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Innocentive prize to the best technology to recycle cathodic ray tubes

  Our technology wins the first prize from the Consumer Electronics Association and Innocentive among 357 proposals from all the world The problem:  With the diffusion of the plasma and LCD screens, the old cathodic ray tube (CRT) is slowly … Continue reading

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Environmental Defense Fund / Innocentive Award

Biological capture of nitrogen by means of bamboo Problem: The rain washes away the fertilizers, flowing till the rivers, lakes and sea. The increase in the concentration of nutrients leads then to euthrophization phenomena. Our solution: A drain system collects … Continue reading

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Sustainable solution for the waffer industry

Innocentive prize to the best solution for cleaning charred batter from the hot plates in a factory of waffers. The problem: The batter adheres to the plate’s surface, and with time gets charred. The char is difficult and expensive to … Continue reading

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Green Vision Award 2011

  Green Vision Award 2011 The Italian magazine Modus Vivendi , represented by its Chief Editor, has given us the Green Vision  Award 2011 for the project of biologic carbon and nitrogen capture by means of bamboo cultivation. The award was … Continue reading

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Award from The Economist

  First prize of The Economist – Innocentive to the best entrepreneurial idea against the global climate change Several links, in English, with more information about the award and the event. Video of the conference at the Pace University of … Continue reading

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Rain Harvesting in Kerala (India)

First prize of the Rockefeller Foundation for solving the problem of  rain harvesting in Kerala. Problem: To build a tank of at least 6 m3 capacity for rain harvesting during the Monsoon, that costs less than 120 US$ and does … Continue reading

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John Hogg Prize 2002

Mario A. Rosato was awarded the John Hogg prize 2002 by the Amateur Yatch Research Society (AYRS) for his contribution “Simplified design of a wind turbine for marine propulsion” .

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