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2019 Cohort (Attending)
2019 Cohort (Attending)
Companies completed the 2019 accelerator program and are attending the Global Forum.
Companies completed the 2019 accelerator program and are attending the Global Forum.
** 2019 US National Winner ** *2019 CTO Northeast Winner* Aeroshield has developed a highly transparent, super-insulating silica aerogel. The nanoporous glass is composed of 95% air. By placing Aeroshield between two panes of glass, performance is now competitive with triple-pane windows at the cost and installation ease of a double-pane. This makes for a window 50% more energy efficient than 80% of windows installed in today’s homes.
Alba is a software as a service to create savings for utility providers. Our text messaging assistant increases outreach and participation in energy efficiency, demand-side management, renewable energy, EV, and rebate programs. Alba learns the user’s preferences to provide weekly text messaging games, electricity usage insights, efficiency suggestions, and energy plans. We turn sustainable home energy management into a joyful experience.
Anessa has developed a model of an anaerobic digester with the ability to accurately predict the performance of the digester given a broad range of mixed organic waste materials that can be processed. With the creation and optimal operation of anaerobic digestion plants, the cleantech sector will grow and more green energy initiatives will be encouraged.
Armita-X applies the innovative technology solutions for the manually controlled, wasteful and environmentally un-friendly designed portable patio heaters. Armita-X technology is powered by waste heat. Armita-X is fully controlled by our specifically designed app which is able to control, monitor and network multiple units. Our B2B markets are hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars and any outdoor businesses. Armita-X's built-in triangle monitors have been designed as an advertising platform.
Barracuda Technologies upcycles agricultural waste to produce natural fibers for several end uses such as: single use tableware & MF Packaging; non-woven and woven* packaging materials, and MDF boards. Our fibers are 100% biodegradable and compostable. Our competitive advantage lies in our mini mills, chemical free process and reliable availability of fibers at a market disrupting price point. We reach our customer directly and are often approached by them.
The Narwhal, Humpback, and Orca hybrid conversions from Blue Dot Motorworks allow you to drive your car 30 miles per charge under electric power, while keeping the engine available for longer trips. They can be installed on most vehicles with little to no customization, making this the first scalable hybrid retrofit solution. We can keep the 1 billion cars already on the road out of junkyards while ushering in a world where most people do most of their driving under clean, green power.
CF Technologies tackles the problem of accumulated waste and brown grease at waste-water treatment plants and grease trap pump service companies. The pilot plant system converts waste material into biodiesel, a high value, advanced renewable liquid fuel. The solution is equipment and services sold directly to the consolidation facilities, who produce high value biodiesel, increasing their revenues with a new income stream, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening the demand upon landfills and incineration.
*2019 CTO West Winner* CrossnoKaye is optimizing heavy resource consuming industries with smart control systems that use physics based modeling to reduce energy use and costs up to 40%, all without updating hardware. Our technology constantly monitors facilities making them safer for employees, cleaner for our environment and more dynamic on the grid.
*2019 CTO Rocky Mountain Winner* Chi Botanic is a cellular agriculture company growing products from plant cell cultures without negative impacts and limitations of traditional agriculture.
*2019 CTO Southeast Winner* ecoSPEARS is a cleantech solutions company with green and sustainable remediation technologies to extract and destroy PCBs, dioxins, and other chlorinated contaminants from the environment - forever. ecoSPEARS imagines a future where everyone has access to clean water, clean food, and clean air. We achieve this vision by developing cost-effective and eco-friendly technologies that will protect human health by ushering in the carbonless future of environmental cleanup.
EMC Squared Vehicles is an automotive startup designing & developing vehicles that are both energy & space efficient. Our 1st vehicle is best suited to be a part of fleet enhancing its functionality. Our flexible & scalable design is best suited for modern mobility which is increasingly becoming shared , connected & data driven.
