Lyon unveils Oxygen Plan
The city of Lyon has revealed its Oxygen Plan, an initiative to improve air quality across the urban territory. The plan was conceived as a response to an ever more critical issue, since an estimated 40 000 deaths per year are due to air pollution in France, as well as many forms of cancer and other illnesses. In a survey conducted by the city authorities, 83% of the city residents were concerned with the quality of the air. A figure...
Electroroad, revolutionising public transport
Among the large number of startups present at Cleantech Forum in 2016, one venture particularly stood out – Electroad, an Israeli startup that aims to make us reconsider our concept of electricity-based public transportation. The size of battery needed to power a bus would take up a huge amount of space, would weigh one-third as much as the bus itself and would cost half the price of the vehicle. Imagine for a moment that we can...
Hydrao, the connected smart shower
Hydrao is a smart and connected showerhead developed by Smart & Blue, a startup present at this year’s Cleantech Forum in Lyon. The principle behind the device is simple: the shower head is equipped with a light that changes colour depending on the amount of water consumed. It changes from green when less than 10 litres have been consumed to blue (- 20 L), purple (- 30 L) and red (- 50 L) before flashing in case of high...
Smartbin, the Irish company reinventing smart recycling
Brendan Walsh, CEO of the Irish company SmartBin, introduced the company’s intelligent recycling technology during a session at Cleantech Forum 2016 in Lyon. The company produces sensors intended to be installed inside containers which can measure how full the container is regardless of the type of waste. The company claim that their application makes it possible to optimize waste collection, plot truck stops and frequency of waste...
Optimiam, reducing food waste
Optimiam is a young French startup, founded by Raodath Aminou, whose objective is to reduce food waste. The principle is simple: commercial traders with food reaching its expiration date can inform potential customers of their current promotions via a mobile application. Using the application’s geolocation system, users automatically receive the closest deals to home. As of early this year, it is now forbidden for supermarkets over...
Reduse invent printer to remove ink
Reduse is a startup based in Cambridge University and led by Hidde-Jan Lemstra. The company started off as a university project before turning into a start-up with a very simple principle: reduse aims to remove ink from paper. The company believe that their “unprinters” are the logical progression to the current technology used in printers. During the introduction of IT in business in the late 70s, it was thought that paper would...
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