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Making buildings smart with free computing waste heat
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Identification
QH-1 heats buildings by reusing waste-heat from microprocessors performing high performance computations remotely.
Given that data entres consume 3% of the world's electricity, QH-1 takes advantage of this lost heat and uses it as a heat source to warm rooms. Through a disruptive and distributed infrastructure, it provides cloud computing where computing power is no longer deployed in concentrated data centers, but split throughout the city. Buildings become "smart" because of QH-1. It offers free heating, Wi-Fi, an auto-scheduled heating mode, remote control, voice command, air quality monitoring, fire alarm detection, presence and intrusion detection. QH-1 heats social housing units and building offices for free while computing remotely for major banks, 3D animation studios and research labs.
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Label Date
April 18, 2019
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France
Maturity stage
Medium and large scale commercialization
Looking For
Visibility, funding, technical and commercial partners
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Result
2,500 mwh of energy reused = 600 t of co2 saved
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The environmental benefits
- •Carbon footprint of computations reduced by an estimated 70%-75%.
- •Significantly lowers maintenance and energy costs.
- •No heating bill thanks to QH-1.
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The Financial benefits
- •A payback period of 5-7 years for building owners along with significantly lower maintenance and energy costs.
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Europe
Austria, Åland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Faroe Islands, France, United Kingdom, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen,
North america
Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States,
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Company Profile
Qarnot computing
Qarnot uses waste heat from computations to heat buildings, and lower the carbon footprint of servers.
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Headquarters
92120 Montrouge, France
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Networking Partner
Sparknews
Sparknews is dedicated to amplifying positive change by working at the crossroads of social and environmental innovation, news media and the corporate world.
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