*2019 CTO Northeast Finalist* Enersion Incorporation has invented a green cooling solution that saves up to 70% on electricity by utilizing unused waste/heat, without using any harmful refrigerants. Enersion’s chiller uses any thermal energy - such as solar energy or low-grade waste heat (an existing by-product of operations) to produce cooling power. It also can be paired with a CHP (Combined Heat and Power) unit to offer cooling, heating and electricity as one integrated solution.
Evolve energy uses behavioral classification to understand how each end user of electricity prioritizes cost/comfort/carbon and then optimizes their smart devices to manage around changing power prices. We can save our customers 20-40% on their electricity costs through automation, while also reducing their true carbon footprint by 70%.
*2019 CTO Northeast Finalist* Feedback Solutions technology utilizes raw data produced by people-counting and tracking sensors to apply their algorithm via an Intel Gateway, resulting in 95+% accurate, real-time occupant counts that are communicated via BACnet/IP to the Building Automation System (BAS) optimizing ventilation rates to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions. This technology has the ability to normalize the raw data received for in and out counts across multiple access points for a zone or zones to provide accurate, real-time occupant data that is reliable enough to be used by the BAS to optimize the ventilation rates in the space.
** 2019 US National Runner-up** *2019 CTO Northeast Winner* The automotive industry has recently undergone an electric revolution, yet the marine industry lags far behind. Flux Marine has set out to design, manufacture, and market electric outboard marine motors to the boating industry. Flux Marine’s electric outboards are designed to minimize failure points and utilize long-life solid state components, making them extremely reliable and virtually maintenance free. The electric outboard motors do not leave a footprint on the environment, and have the potential to reduce overall recreational outboard CO2 pollution levels by 240 million pounds annually with a 1% market capture.
gBat is a gravity-based utility-scale energy storage company, in-principle similar to pumped-hydro, but with improved modularity, capital and geographical requirements. Our patent pending technology offers storage that is cheaper ($/kWh), inherently safer, and eco-friendlier than Li-ion (and other electrochemical batteries). gBat can help enable large-scale adoption of renewables on the grid, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, and achieve carbon emission targets.
Green GrubBox is the first Enterprise software reusable container service. We make it easy for college And business campuses to save money on the costs and management of single use containers while Also providing key metrics to support their waste reduction goals.
Hago Energetics converts waste carbon dioxide to carbons and hydrocarbons. Our primary customers are power plants and industrial polluters who wish to monetize their waste carbon dioxide.
InPipe has developed the In-PRV TM, a first-of-its-kind product that works like a valve and leverages existing water pipeline infrastructure to capture low-cost, carbon-free energy, and creates new ways to improve the efficiency of water and power delivery.
Kara is an IoT connected device that creates drinking water from the humidity in the air. The technology is based off of a desert beetle that can condense water vapor on its shell and drink the water off of its own back. By using naturally occurring methods to extract the water vapor from the air, the technology can intelligently sense its surroundings, adapt to its local environments and self adjust to optimize its performance for each individual user. Kara is the world’s first Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) for the home that uses a desiccant technology and can produce up to 3 gallons of water per day.
LPS has implemented a new approach that offers lighter environmental impacts and an excellent return on investment. LPS systems can readily be configured to suit demand and different site conditions, and the systems require limited site preparation as compared to that required with incumbent approaches, reducing the environmental impact. Decommissioning and dam removal is significantly easier, and the benign design insures 0% fish mortality -- whether passing installation upstream or downstream.
* 2019 CTO South Central Winner* Low Carbon Beef (LCB) was founded in 2017 to develop protocols that allow producers to sell a branded beef product that is certified to have a significantly reduced carbon footprint over US baseline beef production. Our protocols improve the sustainability of beef production primarily through reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the last 20 years, the beef industry has evolved to provide consumers with more choices at the meat counter.
