Urban-Climate & Energy is seeking research grants, Angel Partnership or Venture Capital funding to:
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Pursue research and development phase to bring the Urban Heat Harvester technology to marketable standard
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Patent the technology
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Create prototypes to undertake Beta roll out with select clients
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Document the resulting micro-climate heat reduction impact
The methodology offers the potential to have an immediate cooling impact on urban heat islands and to ultimately impact positively on global warming ill-effects, while producing clean energy from a stream of waste heat by utilizing existing air-conditioning infrastructure - whenever buildings are being cooled. It has potential to enhance life quality experiences and health in cities world-wide.
The technology is still at the research stage, but once developed to a marketable stage, Energy Utilities leasing the UHH devices would return a percentage of their sales of renewable energy delivered to the electricity grid to and its partner(s).
Alternatively, the electricity created could be recycled into the airconditioner rendering it more efficient and reducing the amount and cost of electricity consumed at peak times. |

Peak energy cost, NY Times, Tuesday, 9 January 2007.
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