Seattle Solvers Energy Generating Blinds

What is Net-Zero?

• Produces as much energy as it uses.

• Produces more energy than it uses

• Temperature Control

• Prevention of Overheating in buildings

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When a building uses more energy than it produces

• Net Positive

• Net Zero

• Energy Overuse

• Net Negative

 When a building produces more energy than it uses

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What is the problem we are trying to solve?

• Net-0

• Energy Generating Smart Blinds

• Overheating in houses

• Sand Batteries

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About how much energy is used for cooling?

• ~10%

• ~15%

• ~40%

• ~25%

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How much unwanted heat (in percent) comes through windows?

About how much energy is used to counteract the unwanted heat coming through the windows each year?

• 95 million kWh

• 800 million kWh

• 50 billion kWh

• 95 billion kWh

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What is our Solution

• Window Film

• Electrochromic Glass

• Energy Generating Smart Blinds

• OPVs

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How does our Solution save energy?

• automatically opening and closing blinds to let in or block light (heat)

• OPVs generate electricity

• The Smart Blinds open and close

• The blinds are always closed, not allowing sunlight in.

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What is the center of the solution (what controls everything else)?

• The App

• The Hub

• The Blinds

• The Thermostat