Innovation Competition: urban food from residual (and geothermal) heat
Urban Food from Residual Heat, Competition logo (source: Climate-KIC)
Alexander Richter
4 May 2017
On May 8, 2017 at 13:00 an information meeting on the Innovation Competition by Climate-KIC on Urban Food from Residual Heat will be held at the University of Reykjavik in cooperation with NAVIGO and the Iceland School of Energy.
The Swedish cities of Malmö, Lund, Oskarshamn and Bjuv are looking for creative partners with innovative solutions that can be involved in a new venture, to convert waste heat into urban food or other biological production through an Open Innovation Competition. Clean residual heat emitted from a diverse range of sources – from single refrigerators to industrial sites – represents a waste of both energy and resources that is ultimately detrimental to the local and global environment.
These four municipalities plan to use this residual heat to produce fish, vegetables and other biological goods in production units located in their respective urban areas. They aim to incorporate the concepts of sustainability, the circular economy and zero waste into a new service in their localities, one which will have positive socioeconomic benefits such as employment, education and urban gentrification.
In their search for solutions, these municipalities have announced a joint Open Innovation Competition where the winning ideas will be incorporated into developing a final proposal. The competition is supported by Vinnova, Sweden’s innovation agency. The consortia is seeking the submission of ideas to solve a number of challenge areas, as well as those that may build and improve upon the whole concept of using waste heat for food production.
An information meeting will be held on 8 May 2017 at 13:00 at the University of Reykjavik (Háskólinn í Reykjavík) in a cooperation by NAVIGO and the Iceland School of Energy. At the event Peter Vangsbo from Climate-KIC Nordic, a member of Climate-KIC business development team will present Climate-KIC and the interesting innovation competition on Urban Food from Residual Heat.
The event should spike interest among the Icelandic Geothermal community as Icelanders have a long standing experience in multi use of geothermal, including food production and drying.
Climate-KIC is Europe´s largest public private innovation partnership, working together to address the challenge of climate change. Climate-KIC drives innovation in climate change through creative partnerships large and small, local and global, between the private, public and academic sectors.
For details on the competition see this link.
