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Company name :	Beyond Pollution LLC
Street :	One Park Ten Plaza #500, 16225, Park Ten Place Drive, TX 77084
City :	Houston
Website :	www.airgenerate.com/
E-mail :	info@beyondpollution.com
Phone :	(+1) 713 - 429 13 60
Fax :	(+1) 713 - 589 69 84
Office Type :	Head office
Country Name :	USA

Three new products emphasize energy efficiency

Houston is known for energy, but the city is also building a budding technology sector. The world's oil capital is home to scores of hopeful entrepreneurs developing new websites, software, medical devices, clean technologies and other innovations. Research at the Texas Medical Center, NASA, local universities and in the energy industry, for example, has given birth to new ventures. Here's one of an occasional set of snapshots of local tech startups. Time will tell if they take off.

AirGenerate

• Elevator pitch: Use air to heat water.

• The idea: AirGenerate has developed a device called the AirTap, a metal unit that connects to a traditional water tank. The unit then works like a conventional heat pump by using an electric-powered compressor to pull heat from the surrounding air. It sends the heat through long copper tubes into an adapter where it’s released into the water tank. The unit uses about 70 percent less energy then conventional electric or gas water heaters, co-founder and CEO Rick Pal said. The company also recently launched a water tank with the AirTap technology integrated into the unit.

• Users: The company has sold about 10,000 units to distributors and estimates about 7,000 have been installed. The average units retail for $895 plus installation. (Editor's note: This story was changed from an earlier version because of incorrect price.)

• The brains: Before co-founding the company in 2008, Pal was a master franchisee for Liberty Tax Service in Greater Houston Area. Co-founder Sunil Sinha invented the device. Prior to starting AirGenerate, he founded Sunlit, a California-based solar panel installation company.

• The competition: Gas and electric water heaters, as well as tankless ones, are less energy efficient than the AirTap, Pal said, while solar water heaters can be more expensive.

• The money: The company raised about $1.5 million, mostly from Houston-area individuals and small businesses, Pal said. He’d like to sell the company in about two to three years, he said.

Emission Technologies

• Elevator pitch: A system that improves fuel combustion in diesel engines.

• The idea: Emissions Technology has developed a device that attaches to diesel engines and feeds a catalyst to the engine’s airstream. The catalyst helps make the combustion reaction more efficient, the company says. The efficiency can help save up to 25 percent on fuel consumption and lowers emissions because it burns more of the fuel in the tank, CEO Mark Spoon said. The company is targeting off-road diesel vehicles, like tractors.

• Users: The company has sold 2,000 to 3,000 systems, which sell for about $1,200, Spoon said. The catalyst sells separately.

• The brains: Spoon joined the company in 2008, when it started to commercialize the system. He previously consulted for the company, prior to which he spent 25 years at ConocoPhillips.

• The competition: Fuel additives. • The money: The company has raised “several million” from private investors, and will likely need another $2 million to $5 million to grow, Spoon said.

SeprOx

• Elevator pitch: Separating pure oxygen from air.

• The idea: Pure oxygen is used in breathing systems for patients with pulmonary disorders as well as in welding and chemical industries. Using pure oxygen in high-temperature furnaces for industrial uses improves efficiency and reduces emissions. But traditional methods of separating oxygen for such uses can be costly and use a lot of energy, according to SeprOx. The company says it has a developed a new system that uses what’s called an Ion Transport Membrane to pull oxygen from air by first converting the oxygen molecules to ions that are recovered through a patented membrane. The resulting oxygen is as pure as the more commonly found liquid oxygen but at half the cost and using a third of the energy, according to the company.

• Users: None. The company expects to complete a prototype by the end of the year.

• The brains: The company was founded by CEO Robert Schucker in 2008 based on technology licensed from the University of Houston. Schucker retired from Exxon Mobil Corp. in 2000, after which he founded Trans Ionics, which focuses on fuel cell and battery development and is the parent company for SeprOx. Allan Jacobson, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, invented the material that allows the device to function.

• The competition: Connecticut-based Praxair and Pennsylvania-based Air Products are also working on oxygen separation technologies.

• The money: Last year the Woodlands-based company received $750,000 from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. Prior to that, Jacobson received a $1.35 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The company is seeking to raise an additional $450,000 from investors.

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AirGenerate™ is engaged in the research, development and manufacturing of renewable energy products, providing ways to adapt current appliances and products to tap into more natural sources
of energy.

We can all contribute to a much healthier rate of energy consumption without having to alter our daily lives in any way. By readjusting and adapting current appliances to a renewable power source, efficiency will go up, and your bills will go down.

