A unique licensing opportunity
Opportunity to manufacture or incorporate a unique energy saving concept into your existing smart home products.
the intelligent energy loss sensor
Research and development is the lifeblood of the manufacturing industry, bringing a constant stream of new, desirable and innovative products to the market place.
It can be very expensive however, take many years and ultimately there is no guarantee of success.
We are offering a license to manufacture or incorporate into your existing smart home products a fully researched and tested concept that is proven to save energy costs whether you live in a cold or hot climate.
Saving energy reduces both costs and carbon emmisions which is attractive to everyone.
How OUR TECHNOLOGY works
AMBIENT
The device monitors the indoor ambient temperature and is not affected by gradual changes such as the heating going off overnight
NORMAL CHANGE
Sudden changes to ambient temperature, as caused by drafts during normal use of door, are also ignored
LEFT OPEN ALARM
When the ambient temperature continues changing, energy is being lost. The device triggers an alert when temperature changes by more than +/- 2°C within a time parameter. Temperature range and time settings are user adjustable.
For licensing opportunities, call or email Mervyn Porter
+44 (0) 1379 688 456 | mervyn@codepage.co.uk
Development Status
The product has been developed to the fully working prototype stage. We are looking to licence this IP to a company that is already established in the 'Smart Home' marketplace.
- Households
- Small Offices and Factories
- Server Rooms
- Wine Storage
Features and benefits
- Alerts to sudden drops in temperature
- Prevents heating boiler being triggered, which in an average house consumes over 30 thousand watts
- Can be positioned by any external door
- Flexible parameters
- Endorsed by Dr French of the UEA. Download pdf here: UEA Endorsement
- Events and measurements may be logged and graphed on smartphones to monitor energy saving improvements
- Easy to incorporate into existing Smart Home products and smartphones
- Minimises the amount of time the biggest consumer of energy in the property is active
THE OPPORTUNITY
Why cli:mate?
People throughout the world like to live in a pleasant environment, be it at work or home. To achieve our desired environment we take control of the temperature - by either turning on the boiler to provide heat, or the air conditioning unit to cool the air down. Both are voracious consumers of energy with all the cost implications! cli:mate helps combat unnecessary waste simply and efficiently, thereby reducing energy bills.
What is cli:mate?
It is a small and inexpensive to manufacture device that sounds an alert when the ambient temperature varies by plus or minus two degrees within time parameters (adjustable). It will not be triggered by gradual temperature variations, or by drafts.
How does cli:mate save money?
When the ambient temperature changes rapidly, the alert is triggered, indicating energy is being lost. This happens when an outside door is left open and the temperature is more comfortable inside than out. In a cold climate heat will rapidly be lost, or in warmer climes then very hot air can enter the building – this all means the boiler or air conditioning units are working flat out to compensate, again racking up energy costs. This product encourages people to take swift remedial action, thus reducing utility charges and changing habits.
What is the cli:mate opportunity?
To acquire a license for the manufacture and marketing of cli:mate, and to incorporate this concept into existing smart home systems.
Specification of Prototype
- Height: 30mm
- Diameter: 102mm
- Weight: 137g
- Battery: 2x AAA
- Battery life: 3,000 hours
For licensing opportunities, call or email Mervyn Porter
+44 (0) 1379 688 456 | mervyn@codepage.co.uk
Maintain energy efficiency all year round with cli:mate
FAQS
What if I have good reason to leave the door open?
+Will the unit work where A/C is used in hot climates?
+Will it show how much energy has been wasted?
+Is the alert like a smoke alarm?
+Can I make the alert sound elsewhere?
+Interested in obtaining the IP rights?
+find out more about the inventor
Mervyn Porter
I completed a four year apprenticeship in Electronics with MOD Electrical Quality Assurance Directorate in Chislehurst, Kent in 1980.
Worked as a keyboard and electronics tech during an 11 month world tour with a musician and his band. (Joe Jackson "Night and Day") tour 1982-3. It was during this tour, in Arizona, I noticed people would cheerfully waste money by propping external doors open with the A/C going flat out.
After the tour, I became the Purchasing Manager for Celco Ltd, the manufacturer of the world’s first microprocessor based stage lighting control desks. Co-wrote a PC based MRP system used for stock control and component/manufacturing scheduling.
During the 1990’s I moved into writing manufacturing software and supporting programs full time, working for an American company called Fourth Shift. In 1997, my wife Claire and I founded a company called Codepage Systems Ltd, which designs, creates and supplies databases, forms and report software. We are still doing this today.
We have two sons, and their habit of trotting outside on a cold day and leaving the door wide open behind them was the inspiration for the cli:mate energy loss sensor. Happily, the prototypes quickly and painlessly changed this behaviour, (although on cold windy days a very occasional alert to energy being wasted has been made to different members of the household).
I knew raising (or lowering) room temperature requires a great deal of energy. An average domestic central heating boiler consumes 30,000 watts of energy, compared to 90 watts for a 50 inch 4K television, or 7 watts for a typical LED light bulb. It is clear that reducing the time a boiler is on saves a huge amount of energy - hence this new device.
For licensing opportunities, call or email Mervyn Porter