Enerdrape wins 1st prize at the Swiss final of ClimateLaunchpad 2019
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The Enerdrape project, developed at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS) at EPFL, won the first prize at the Swiss final of ClimateLaunchpad 2019.
The Swiss final of ClimateLaunchpad 2019, a competition organized by Climate KIC, took place on Friday September 6th 2019 in Basel. The Enerdrape project, developed at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS) at EPFL took first place in the competition.
The Enerdrape project developed at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics offers an innovative technology allowing to harness heat from unexploited environments. This technology that is based on the use thermal sensors can be installed easily within existing building and also enables the use of heat from built underground environments such as parking lots, train stations, tunnels, etc.
The Concept was envisioned and patented by Prof. Lyesse Laloui, head of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at EPFL, Prof. Alessandro Rotta Loria, professor at Northwestern University, Chicago and Margaux Peltier, scientific assistant at the LMS. Last Friday, Margaux Peltier was able to convince the Swiss jury of the innovation and impact of Enerdrape, and it is in the same format that she will have to convince the jury in the international competition, which will be held in Amsterdam mid-November.
ClimateLaunchpad is the largest international competition for sustainable start-ups. The competition assists in boosting innovative ideas that have a positive impact on the environment and also accompanies them in their entrepreneurial development. This year the competition beat its records with 2500 projects having been submitted from over 50 countries! The first two winners from each country will meet mid-November in Amsterdam for the international final.