Specialized in optical sensing technology in the harsh environment for sensitive industries such as Oil & Energy and Aerospace. Maxwellian offers advanced optical sensing technology for hazardous and corrosive environments with higher sensitivity, long-lasting functionality, and increased robustness -- what commercial electronic sensors available today are not capable of.
Mycocycle contributes to a closed loop supply chain, converting carbon waste into non-toxic materials for reuse. Our patent pending process facilitates the remediation of toxic chemicals out of materials through the use of an Engineered Ecosystem ©.
*2019 CTO Midwest Winner* necoPlastics is a plastics recycling company with innovative solutions for circular economies and beneficial reuses of plastic waste. Our leading technology is a Polymer Modified Aggregate that can be utilized in the concrete and asphalt materials market.
Nexus Reliability is a business service company based in Laramie, Wy. We are primed to start development of our novel data communications protocol that enables us to apply cutting edge IoT technology to a variety of industries in a highly scalable way. We specialize in custom, complete data collection and analysis services for industrial fleets that we can offer significant value to.
Nhu Energy develops and deploys the fully derisked situational awareness, analytics, prediction, and control solutions that will enable the clean flexible power and energy systems of the future.
*2019 CTO West Winner* Oasense develops a sensor enabled showerhead that helps people save up to 60% of water and energy from their shower. The showerhead delivers a full cascade of high pressure water, and pauses the water when the user steps back while soaping and lathering. Our proprietary sensor technology delivers reliable sensor performance in dense fog, and will learn to adapt to the ambient environment over times. We target the hospitality industry(B2B) in drought affected areas, and hope to deliver a pleasant experience for hotel guests to ultimately convert them to end customers(B2B2C).
PowerHV manufacturers energy efficient transformer bushings and sensors. PowerHV patented bushings are 80% more energy efficient than competing bushings. PowerHV sensors increase safety of transformers by continuously monitoring bushings and reduce the need for people to travel frequently to remote substations. These bushings reduce transmission and distribution losses on transformers by 30%.
Pronoia is developing a new foundational archetype of battery design to replace lithium-ion based batteries in energy storage systems and enable long-lasting power and even greater integration of renewable energy resources. The innovative battery will be able to compete against lithium-ion with a reduced cost basis of at least 10x and significantly slower degradation.
*2019 CTO Northeast Winner* QUATCARE is striving to solve global industrial water microbial contamination. Today, this problem is addressed by using expensive chemicals that cause bacteria to develop resistance and mutate. QUATCARE embeds a mix of quaternary ammonium compounds permanently into the surface of a product, allowing the surface to have continuous antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of pathogens.
*2019 CTO West Runner-up* Radii Robotics is developing smart aerial robots that uses a unique robotic arm and automation to perform physical work at high altitude. We are working with our future customers today to inspect and maintain high altitude structures such as wind turbine blades and high voltage transmission infrastructures.
*2019 CTO West Runner-up* RePurpose Energy tests, reassembles, and operates used electric vehicle batteries to store solar energy. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, “the long-term success of the solar industry depends on the cost-effective integration of energy storage”. Our team leverages over ten years of academic research on the reuse of electric vehicle batteries to provide solar developers with energy storage at less than half the cost of new battery alternatives, so they can double the net present value of each installation, and California can accomplish its clean energy goals.
Safer Environmental Lubricants
Safer Environmental Lubricants (SEL) has developed the only fully renewable, recyclable, non-toxic bio-engine oil (BEO) available. SEL’s BEO is certified as “biodegradable” by the USDA BioPreferred program and under federal mandate for purchase. SEL intends to target the Department of Defense, the access point to all federal sales. SEL is seeking $2 million to complete BioPreferred commercialization and American Petroleum Institute (API) certification.
Sky Canoe is a zero-emissions cargo drone and logistics system that aims to solve the interrelated problems of isolated communities, underserved markets and our fossil fuel dependent transport systems. Sky Canoe has a unique, innovative zero-emissions cargo drone design that is capable of VTOL while also being full FAA compliant. This design is backed up by a visionary micro-infrastructure system and a deep experience/knowledge of the regulatory requirements that cargo drones will face going forward.
