CSTC Client Wins DTI Grant for Developing Low Water Foot-Print Sanitary System
Cambridge, UK, January 2008 - CSTC announced today that working with its partner Thames Innovation Centre a key client Phoenix Product Development Ltd, developer of the unique Propelair ‘displaced-air’ flushing system for toilets, has been successful in obtaining a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Research and Development Grant. This marks a development in the increasingly important area of technology for water conservation and lowering the water foot-print from sanitary systems.
The project will develop the system to a feasible manufacturable and economically viable position. The unique ‘displaced-air’ flushing system reduces water consumption by up to 85% as well as using 80% less energy then average toilets currently in the market-place. The system, which is covered by a portfolio of patents, is easy to install, and gives superior performance as well as offering improved hygiene capability.
‘We are delighted to have received a research & technology grant from the DTI to develop our unique Propelair Sanitary System’ commented Garry Moore, Managing Director of Phoenix Product Development Limited. Thames Innovation Centre Chief Executive Lesley Rubenstein said ‘we were pleased to lead the bid process with CSTC for our client and view their technology as being capable of providing great environmental as well as economic benefits.’
CSTC’s CEO Dr Karl Heeks commented ‘reducing water foot-print will become a major challenge for mankind just as lowering the carbon footprint is now recognised as being of fundamental importance. We view the system being developed by Propelair as being a significant step forward in lowering the usage of the valuable commodity, water.’
About CSTC
CSTC is based in Cambridge, UK and provides a range of consulting and business development services in the science and technology sectors. The Company has expertise in a broad range of technology disciplines and their exploitation. More information can be found at www.cstcltd.co.uk
About Phoenix Product Development Ltd
Phoenix Product Development Ltd is based at the University of East London’s Knowledge Dock and is at the forefront of developing solutions to the problem of water and energy conservation in the 21st Century. As an industrial collaborator to the £2.5million EPSRC funded Water Cycle Management for New Development programme, the Company has worked closely with the Universities of Exeter, Cambridge and the Water Research to develop radical new approaches to overcome the problems of reduced wastewater flows in buildings by harnessing the unique air assisted flushing performance of Propelair.
About Thames Innovation Centre
The Thames Innovation Centre (TIC) is a catalyst for innovative high-growth potential and technology business development in the London area. In addition to providing a stimulating and creative working environment, as a member of AIRTO* TIC acts as a bridge between entrepreneurs, universities and colleges, development agencies and R&D organisations.
TIC is a knowledge partnership between Bexley Council, the London Development Agency (LDA), Woolwich and North Bexley Partnership, EU (ERDF Objective 2) and National Government (CLG). Occupying 50,000 square feet on three storeys in a modern, purpose-built, facility, TIC is the landmark building in Veridion Park, in Erith, Bexley Borough.
*Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations
About DTI Research and Development Grants
Grant for Research and Development, which for companies based in the London region are administered by the LDA, is designed to help technology-focussed entrepreneurs carry out research and development work on innovative products and processes. The grants are designed to help assess the technological and commercial feasibility of turning highly innovative technology into new products or process.
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