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The problem

For centuries, we have been burning fossil fuels to generate a huge amount of electricity for our consumption needs thus producing carbon emissions that will harm our planet Earth. This results in a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere causing Global Warming.

Admit it. At some point, you too complained that Singapore was too hot right?

Urban Heat Island Effect

Did you know that on a hot day, the roads in Singapore get up to as hot as 60 degrees Celsius? That’s so much heat energy, and it increases the temperature around urban areas like cities.

Global Warming

Everyone knows Global Warming happens mainly due to burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity. The solution? simple, just use green energy! but how? With the currrent technology, using existing clean energy devices would not surfice in running a city. We need more clean energy devices.

Lack Of Space

Singapore is one of the smallest countries in the world, therefore, you can never see huge solar farms and windmill farms in Singapore because there is literally nowhere to place them due to lack of space. This poses as another challenge for countries like Singapore to go fully green.

The solution

When we create our products, our end goal was to create new ways to generate clean energy. This way, we can never run out of alternative optinons to go green!

Introducing our ECO products!

A device that uses the heat trapped in roads to generate electricity

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EcoRoad

A device that uses heat in roads to generate electricity

A device that captures heat on roofs to generate electricity

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EcoTile

A device that captures heat on roofs to generate electricity

A device that uses the cool sea and the hot sun as a source of energy

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EcoFloat

A device that uses the cool sea and the hot sun as a source of energy

What it does

EcoRoad is an environmental energy converting system in which make use of the heat from the road to generate electricity.

Where would it be placed

This device will be placed on the roads for the best efficiency as roads can go up to 60°C on a hot sunny day. This system can be implemented on anywhere that has roads, but we are targeting to start with roads in parks and slowly expand our system to around HDB and then CBD areas

How it works

We are using a device called peltiers to convert our heat energy into electrical energy. Peltiers need a hot side and a cool side for it to be able to generate electricity. The hot side is captured from the roads and the cool side is achieved from the air. We plan to tap the electricity into the national grid line so that the electricity can be used nationwide to power users needs.

Why EcoRoad?

We have decided to create this system because, in Singapore we don't have space to make solar farms, hydropower farms, and windmill farms. We are targeting roads because in Singapore, 12% of the land are used for roads which is equivalent to a total of 13,483 Soccer Fields. Plus, roads are only going to get more in the future. Just imagine how much electricity we could potentially produce especially when roads in singapore heat up to about 60 degrees celcius

What it does

EcoTile is an environmentally friendly product that produces energy by making use of heat from the sun and flowing water in buildings to convert to electricity

Where would it be placed

This device is placed preferably on building rooftops, where water pipes from the building are readily available and the device is receives the most heat from the sun. This is to make sure that the water from the building has an easier path to go through this device first before being provided to the consumer.

How it works

We are using a device called Peltiers or also known as a thermoelectric generator. In order to generate electricity using this device, we need a temperature difference to be applied on the Peltier (a hot side and a cool side) To get the "hot side", EcoTile will capture the heat from the sun and to get the "cool side", water supplies from the building would go through EcoTile first before reaching the consumer. This means that whenever someone from the building uses water to wash their hands, take a shower, etc. Water would flow though EcoTile providing the device with the cooling needed for it to generate electricity

Why EcoTile?

We wanted Singapore to progress to becoming a smart nation and one of the ways is to go green, however, how could we go green when space is very limited here? Therefore, EcoTile is born! This device does not take up valuable space as it is reusing the space that has already been used which is rooftops! In fact, even if the rooftops have solar panels installed, EcoTile could still be implemented alongside with the solar panels because solar panels uses light while EcoTile uses heat!

What it does

EcoFloat is another type of energy converting system which also uses heat to generate electricity however unlike EcoRoad, it does not use a fan to cool the heat sink but uses flowing water underneath the modules.

Where would it be placed

Due to Singapore's lack of space, This device is meant to be floating on large body of water such as reservoir, canals and sea. The flowing water underneath the device would provide the cooling needed for the device to work efficiently.

How it works

It generate electricity through the device called Peltier which are also known as thermoelectric generator (TEG). Peltiers will need a temperature difference, a cool side and a hot side, to generate electricity. The hot side is achieved through the heat from the Sun and the cool side is achieved from the heat sink that is contact with the flowing water.

Why EcoFloat?

We have decided to create this system because, it will come at some point where we can no longer be using the lands as it is slowly being occupied. Alternative method will be using the vast space on the sea which takes up 71% of the Earth's surface. Some solar panels are also being placed on top of the sea and our product can work along side with the solar panel too. Solar panel will be heated up over the long period of being exposed to the Sun and our product will be able to make use of the heat trap in the solar panel to further generate more electricity.

Our Timeline

How it all started...

July 2019

Our Humble Beginnings

Our team was first formed as we are participating in Ikea Young Designers Award 2019. The theme of the competition was "zero waste challenge". We managed to win the merit prize and the people's choice prize by presenting our EcoRoad idea alongside with the first prototype as a proof of concept.
November 2019 - July 2020

Turning possibility to reality

Our project in Ikea caught attention of an NYC member who recommended us in joining the Youth Action Challenge. The Youth Action Challenge is a competition between students to pitch their ideas to professionals in hopes of getting funding to kickstart their project. We decided to give this competition a shot and out of 100 participating teams, we became one of the top 12 finalists and won the most innovative award!
April 2020 - August 2020

Final Year Project

We decided to use this project as our FYP in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. This way, we are able to allocate more time to improving our products and refining on our ideas.
August 2020

The creators of "Floating Energy"

"Floating Energy" is a student project conducted by students from Singapore Polytechnic. This project has won the 1st price for Cognito 2020 and the commendation award for Greenwave 2020. This device aims to harvest both light and heat from the sun and turn it into electricity! As the idea of "EcoFloat" and "Floating Energy" is very similar, we decided to collabrate with the makers of "Floating Energy" and invite them to join The ECOmpany and work together in creating EcoFloat as one team. With the skillset that they have, together, we stand a higher chance of creating a commercial product.
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