Face it: many of the appliances we use at home everyday can be greatly improved: in efficiency, design, and safety. Many of these appliances run on old technology, designed when energy conservation was not an issue. From refrigerators to water heaters, these appliances are no longer competent enough to coexist with today’s rising energy costs and impending environmental conditions.

According to the US Department of Energy, Americans (per person) are consuming 15 times more energy than in most developing countries, spending billions in excessive energy costs every year.

At AirGenerate™, we have united the best and brightest in the fields of renewable energy, technology and business. Our team is comprised of solar experts, engineers, technology pioneers and successful business professionals. Our dedicated group possesses the understanding, knowledge and experience to provide our customers with the absolute best in value and customer support while keeping our company's overhead to a minimum

Beyond Pollution is engaged in the research, development and manufacturing of renewable energy products. In a time when energy prices continue to escalate, we strive to provide renewable energy solutions to residential customers that will be economically beneficial. In addition to financial gains by using our clean and renewable energy products, our customers contribute to improving our environment. Through in-house research, we design and develop our own manufacturing processes to provide affordable energy solutions to our customers. We strive for the best and most reliable products at the lowest rates possible for a cleaner, safer and better environment. To accomplish this we have united the best and brightest in the fields of renewable energy, technology and business. Our team is comprised of solar experts, engineers, technology pioneers and successful business professionals. Our dedicated group possesses the understanding, knowledge and experience to provide our customers with the absolute best in value and customer support while keeping our company's overhead to a minimum.

	AirTap Imagine a water heater that heats its waterâ not by gas, nor by electricityâ but simply by the air surrounding it. Your power or gas bills would be significantly lower, and you would be doing the environment a service by conserving a considerable amount of energy. The AirTapâ˘ does just this. Once connected to your existing water heater, the AirTapâ˘ unit acts as a conventional heat pump, using a compressor (powered by a low-wattage electric current) to extract heat from the surrounding air, and then sending this heat through long copper tubes into an adaptor where it is dispersed in your water tank. This, in turn, heats the water to the same degree as would a gas burner or electric heating component, distributing the hot water throughout your home safely and efficiently. If it takes four units of energy to heat water, AirTapâ˘ utilizes one unit from an electric outlet, and three units from the surrounding air, reducing your energy consumption by about 2.5 times that of your current water heater. To put into perspective, AirTapâ˘ uses less power than an 8-cup coffee machine to run the compressor, and its energy consumption level is equivalent to keeping two coffee machines on for a day. In many states, the Department of Energy offers rebate incentives for households that use AirTap in place of their current water heater. To see if you are eligible for this tax rebate
	AirTap™ A7 an attachable water heater for your gas or electric water tank that uses ambient air to draw heat and raise your water temperature up to 130°F. This significantly reduces your energy bill each month and is the most efficient means of heating water for your household. The AirTap™ has been designed for a relatively quick, easy installation onto your existing water heater. Please take a few minutes and review the installation demo provided on our website.
	AirVent AirVent™ is a supplemental component to AirTap™. When AirTap™ is in use, it releases cool air from its top vent. This cool air can be harnessed and utilized as an alternate means of air conditioning for your home by connecting AirVent™ to this vent. The AirVent™ includes 6 feet of flexible duct that can be attached directly to an air conditioning line in the house, or can be used to release the cool air from the other end of the AirVent™ freely.
	Why Airtap We asked ourselves why a consumer should be limited to just two choices of water heaters. Both require heavy amounts of energy per day, adding to the increasing amount of carbon emissions, let alone your utilities bill. Thankfully we’ve designed an alternative: one that uses a much more natural, renewable source of heat and saves you hundreds of dollars a year in energy costs. According to the US Department of Energy, the average American household with a typical water heater (gas or electric) spends about 14-25% of its energy costs on heating water alone. (US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.) With the AirTap™ installed onto your existing water heater, you will reduce this percentage by about half. Even the current “alternative” water heaters are highly inefficient: tankless water heaters have an initial and operating cost 3 times that of the AirTap™. In addition to the high cost of the unit itself, the homeowner may be required to increase the electric service capacity of their home due to the massive electric load these tankless water heaters use. Solar paneled water heaters are also a pain on the pocketbook: the initial cost of a solar water heater system is 8 times as expensive as the AirTap™, while requiring the same amount of electricity to provide hot water on cloudy days. What’s more is that the environmental benefits of the AirTap™ are the same. Operating Cost of Various Water Heating Systems: The table below compares the initial and operating costs of various water heating systems. As shown, the AirTap™ yields the lowest total cost.