut leaves using village based manufacturing.
Italy
SOStain
A proactive voluntary program for environmental sustainability, initially focusing on viticulture
http://www.able2sustain.com
Malaysia
EZ Flush
A “Green” IV drip set regulator and flushing unit to reduce both clinical waste and hospital acquired disease
http://www.mechamedic.com
New Zealand
Clean Green Effluent Company Ltd.
A fully automated, low application dairy effluent system that is kind to the environment and enhances dairy farm performance and management practices.
http://www.cleangreeneffluent.co.nz
Singapore
Sunlabob International Pte Ltd.
Clean, reliable, and affordable solar-powered domestic and drinking water supply for poor households in isolated off-grid communities in Laos and Cambodia
http://www.sunlabob.com
Spain
In Tec Dolo Innovacions Tecnològiques
Our recently patented technology creates water out of the humidity present in the air. Developed by a team of experts, the Hidromach uses electrical charges to cause the water present in the air to condense. The input energy source can be solar, wind or hydrogen; and the cost per liter of the water output is very competitive. These TWO issues make the Hidromach a self-sustaining solution.
http://www.dolo.cat/
Energy Efficiency
Sweden
Ecospark
A new superior type of LED chips based on a Zink oxide semiconductor and nano wires. The chips will emit a high quality light spectrum similar to the sun with very low energy consumption compared to light output. The manufacturing costs for the chip will also be 8 to 10 times lower than conventional technology.
http://www.ecospark.se
Renewable Energy
Israel
Solaris Synergy
Solaris Synergy has developed and is now piloting a novel system for Solar generation of electricity, utilizing F-CPV (Floating-Concentrated Photo Voltaic) technology, on water surfaces.
http://www.solaris-synergy.com
United Kingdom
Perlemax
An energy efficient microbubble generator which can disperse gases to high levels of phase fraction into liquids, using about 20% less energy than conventional steady flow systems. The applications to biogas upgrading by stripping CO2, algal biofuels growth and density enhancement, and bioethanol yield increases are all commercially promising.
Norway
Pontoon Power
A floating wave energy converter based on working pontoons, hydraulic pumping cylinders, hydroelectric turbine and generator mounted on a patent pending ballasting and load-bearing structure.
http://www.pontoon.no
Kenya
Sustainable Development For All-Kenya
Manufactures Solar Lanterns which utilize both recycled metal and recycled solar panels. In a country where much of the lighting in rural areas is provided the solar lanterns are a clean energy method of tackling the health and environmental adverse impacts caused by kerosene.
http://www.sustainabledevelopmentforall.org/
Green Building
Denmark
Abeo A/S (2010 Global Winner)
Abeo A/S was founded in June 2010 to commercialize the patented building technology “Super-Light Structures” invented by Professor Kristian Hertz
http://www.abeo.dk
Smart Power, Green Grid, Energy Storage
United States
EnergiaQ
Next generation nanotechnology enabled energy storage devices and technology.
France
Soft4Energy
Soft4Energy is a young software company, founded in August 2009. Soft4Energy develops and sells PVSoft, a supervision and maintenance software for photovoltaic systems. PVSoft is sold as a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution.
http://www.soft4energy.com
Iceland
ReMake Electric
ReMake offers the public and SMEs an economical energy consumption monitoring system that can inform about real-time electrical load by a simple technique. This creates new opportunities in energy savings, electrical safety and in efficient electrical operation management.
http://ww.remake-electric.com
Transportation
Brazil
Dolpheet Internet S.A.
A sustainable model for enterprise and university transportation, reducing traffic problems through an innovative system of sharing rides and cash awards.
http://site.dolpheet.com/
Netherlands
Eco Tuk B.V.
LPG conversion kit for 2-stroke auto-rickshaws in India, which reduces fuel costs by approximately 50% and CO2 pollution with approximately 40%.
http://www.ecotuk.nl