SolarSkyrise provides technology to real estate owners that allows them to generate a new, renewable revenue stream from their existing Vertical Real Estate (VRE). Our software analyzes entire building envelopes and provides the business case for monetizing all surfaces with architectural solar.
Soli addresses the climate crisis with a consumer reward that links everyday shopping to the reduction of CO2. Soli Points are redeemable digital coupons that retire cap & trade carbon offsets, rewarding consumers, and helping companies build brand, attract customers and be socially responsible. In buying allowances in the cap and trade markets, Soli is accelerating the conversion of energy generation to renewables. Soli also buys offsets from GHG sequestration at the agricultural level to encourage climate-friendly agronomy and convert those offsets into Soli Points.
Somerville Electric Vehicle Company (SomEV)
SomEV provides charging solutions for micro-mobility applications by using swappable batteries paired with a battery subscription service, so that users never have to wait to charge. SomEv charges and stores batteries in self-serve swap-and-go kiosks. When a commuter riding an e-scooter or e-bike is low on charge, they pull up to a kiosk and swap out their drained battery pack for a fully- charged on. By not attaching the battery to the vehicle permanently, users get more energy per battery and energy is saved.
*2019 CTO West Winner* Swirltex has developed a revolutionary membrane technology that can significantly improve filtration efficiency and lifetime. The innovation can be utilized in a number of markets including municipal & industrial wastewater and food & beverage. Our unique technology treats water to a high quality with high efficiency within a mobile containerized unit. Through the connections and exposure gained through the CTO program and the assistance of a business development lead, we plan on reaching these markets through customer interviews and pilot project development.
A mobile application to optimize processing of orders for junk removal, shredding, collection CRV bottles, and donations. The app designed for small businesses and nonprofits. End users are people concerned about environmental issues that have no free time to decrease their eco-footprint, mostly women up to 40 years old. There are not apps with similar features in the USA. Our path to reaching customers is by using SMM.
*2019 CTO Northeast Winner* Currently, IoT sensors and active medical devices are mainly powered by batteries and there is no commercially available remote powering solution for either. Teratonix has developed an ultrahigh-speed Metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) heterojunction diode. This diode’s speed is 100-1000x times faster than other known diodes, and has zero-bias cutoff frequencey > 100 GHz, making it the only known technology capable of rectifying broadband radio signals into DC power.
Terrafuse, Inc.
Terrafuse is developing the most advanced climate and weather risk prediction solution on the market. By leveraging deep expertise and pioneering research in physics-enabled machine learning, Terrafuse more accurately predicts weather variables including but not limited to wildfire, local climate (wind, precipitation), and hydroclimate, 1000x faster, 100x more cheaply, and with a 10x faster development time than any other product on the market.
Transformation Village develops, builds & operates sustainable master planned communities. Smart City Living without the Luxury Price. We are the only American company merging clean tech businesses with master-planned communities surrounded by walkable forests. Our initial offerings will be in cities and counties with a crisis-level demand for high density housing in proximity to job-creating businesses.
Uniqa offers sustainable, cost-effective, customized wall system solutions for residential and commercial use. Our custom panelized system includes precise pre-assembled sections, pre-cut framing components and proprietary architectural manufacturing systems fabricated in our facilities and are shipped to the site for final assembly. Our wall, roof, and floor components are designed and engineered using Dutch patented technology, which comprises the structure, sheathing, and insulation. In addition, we can offer the following features: fitted electrical and plumbing wiring, exterior finishes, high-quality triple-pane fiberglass windows, highly insulated doors and other custom features.
Wise Earthcare is providing biodegradable, oral health care products, delivered on a quarterly basis to ecoconscious dentists (B2B) and consumers (B2C). Our market target are Dentists and Consumers age 22-40 who care about their overall health and their impact on the environment.
