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The SunAir Fountain® captures humidity in the air at night and condenses it during the day to produce fresh water.
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1. Problems:
A. UN: 2.3Bn people do not have access to drinking water;
B. World Bank: 2.2Bn people with access to tap water, don't drink it, buying expensive plastic bottled water, which impacts the environment.
2. Our Solution:
The SunAir Fountain® looks like a solar panel, but is a water panel, which:-
-Captures humidity in the air at night;
-Condenses it during the day thanks to solar heat;
-Produces quality fresh water in full autonomy.
3. Competition:
-In general, the solutions currently proposed require the presence of local non-potable water resource, that must be treated, or the transport of imported water. The SunAir Fountain enables local production in complete autonomy, without transport or plastic packaging.
-Competition in our domain (Air Water Generators, by Adsorption) is very limited and not offering a "low tech", robust, easy to install and maintain panel.
-USP: The SunAir Fountain is the best solution to produce fresh water at home or on site.
4. Market size:
A. Total Available Market (TAM):
People in the regions where humidity and sun are abundant are 3.5Bn:
- 1.5 Bn have no access to fresh water;
- 2 Bn have access to tap water, but don't like drinking it, thus buying plastic bottles instead.
Note: a « Family » is considered to be on average 7 people.
B. Segmented Available Market:
- 25% of people have space to install panels;
- 875 Mn people = 125Mn families.
C. Share of Market (SOM):
- 1% of families buy the SAF over 10 years = 1.25Mn families
- Each family buys on average 9 panels
-Total is 11.5 Mn panels/SunAir Fountains sold (over 10 years).
5. MVP built, trials with 5 different clients in 4 countries, order book with 220 units, distribution contracts signed off (although we are supposed to start biz. dev. in Q2 2023).
6. Impact:
A. Environmental impact on oil, coal and gas/CO2:
1. Oil: 382 Mn liters or 382 000 Tons of oil saved.
2. Coal: 360 Mn Kg or 360 000 Tons of coal saved.
3. Gas: 183 bio liters of gas x 0,042 m3 = 7,7 Bio m3 of gas saved. II.
B. Impact on ground water:
- 12.6 Bio liters ground water saved (12.6 Mn Tons), which is much needed for agriculture.
C. Sanitary and Social impact:
1. Improving water quality itself.
2. Reducing the social and health consequences resulting from plastic waste, oil consumption/CO2 and pollution.
3. Improving the situation for many families living in areas affected by water scarcity.
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Headquarters 01000 Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, France
SDG’s of application
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity everywhere.
SDG 6
Clean water and sanitation
SDG 7
Affordable and clean energy
SDG 9
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
SDG 11
Sustainable cities and communities
SDG 12
Responsible consumption and production
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