A revolutionary and patented compact device that recovers the majority of the heat from waste water in residential and commercial places

Información del proyecto

Obox

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 745228

DOI

10.3030/745228

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 28 Noviembre 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Noviembre 2016

Fecha de finalización 28 Febrero 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

ENERGY HARVESTING TECH
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Obox (A revolutionary and patented compact device that recovers the majority of the heat from waste water in residential and commercial places)

Período documentado: 2016-11-01 hasta 2017-02-28

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Hot water costs a lot of energy to heat, yet most of that heat goes down the drain. Due to lack of effective and efficient solutions at small scales in residential buildings and small businesses, still a huge amount of energy is wasted for heating the water. In Europe alone, that’s a €15B waste every year and this is as high as €18B in North America. Current solutions are mostly focusing on more efficient boilers and not heat recovery, and the heat recovery solutions don’t have high efficiency and are suffering steady loss of efficiency therefore their payback periods are so long.
The goal of the project is to fully commercialize the Obox®; a patented fully automatic filter-less system, which recovers 71% of the heat and use it to heat the water again therefore, cuts the hot water bill by 63%. Using Obox® will lead to major saving in energy (264TW/yr) and CO2 emissions (150 million tons of CO2/yr) if every dwelling in EU28 is equipped with an Obox®.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

Within the feasibility study, a detailed assessment of the market size, customer segments and competitors was carried out. EHTech carried out a particularly focused analysis of the potential ESCO business model and it was established that for the small scale commercial units EHTech is targeting (hair salons), the capital expenditure required would not achieve the return on investment that would be generated from direct sales to construction companies. Given these results, EHTech confirmed its anticipated need to concentrate its efforts on the growth of the sale channels and estimated its five year financial projections on the model.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

During the Phase 1 feasibility assessment, EHTech accomplished a full analysis of the technical and business potential of Obox® and Obox® C. Throughout the duration of the project, EHTech has expanded their knowledge of the heat recovery industry, the potential efficiency and processing of the technology and in particular the European market. EHTEch established that to achieve the company’s desired goal and become the leaders in heat recovery from waste water, the technology must be optimized for reductions in costs of materials, increase in efficiency and the aesthetic delivery. Obox® technology, with its competitive advantages, puts EHTech in a strong position as current technologies available require a lot of maintenance, incur high costs and do not deliver ROI satisfaction. It is crucial that EHTech advance their current technology and commercial readiness levels to experience significant growth and development in the following years.

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