YellowTin is a B2B2C cloud-based engagement platform for home electrification. Businesses like utilities, CCAs & energy installers can use YellowTin’s solution to educate their res. customers to accelerate clean technology usage.
Zeal is a full-service software platform that provides greater access to chargers, while reducing energy costs, and generating a faster ROI on EV chargers for buildings. Zeal increases access to EV chargers by up 4x through its automated scheduling App that empowers drivers to reserve charging sessions in advance to maximize the number of cars able to charge at each station. Furthermore, Zeal uses proprietary predictive algorithms to detect when peak electricity costs occur so we can control and manage when charging takes place, by blocking the short 15 minute intervals from the schedule, to reduce energy costs by up to 50% for property managers, or $1K/charger annually in savings.
global companies (attending)
global companies (attending)
Companies part of the CTO Global Ideas program, visiting Los Angeles.
Customers visit kaputt.de with their broken product (cellphone, dishwasher, coffee machine). Our site guides them through the options they have based on three functions: 1) repair guides (find, create, link, rank); 2) professional repair services (find, choose, rank); 3) alternatives: disposal/exchange of old or purchase of a new product.
PowerUp is a French start-up founded in 2017. Our solutions are used to measure batteries' actual state-of-health and adapt smart charging methods thanks to algorithms and a real knowledge of batteries degradation mechanisms. This method doubles batteries' lifetimes in their real environment, ensures predictive maintenance and so reduces positively waste of batteries.
SINN Power
Sustainabill uses graph technology which delivers capability to visualize and analyze your supply chain in ways you’ve never seen before. This allows you to get a proper overview of all supplier relationships and not just single supplier scorecards.
CTO Alumni (attending)
CTO Alumni (attending)
Companies completed the accelerator program through 2018.
Companies completed the accelerator program through 2018.
Hyper-Chute Systems
Kilowatt Killer
Pareto Point Industries
LACI portfolio companies (Attending)
LACI portfolio companies (Attending)
Companies in residence and/or part of the LACI portfolio attending the Global Forum.
Alacharge
Charging stations for e-scooters.
Envoy is a community-based shared mobility platform, providing on-demand electric vehicles as an exclusive amenity for apartments, hotels, and workplaces; mobility as an amenity where you live, work or stay. Envoy vehicles are conveniently located on property with a dedicated parking space and charger and can be reserved instantly or in advance by residents through the Envoy There mobile app.
We use real-time information from the grid and vehicles predicted travel routes to deploy our system to provide the best charging while keeping our operating cost low. Our best in class mobile energy storage system is designed to charge on the go as well as provide power back to the grid to harness the difference in power prices.
Solar Energy Services
Solpad
Substance Power & Mobility is developing an innovative technology for a highly flexible, and adaptable, industrial-grade, energy storage and power distribution ecosystem. The energy storage solution within this hardware ecosystem uses conventional Lithium-ion cells, and was, specifically, designed with high energy density, and ‘stackable’ design in mind, for Transmodal Deployment across different economic sectors.
i-corps (Attending)
i-corps (Attending)
Aeromutable Aeromutable is focused on the development and commercialization of semi-truck add-on air injection devices that modifies the truck aerodynamics and significantly improves fuel efficiency and safety.Aeromutable was awarded the Chain Reaction Innovations Fellowship in 2018, the Stanford University TomKat Grant in 2018, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase 0 I-Corps grant in 2019.
2019 Cohort (NOT ATTENDING)
2019 Cohort (NOT ATTENDING)
Companies completed the 2019 accelerator program but are unable to attend the Global Forum.
Companies completed the 2019 accelerator program but are unable to attend the Global Forum.
