CLEAN - Technology Solutions

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                                           TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Under the Urban Works Innovation Challenge, Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai in collaboration with The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University and The CoWrks Foundry has provided mentorship and support to startups with technology solutions to transform Indian cities into safe and sustainable work environments. These are some of the CLEAN solutions the initiative has supported since 2018.

Indra

Indra

Inphlox Water Systems has designed an innovation called Indra that focuses on the treatment of waste-water and the purification of industrial and chemical effluents by using advanced automation and analytics. The treated wastewater is then recycled and reused, making it affordable and measurable. Indra aims to work with residential, commercial and industrial consumers to address the environmental problems of water scarcity and high energy consumption.

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Agua

Agua

Agua is an automated wireless water and sewage management company using remote sensors and controllers. Their competitive advantage lies in time and cost savings, and ease of deployment due to the use of wireless and AI-enabled systems. Their solution has applicability in multiple use cases including residential housing, commercial establishments, layouts, and cities.

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Kara

Kara

Kara Atmospheric Water has developed an atmospheric water generator, a decentralized water dispenser that reduces the cost of the drinking water supply chain, improves health, and reduces wastage. The dispenser produces up to 11 liters of water per day from humidity from the air, covering the needs of a typical household of four people. Kara Water aims to produce 320 million litres of clean drinking water and offset 640 million plastic bottles as a result.

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BinIt

BinIt

BinIt is a recycling station that uses elements of machine learning as well as mechanical sorting to sort out waste using sensors. This innovation eliminates the need for humans to decide what to put where in recycling bins. Corporate workspaces can install these bins for effective waste-management. Furthermore the segregated waste produced will be outsourced to NGO’s that are committed to recycling, reuse and helps to reduce the overflow on landfills.

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Swapeco

Swapeco 

Their solution imagines an Uber for waste recycling and waste management, where they provide monetary rewards to the consumer for effective recycling. Swapeco’s value proposition is their ability to organize this unorganized sector, thereby creating trust between vendors and consumers through contemporary tech such as the Internet of Things. They have a significant amount of traction already, having had 4,500 app downloads and 42,000 kg of waste forwarded to recyclers via their platform.

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ValetEZ

ValetEZ

ValetEZ’s innovation is a smart parking platform that is currently operating in more than 130 locations and helping these workplaces manage their parking lots in ways that are more efficient and effectively utilize available parking infrastructure.  It aims to address the problems of over-building and vehicular emissions as well as save fuel.  The adoption of this technology enables employees and visitors to make payments and find parking in a reliable and efficient way.