BIG INNOVATION PITCH
The Big Innovation Pitch Returned to Futurebuild 2022
Searching for innovative products and technologies that are solving problems, addressing the climate emergency and enabling the built environment industry to achieve a net zero future.
This year we have been delighted with the entries to the Big Innovation Pitch – these can all be seen in the Innovation Gallery. After reviewing over 90 submissions, the judging panel has shortlisted six finalists who pitched live at Futurebuild 2022.
The winner of the Big Innovation Pitch 2022 was Sunamp with their Thermino Thermal Storage Battery for Domestic Hot Water.
The JUDGES
CHAIR & JUDGE
DR OLIVER JONES
Research Director at Ryder Architecture
Michael LYNCH
Legal Counsel, Restructuring, at NatWest Group
NATASHA BOULDING
CEO & Co-founder at Sphera
CHRIS HALL
Group Managing Director of Acivico and Managing Director of APSL Group
BIG INNOVATION PITCH CRITERIA
In their pitch the finalists proved to the judges the following:
- How is it innovative?
- How’s going to help achieve net-zero?
- How’s it going to change the industry?
- Does the innovation support the circular economy
- Anything to do with biotech?
- How is the material advanced?
- Does it benefit nature?
- Extractive or regenerative?
- Conducted a whole life carbon approach?
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: BIOTECTURE
PlantBox Living Hoarding
New to the market, our revolutionary PlantBox system is a freestanding, stackable wall system that has no structural load on the hoardings. Ideal for the construction industry, it offers all the benefits of an ivy screen but with more flexibility and green credentials. It can be quickly erected, dismantled and reinstalled on your next site.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: ISOHEMP
HEMPRO SYSTEM
The Hempro system for a 100% hemp construction. A mix of water, chalk & hemp result in hempcrete blocks used to renovate & construct buildings. A carbonfree, 100% natural solution with unparalleled insulating properties for a clean home & planet.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: POMB
poly-organic mycelium blend (POMB)
POMB is a composite material, whose principal component is mycelium biocomposite: a relatively flame-retardant substance made by growing fungi on woody substrates, such as straw, or the fibrous digestate produced by anaerobic digestion. Our plan is to grow fungi on farmer’s land through a win-win coproduction model.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: SDS LIMITED
SDS ‘Intellistorm’ intelligent rainwater attenuation and recycling system
SDS’s ‘Intellistorm®’ rainwater recycling system enables a site to maximise rainwater reuse and minimise discharge to drain, operating entirely under its own control.
This is enabled by storing and using collected rainwater for non-potable applications such as toilet flushing, irrigation, vehicle cleaning, manufacturing and cooling systems, whilst creating storage capacity for stormwater that might otherwise overwhelm and flood the drainage system.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: SUNAMP
Thermino thermal storage battery for domestic hot water
Sunamp’s Thermino thermal batteries make homes more energy-efficient and sustainable by efficiently storing heat to deliver instant, high flow-rate hot water when needed while reducing carbon emissions.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BIG INNOVATION PITCH: THERMULON
Thermulon Aerogel
Thermulon’s aerogel insulation is engineered to fight the climate and fire-safety emergencies. Produced in powder form, Thermulon’s materials can be integrated to building products like plasters, renders and panels, delivering innovative, highly-insulating products.
EPISODE TWO
maria smith, buro happold
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In this episode, you can listen to Maria Smith, Director of Sustainability & Physics at Buro Happold in conversation with Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones. Maria talks through the ten key principles from the latest publication from the RIBA and Architects Declare and shares their opinion on why the built environment has the capability to accelerate our delivery of a net zero future and what we need to do next.
pioneers, disruptors & Innovators
Tune in to FutureX
Tune in to the FutureX series of podcasts and hear Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones in conversation with the brightest minds, the disruptive thinkers and most exciting innovators.
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