Aichemist Metal makes copper conductive foil with cheap high strength cellulose nano fibers. Flexible electric conductors made with thinner and higher strength Copper cellulose nano fibers are sought after for IoT flexible electronics (flexible printed circuit boards, foldable displays, wearable health device batteries), EVs, robotics, drones. Business customers make their vision a reality by licensing Aichemist Metal technology and incorporating it into their cleantech autonomous products.
ALINA produces state-of-the-art clay mineral materials, by challenging how things are made. By putting people's health first, we take responsibility not only for humans, but for the environment as well. ALINA uses innovative production technology to manufacture clay mineral materials, available for building product manufacturers to substitute use of hazardous chemicals and heavy metals. Reducing environmental pollution, we improve people health and wellbeing.
Harmful Algae Blooms are a global environmental problem causing $14B of damages annually. AquaRealTime delivers a critical early warning system with the AlgaeTracker, a massively scalable network of IOT sensors and cloud predictive analytics, that enables stakeholders to take action on time and avert disasters. The AlgaeTracker is truly disruptive, offering an 75x reduction in entry cost, 20x faster installation, and a SAAS model where we push actionable information directly to our end users.
ARC Technology's desalination process replaces ion permeable membranes with inexpensive materials which require minimal protection, reducing the pretreatment (less filtration and chemicals) and post treatment (chemicals) costs. In addition, lower pumping pressures are required. These changes will drive the optimization point to lower operating pressures, permit higher rejection ratios, and reduced maintenance, which will lower operational and energy costs.
Today, natural gas flows through high-pressure pipelines at a pressure that exceeds a usable level for consumers, businesses, and power producers. Thousands of regulating stations use outdated, inefficient valves to reduce the gas to the appropriate outlet pressure, wasting a significant amount of energy in the process. The Anax Turboexpander Generator captures this wasted energy and converts it into clean, distributed power. Because there is zero combustion, customers reduce their carbon footprint while saving resources.
Inefficiencies found within the systems responsible for capturing biogas generated from landfill waste results in a $1.3 billion U.S. market loss each year. Apis hardware contains a variety of sensors that measure the performance of a gas well, a motorized valve, wireless communication technology, and a solar-battery power system. Cloud software utilizes a proprietary control algorithm and customer facing data visualization dashboard.
As shifting to sustainability is most often not affordable, Aquaneers have developed a novel approach to using Co2 with hydrogen and sunlight to synthesize methanol. By reducing the energy needed for methanol production and enabling the use of renewables to drive its synthesis, Aquaneers has created a cost-effective way for companies to reduce CO2 emissions while producing carbon-based fuels and products from non-fossil sources.
Camberline Technologies Metermonitor is a hardware driven metering and data management service that plugs seamlessly into existing utility infrastructure. Unlike traditional smart meters, the hardware can be installed by anyone- it does not need a proprietary utility network for communications, using on-premise Wi-Fi or public cellular networks. Camberline’s software serves utilities, electric retailers, municipal or community aggregations, and households or small businesses. The software delivers billing-ready data to their legacy billing systems using existing data exchange interfaces and standards. This solution enables time-based rates, which are incentives for people to change when they use electricity.
Typically located in remote areas with expensive cabling, CBC Wind Energy developed Hidden In Plain Sight™ (HIPS™) Wind Energy Structures to intercept and concentrate wind, protect and provide a stable two-point mount for the rotor, and support redundant generators. More power is produced more cost effectively (below 10cents/kWhr), and the technology survives Cat5 storms to provide storm resilience and power security all the while embedded transparently into the community.
Drug Take-Backs conducted by DEA or PhRMA are currently inefficient and unsustainable. Only about 10% of medications should be disposed of through EPA approved incinerators, however, since all collected drugs are intermingled, all are considered hazardous. DispoMeds has patented a technology designed to automate the process, reducing the cost while sorting drugs into hazardous and non-hazardous piles. The DispoMeds device identifies medications based on image analysis and artificial intelligence, and is able to identify the medications whether they are in original boxes or loose form.
