Submitted
Last Updated May 9, 2023
Climate Adaptation & Low-Carbon Housing Challenge
CarboLife
Team Leader
Felipe de Lima Santos
Solution Overview & Team Lead Details
Our Organization
Laniakea
What is the name of your solution?
CarboLife
Provide a one-line summary of your solution.
We are a group of students from Sesi, who, based on ideas, created a prototype device capable of transforming CO² into raw material or energy, based on photosynthesis and electrolysis.
What specific problem are you solving?
Estamos resolvendo os problemas de emissão de gases de efeito estufa, desemprego e poluição
What is your solution?
We have created a prototype which transforms CO² into raw material or energy. It works as follows, firstly, there would be a tank in the shape of a pentagon, where half of it would have a water tank of about 10 inches, where there would be algae supplied with water at all times so that we would not lose the plants, and from the process photosynthesis and water heating, the algae would leave the carbon in the water, then pass through a pipe containing a catalyst to filter the molecules, and then be directed to another tank, containing an electrolysis system, where they would remove the hydrogen from the water, and oxygen, both from water and carbon dioxide, leaving only carbon, which can be used to produce energy or raw materials.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Caters to all types and genres, referring to all types of living beings, from humanity itself, to other living beings, such as dogs and fish. Leaving everyone's lives healthier, more pleasant and with less pollution, until reaching the moment of no more pollution. In addition to generating employment for any age, from production and maintenance to self-management, it is also accessible to women and young people.
How are you and your team well-positioned to deliver this solution?
We are prepared for the construction, being able also, with financial help, to pay for a small institution for mass production, since it is small, easy and cheap to build, being on average, from 50 to 200 dollars at the most. Do you think we are the right people to start this journey, as we have spent the last 5 months in intense research to find the best possible result, researching in libraries and the internet, and also with professionals in the field of physics, chemistry and biology to obtain the best existing result. Furthermore, we carried out a reasonable field survey to find out the main doubts, opinions and questions regarding this particular topic, and what had the most impact would be how this would influence a person's life, with responses from employment to the quality of life. everyone's personal life. And thinking about it, a management of castes equal to CarboLife would be adhered to, with the production area, the maintenance area, the monitoring field team to verify that everything is going well, remote management for better use, and anyone else to manage the more physical part, such as a marketing and advertising sector, to also have advertising to adhere to a large part of the population. which will also end up generating a part of self-preservation on the part of each one.
Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?
- Help communities understand and incorporate climate risk in infrastructure design and planning, including through improved data collection and analysis, integration with existing systems, and aligning financial incentives such as insurance.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Birigui, São Paulo
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
- Brazil
What is your solution’s stage of development?
- Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model, but which is not yet serving anyone
Please share details about what makes your solution a Prototype rather than a Concept.
Está em fase de produção, pois já temos o designer e a planta baixa para produção. Sendo um modelo 3d de um pentágono de 20 polegadas².
How many people does your solution currently serve?
Currently, as it is in the production phase, few, but when ready, it can supply an entire city, with at least 50 of these. In this way, it is easy to apply in a country or in a nation.
Why are you applying to Solve?
To publicize the idea, and have financial support for mass production.
In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?
- Business Model (e.g. product-market fit, strategy & development)
- Financial (e.g. accounting practices, pitching to investors)
- Human Capital (e.g. sourcing talent, board development)
- Legal or Regulatory Matters
- Monitoring & Evaluation (e.g. collecting/using data, measuring impact)
- Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
- Technology (e.g. software or hardware, web development/design)
Who is the Team Lead for your solution?
FELIPE DE LIMA SANTOS
More About Your Solution
What makes your solution innovative?
Nossa ideia é inovadora porque é patenteada, gera empregos, tem um bom sistema de comercialização, e o principal, diminuiu e talvez um dia possa acabar com o principal problema atual, o aquecimento global.
What are your impact goals for the next year and the next five years, and how will you achieve them?
Our goals would be to gain investors and sponsors, and thus increase the level of production and impact, from regional to national, international or even global.
Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your solution address?
- 3. Good Health and Well-being
- 5. Gender Equality
- 6. Clean Water and Sanitation
- 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
- 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 10. Reduced Inequalities
- 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13. Climate Action
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
How are you measuring your progress toward your impact goals?
We measure progress from each life we improve.
What is your theory of change?
Starting from the whole idea, we are going to innovate the greenhouse emission field with a sustainable and multimodal idea, reaching areas such as science, industry, economy and advertising.
Describe the core technology that powers your solution.
Our project, in addition to reducing global warming, would innovate in the areas of industry, commerce, economics, politics, and energy production, in addition to being able to make fuel available for cars powered by hydrogen, pure oxygen for hospitals, and raw material or energy for the other themes.
Which of the following categories best describes your solution?
- A new technology
How do you know that this technology works?
Because we already tested it with a prototype
Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:
- Ancestral Technology & Practices
- Audiovisual Media
- Behavioral Technology
- Biotechnology / Bioengineering
- Imaging and Sensor Technology
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing Technology
- Materials Science
- Software and Mobile Applications
Your Team
What type of organization is your solution team?
- Not registered as any organization
How many people work on your solution team?
There are 3 people in the team, all of whom are 13 year old students.
How long have you been working on your solution?
We have been working on this age for approximately 5 months, more specifically since January 15, 2023
What is your approach to incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusivity into your work?
Não importa se somos diferentes, não importa aparência e geração quando a intenção é melhorar o mundo. Se queremos seguir em frente, temos que nos unir, independentemente de quem somos.
Your Business Model & Funding
What is your business model?
Não temos, por enquanto, e gostaríamos de ajuda nesse sentido.
Do you primarily provide products or services directly to individuals, to other organizations, or to the government?
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
What is your plan for becoming financially sustainable?
We don't have it, for now, and we would like help in this regard.
Share some examples of how your plan to achieve financial sustainability has been successful so far.
Mas em relação à sustentabilidade, temos um projeto que necessita de materiais mínimos, sendo sustentável e pequeno, o que causaria visuais menos combustíveis e seria mais fácil de venderWe don't have it, for now, and we would like help in this regard. But regarding sustainability, we have a project that needs minimal materials, being sustainable and small, which would cause less combustible visuals and be easier to sell
Solution Team:
Felipe de Lima Santos
Emmanoel Cavalcante Garcia