Our patent is a wastewater reuse and integrated thermal building control system for residential and commercial buildings. The product is a panel placed on the walls of your home/building that is connected to your water pipes. It filters and disinfects this water using sunlight and uses this water as a thermal mass to control daily temperature swings by absorbing heat during the day and releasing it through the night. The key is photocatalytic disinfection technology - glass surfaces that resemble spheres in the panels are coated with nanoparticles that react with sunlight. This reaction releases OH radicals that can kills microbes. This water can then be reused for purposes such as washing clothes or flushing the toilet.
An average family uses 250 gal a day. Most of it is greywater - all the water we've used besides toilet water. Our product decentralizes greywater filtration, allowing the homeowner to filter their own water for reuse - this saves money on water bill and significantly helps the environment. The heated water can also be passed under the slabs of the floor to heat a home or building.
We are in a resegmented market in which we provide two services, greywater recycling and thermal heating, in one system. This does not currently exist in the market.
The business potential is tremendous - having a system like this in your home decreases your water and energy bill (we are in the process of calculating roughly how much you would save). At first, we were thinking of targeting homeowners and retrofitting our product into existing homes. After a lot of discussions, we have pivoted and decided to target new construction. We hope to get companies like KB Homes on board so that they can buy hundreds of our product at a time.
An average family uses 250 gal a day. Most of it is greywater - all the water we've used besides toilet water. Our product decentralizes greywater filtration, allowing the homeowner to filter their own water for reuse - this saves money on water bill and significantly helps the environment. The heated water can also be passed under the slabs of the floor to heat a home or building.
We are in a resegmented market in which we provide two services, greywater recycling and thermal heating, in one system. This does not currently exist in the market.
The business potential is tremendous - having a system like this in your home decreases your water and energy bill (we are in the process of calculating roughly how much you would save). At first, we were thinking of targeting homeowners and retrofitting our product into existing homes. After a lot of discussions, we have pivoted and decided to target new construction. We hope to get companies like KB Homes on board so that they can buy hundreds of our product at a time.
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