DTE Materials is a manufacturer of an engineered hemp concrete building insulation system that outperforms conventional insulation systems, all while offering advantages of being fire resistant, nontoxic, durable, and carbon negative. The material replaces the need for vapor barriers and dry wall due to its self-regulating properties. DTE also creates value added byproducts, such as furfural and lignin-based thermoplastics, in a closed looped manufacturing process through use of its proprietary chemical treatment process.
Empow lighting empowers building owners/ operators and business tenants to upgrade their outdated fluorescent lights to highly efficient LED technology with unlimited design options and at a fraction of the cost of a new fixture.
Flooid Power Systems compresses large amounts of air 50% more efficiently than current technology, while re-using the heat of compression twice to produce additional energy. The Flooid Tower converts this compressed air energy very efficiently into pressurized moving flooid energy. This super-dense, low-drag flooid then passes through a turbine to generate electricity. Every megawatt of installed Flooid Power capacity is a megawatt of carbon-producing, fossil-fuel-burning capacity that doesn’t need to be built.
Oil is currently discharged overboard from marine vessels due to inability to determine oil vs. water in a bilge environment. Fluid Sense has patented technology that, with flex circuits, can determine safe overboard discharge. Fluid Sense’s EcoBilge technology would ensure the operator would not discharge oil or petrochemical chemicals overboard in a marine environment.
GenH is the first hydropower company to develop a rapidly deployable, fully modular system (Adaptive Hydro™ ) to electrify non-powered dams and canal heads without construction or investment in fixed infrastructure. Only 3% of all US dams are currently electrified. With rapid electrification, Adaptive Hydro™ opens massive new markets for hydroelectricity. It delivers multi-year stable kWh production without the need for storage, is located near demand, and is half the kWh cost of Natural Gas. Adaptive Hydro™ benefits dam and canal owners by providing new revenue opportunities.
Gridtwin’s software platform locates the most cost-effective grid interconnection point for renewable energy projects. Gridtwin’s software eliminates wasted time and money on early development of sites that have prohibitively high interconnection costs, reducing the pipeline of projects to the ones with the highest potential. The software automates the complex engineering calculations performed by the utility in order to give non-technical developers the information to quickly prioritize project development.
The Halo Energy Router lets two electrical loads share the same circuit breaker. This allows for installation of a 30, 40, or 50 amp EV charging circuit in an electrical service that is already at capacity without overloading the panel. This technology has the potential to eliminate a significant and growing point of friction in the implementation and adoption of electric vehicles across the country.
Hoplite Hubs (autonomous vending kiosks) store, dispense, and automatically recharge Hoplites -- portable, rentable, slim and trim universal battery packs. Hoplites can be rented for up to 24 hours and can be returned to any Hub in the network. Hoplite Power is reducing e-waste, which in turn has a net impact on the cradle to grave footprint of Lithium ion Batteries. As a networked sharing economy product, Hoplite’s power bank rentals are able to improve the utilization, reliability, quality control and accountability of the power bank market.
Iko Systems is an Agri-Tech company developing micro-greenhouses and proprietary growing algorithms that allow medical marijuana patients to grow their own Cannabis effortlessly in their own home, maximizing customer convenience and success. Iko Systems provide an all inclusive, plug and plant hardware solution that can be remotely monitored and controlled through a smartphone. IOT-enabled sensors and environmental control algorithms paired with a controlled environment monitor and actuate changes inside the environment based on results from previous data. Using this system, the consumer is ensured an organic product at 50% lower costs than medical dispensaries.
Industrial Climate Solutions Inc. (ICS)
ICS designs and commercializes breakthrough gas separation equipment to capture valuable products or reduce emissions. Our product, the ICS Regenerative Froth Contactor (RFC): a) Does not foul with precipitated solids b) Works with high viscosity solvents, and c) Allows integration of several processes. The RFC achieves a 500% performance improvement over conventional equipment. Customers can shrink equipment size by 80% and reduce costs by up to 50%. System integrators, engineering/ construction firms and packing firms bring our products to market.
