New European Bauhaus Hackathons will reward most innovative solutions
In The News
01 Sep 2022
EIT Community New European Bauhaus partners will be hosting six hackathons across September and October to support innovative solutions to key challenges faced by communities across Europe.
Hosted across six major cities, the events will bring together students, start-ups, non-profits and researchers to collaborate on projects that envision solutions to four challenge areas: reconnecting with nature, regaining a sense of belonging, prioritising the places and people that need it most, and fostering long-term cycle and integrated thinking in the industrial ecosystem.
Teams will collaborate on ideas that embody the New European Bauhaus values of beauty, sustainability and inclusivity and each individual host will crown a winner from that hackathon, receiving a cash prize to support the further development of their idea.
The six hackathons happening are:
- Impact Hub Vienna (Austria): 20 to 21 September
- Green Spaces: how can we create temporary, biodiverse green spaces in the Museumsquartier?
- Energy efficiency: how can we find integrative, climate-efficient solutions for the MQ
- Inclusivity: how can we design the Museumsquartier even more open, inclusive and in a participative way?
- Cirka Cph (Denmark): 29 September and 6 October
- Neighbourhood Hackathon: engaging local citizens to address the development of community-driven initiatives.
- Technological Innovation Foundation of the Technical University of Catalonia & Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council (Spain): 30 September to 2 October
- Mobility – Improve security against bicycle theft through data, digital and IT solutions
- Citizen Engagement – Design a citizen engagement user experience that enables the process of energy rehabilitation of housing by neighbourhoods.
- Green Infrastructures – Identify, prioritise and select pedestrian routes, and then design green infrastructures to improve them.
- Regea- Regionalna energetska agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (Croatia): 3 to 4 October
- Innovative solutions for sustainable connectivity between tourist destinations in Krapina-Zagorje county
- Innovative incentives for sustainable student mobility choices in Krapina-Zagorje county
- Innovative concepts of sustainable freight mobility in Krapina-Zagorje county
- Innovative solutions for increasing the availability of health services to the vulnerable groups of Krapina-Zagorje county
- Concept of an innovative type of bus stop
- Innovative concepts to support the development of nature-based solutions in the cities of Krapina-Zagorje county
- University of Warsaw (Poland): 4 to 5 October
- H2Othon: broadening participants’ knowledge of water usage patterns and the problem of drought.
- University of Turin (Italy): 20 – 22 October
- Designing Regenerative & Irresistible Cities
- Regenerative Thinking meets Circular Actions. Hacking Together for beautiful and sustainable cities. (ReThinCa)
NEB Hackathons Winner Contest
On top of these individual contests, any competing team from all six hackathons will have the opportunity to apply to be a NEB Hackathon winner, with the opportunity to win a 10,000 EUR voucher to test and prototype their solution in a New European Bauhaus Makerspace. A Makerspace allows idea-holders to develop their solution into concrete goods or services, i.e., taking it to the prototype stage that can be tested with focus groups.
For 2022, we are also giving out a special “NEB for Peace” award category will award ideas that address the impact of the war on Ukraine, with the chance to win a prize of 3,000 EUR.
The contest will be open until15 November 2022. You can find more information on how to apply to win our NEB Hackathons Winners Contest below:
APPLY FOR THE NEB HACKATHONS WINNERS CONTEST
