University Challenge Finalists

The finalists of the University Challenge 2023 - 2024

These are the teams that will compete with their proposal in the Hackathon, on March 8 and 9, in Madrid.

Finalists Challenge 1: Sustainable and decarbonized cities

Avant Garde - Photocatalytic paint for CO2 and NOx reduction
EcoFuturo - Urban planters powered by waste treatment mini-plant
Energetic Madrid - Energy efficiency at 3 levels: building, block and city block
E-Ways - A new light: Presence sensors for lighting, LED lights and kinetic paving
IngeniaT - Photovoltaic awnings

Finalists challenge 2: Sustainable and decarbonized mobility

BiotecH2 - Emission-free biohydrogen production
Car-UPM - Think big, think WIG: waterborne navigation aircraft
WaveEnergy - Wave energy for the decarbonization of maritime transport
ScanmyCity - ScanmyCity: centralized AI that connects to all traffic lights in the city
GreenDrive Innovations - Catalyzing our future: using catalysts to control the length of eFuels chains

Finalists Challenge 3: Circular economy as a lever for decarbonization

Berlin 1921 - Vizcaya eco-industrial park: a virtuous circle of efficient resource use towards progressive decarbonization
D3JA - Generation of volatile fatty acids from organic wastes
EcoIngenieros - Recycling of wind farms
El Valle - Rebuilding the environment, by environmental means (lignocellulosic waste valorization through modular technology)
Green Dream Team - Transformation of agricultural waste into bio-oil: The ecological revolution of depopulated La Mancha

Finalists Challenge 4: Decarbonized sustainable industry

PLAstic - Eco-Soles: Bioproduction of SBR for footwear industry
Biotechs UCM - Valorization of CO2 emitted by industry in a product of interest, sucrose.
Carbon Fighters - Decarbonization of the steel industry using biomass and power-to-gas
Maril - Solar collector system with latent heat energy storage for medium and low temperature processes.
Posidonia - Reforestation of the ocean with posidonia meadows: trading carbon credits to mitigate industry emissions

Finalists Challenge 5: Energy transition and society