2. What is the problem?
When snow stays on streets or on sidewalks it generates many problems:
(1) Many accidents happen and human lives are lost.
(2) Material costs are also incurred.
(3) Also delays occur and the streets and environment are damaged by current snow removal
techniques.
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3. What is the current solution?
In order to get rid of the snow, snow removal or snow preventing techniques are used.
Snow removal
In 99% of cases, the snow is removed after several centimeters of snow are already piled up on
the street. Shovels or plows are being used. Usually it takes between 2-3 hours up to 7-8 days to
remove the snow from the streets and sidewalks. During this time, many accidents happen.
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4. There are some snow preventing solutions...
But these solutions are rarely used, because they are:
_complicated
__very expensive
___take a long time to be built
____can break down
_____not applicable anywhere (e.g. not in the mountains - where one actually needs them…)
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5. Our snow preventing solution is much better
Our USP adds a lot of value because our product is:
_straightforward
__cheaper
___is installed very quickly
____is virtually impossible to break down
_____can be used anywhere (e.g. not in the mountains - where one actually needs them…)
______100% environmently friendly
_______doesn’t use any fossil fuels (it can use only green power)
________does not damage the runway, thus less road maintenance costs
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layer
Instead of this... … we only use this!
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6. The Product
Our product is a concrete panel that can be heated.
The heating system is already incorporated inside the panel. (standard dimensions: 1 m x 1 m x 3 cm)
A carbon-fiber grid is placed inside the concrete panel. It serves as both reinforcement and as
the heating system. Carbon is a conductive material. Therefore electricity can travel through it.
Once this grid is connected to a power source, it heats up. The concrete around it, gets warm
too.
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7. Development status concreate
research prototype research power supply
What we already have:
_ a research prototype: a panel that becomes warm in about 5 minutes (it uses a lab power supply)
__a proof-of-concept: a test room is built in the new HTWK Leipzig building
What we still need:
_ a market-ready solution to connect the panel to a power source
__ a connection system between two or more panels
Both further developments are the base of our Intellectual Protection strategy.
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8. Our product is very versatile
The same panel can also be used in various markets (in addition to snow preventing):
_ indoor heating systems (visible heating solutions)
__indoor heating walls (invisible heating solutions)
___heated concrete furniture (mobile heating solution)
____Google/Tesla driverless cars
_____and many others...
indoors panel(s)
- for heating -
outdoors panel(s)
- for snow melting -
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10. concreateWe have unfair advantages
Team: Our team has members from HHL and HTWK Leipzig. It has multiple competences in
carbon concrete area and also strong networking (technical universities, business schools,
architects, carbon concrete production companies and suppliers).
Timing: Carbon concrete is a very new development (only 4-5 years old).
Possible Synergies: A connected team in TU Dresden is working on a solution to automate
carbon concrete production, as currently there is no automation solution for carbon concrete.
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11. Huge Market Potential: 80 million people are living
in snowy conditions for about 6 months per year
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100 M € / year
snow removal budget in
Germany in 2013
500 M $ / month
monthly potential revenue
from Canada’s residential
snow removal market
800 M $ / year
city budgets in Canada in
2013 for snow removal
Canada & northern US Scandinavia the Alps region