LivingWaters Systems’ unique and versatile rainwater harvesting systems capture, filter and store a renewable supply of clean water for consumers at their doorsteps. Leveraging the surface area of the user’s home, the system takes a single individual no more than 30 minutes to set up. Low-cost and portable, these soft body guttering units are ideal for disaster relief situations as well as refugee and off-grid settlements for supplementing essential household needs like drinking, bathing, and irrigating plants.
Pick My Solar is an online managed marketplace for solar and energy storage products. Pick My Solar’s platform connects renewable energy contractors and project developers with customers through a competitive bidding process, saving both time and money in the process.
Recapture Technologies developed a series of bioreactors that pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into materials already used in many industries. These materials currently have a total market of $300 Billion. We can produce these materials for less than they are currently produced for.
RoCo Industries has invented platform technologies to enable development of a cost effective solar sliding tile that achieves a 2 in 1 product, one as an insulated high efficiency siding material and two as a high efficiency solar tile to generate electricity. As a platform technology, our core technologies that we employ are re-configurable to develop many product lines to meet the different architectural needs of various building envelope designs. This smart product design takes advantage of modern energy efficiency standards, dictated by the current building codes, to integrate with existing building product seamlessly.
Scanifly has developed a 3D-modelling software that uses drone imagery and artificial intelligence to automatically design and analyze solar projects, allowing solar installers to create projects in one-click. Customers can upload drone imager, design all in 3D, and export site specs, customer proposals, shading reports and CAD layouts. Looking ahead, the system will include drone flight management, maintenance analytics, and full hardware options. Scanifly’s product reduces surveying and design time by up to 90%, while saving residential solar installers $1,000 per project and commercial installers up to $5,000 per project.
*2019 CTO West Runner-up* SkyCool Systems has developed a rooftop, radiative sky cooling panel that improves the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Skycool has developed a fundamentally different way of achieving cooling by radiating heat to the cold sky.
Soilless
Soilless provides a solution to food insecurity. Using a unique system design, Soilless has built the most affordable hydroponic system on the market. Soilless emphasis is placed upon the affordability of the system; it is estimated to cost $5-8 to produce with a manufacturer, as opposed to a commercial system which retails for up to $500. Soilless offers better water retention and less impactful shipping in contrast to its competitors; energy is saved by growing food where it is from, eliminating transportation environmental costs.
Springpower International Inc.
Springpower International Inc. is providing advanced active materials for Lithium ion battery manufacturers with its environmentally- friendly technologies. SPI is strategically filling the gap between mining and battery companies in North America; the technology is a closed loop process that does not generate effluent, eliminating environmental risks and reducing production costs.
Stasis thermal energy storage system absorbs heat In lieu of mechanical cooling when utility costs are the highest, reducing demand charges and lowering utility expenses. Product bolts onto ducted HVAC systems and has 5-year simple payback. Initial market segment is SoCal commercial buildings <30,000 s.f.
Taka manufactures lightweight solar panels and mounts which reduce finished system costs so solar installers can offer affordable solar energy to owners of buildings with flat roofs.
Modular thermal power stations with storage for 24/7 dispatchable solar power. Terrajoule develops subcontract manufacture and installation, and sells as capital equipment to project developer.
Vigti’s proprietary automated wide area monitoring system enables Local Distribution Companies (LDC) to identify the type of anomaly, its location and maintenance status in distribution pipeline network. Thus reducing repair time, saving money and preventing loss of life/property. We will liaise with system integrators to provide an end to end solution for LDCs.
The Walbom Wall is a lightweight cementbased, flood-resilient retrofit wall system made from recycled material. It is a non-flammable, non-toxic and inorganic solution that minimizes the impacts of a flood on building occupants and the environment because it stays in place permanently.
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