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Inventa Partners
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Date: 19.11.04
Namibian Beetle Wins Building Services
Award for Inventa and QinetiQ
New Material to save Billions of Litres
lost daily from AC (Air-Conditioning) Systems
The ‘Bright Spark’ BSRIA/ BSJ building services industry award
has been won by Inventa Partners and QinetiQ for the development and application
of a revolutionary new material that copies the properties of the wing surface
of the Namibian desert beetle for collecting precious drinking water from
an invisible mist. Prototypes are now under test for industrial applications
that include recycling the water lost by the evaporating cooling towers used
by AC (air-conditioning) systems.
The new material could save many billions of litres currently lost every day
through evaporation from AC systems – which is a major cost and environmental
problem for developed regions. There are more than 50,000 new cooling towers
installed globally each year, and one large system will evaporate over 500
million litres each year. The heating and ventilation industry is valued at
£65 billion a year globally, and is projected to increase to £80
billion by 2006:
“ We are now commercialising the application with a leading building
services partner and anticipate that it will go into production during 2005,”
says Kerry Thompson, executive director for Inventa Partners, who identify
new commercial opportunities for building sector companies, arising from new
technologies.
Note to Editor:
BSRIA: Building Services Research & Information
BSJ: ‘Building Services Journal’
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