A lot of businesses are talking “green†nowadays and looking for ways to capitalize on the growth industry of energy-efficiency products. Rick Pal and Sunil Sinha
have their entry into the ring with AirGenerate Inc., but they are also going one more with their overall goal of making an energy-saving product that everyone can afford.
The Houston-based AirGenerate has developed a product, called AirTap, which dramatically improves the efficiency of standard hot water heaters. AirTap is a metal, square-shaped device that can be attached to the top of any 30-80 gallon water tank and then used to heat water, not with gas or electricity, but through the air surrounding it. AirTap does this by acting as a conventional heat pump, using a compressor (powered by a low-wattage electric current) to extract heat from the surrounding air, and then sending this heat through long copper tubes into an adaptor where it is dispersed into the water tank. This heats the water to the same degree as would a gas burner or electric heating component.
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