Category Archives: Green Technology

Utility Monitoring Device, Method and System

By Green Technology
aztech
A monitoring device, system and method are provided for in-home/on-premises monitoring of usage of utilities, such as electricity and other services. The monitoring device receives information from a smart meter, and displays usage through a display, illuminating an area using a colour indicative of the current cost of consumption, and varying the illuminated area at a rate indicative of a rate of consumption or other metric, the varying of the illuminated area simulating movement in the display. The display provides a consumer with “at a glance” visual information on current usage.  Read more.
Aztech Associates, Inc. , Kingston, ON  http://www.aztechmeter.com/

 

No. of patents: 1

No. of patent applications:1

 

Web Portal System for Managing Vehicle Usage and Mobility

By Green Technology, Tracking Systems

A network including a web portal gathers, compiles and formats information on vehicle usage across a vehicle community. The vehicle community is comprised of a plurality of vehicles whose users and owners have joined the network and communicate through the web portal to allow gathering and accumulation of vehicle operation information for various uses including maintaining a record of vehicle operation and determining energy usage and environmental impact.
 
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (Waterloo, CA)  http://www.intellimec.com
 
No. of applications: 3
 

Wireless Communication Network for Smart Appliances

By Green Technology

A communications module, and a consumer device comprising the communications model, is provided for use in a communication network with one or more consumer devices or “smart” appliances. The communications module includes a wireless transceiver for communication with the network, for example in accordance with the ZigBee protocol, and an interface for communicating with a host processor of the consumer device. The module receives scheduled event data over a wireless link on behalf of the host processor, and schedules events for execution by the host processor upon receipt of commands transmitted by the module.

MMB Reasearch Inc., Toronto, ON  http://www.mmbresearch.com

No. of patent applications: 1

System and Method for Storing Performance Data in a Transit Organization

By Green Technology, Tracking Systems

The present invention relates to systems and methods for storing performance data in a transit organization. Sets of performance data for runs over a plurality of routes are stored. The routes are divided into links. Associations between the sets of performance data and the links are also stored. Read more

TRAPEZE SOFTWARE INC.   (Mississauga)   http://www.trapezegroup.com/

No. of patent applications: 7

Bicycle Rental System and Station

By Green Technology, Tracking Systems

A bicycle rental system and automated station that may be integrated with an automobile parking payment and management system. Users may pay for parking and/or rent and pickup bicycles at the station. The station has a meter, bicycle docks, and power plant. Transaction formalities for parking payment and rental may be handled at the meter. The bicycle docks each are adapted to secure a bicycle. The power plant uses a solar panel to collect power and stores it in energy storage device. Low-power operation may be achieved by placing some electronics in a low-power mode. Each bicycle dock may have a trigger mechanism that when activated powers on associated electronics. The bicycle docks may be divided among a number of bicycle modules. The bicycle modules provide flexibility and modularity so that the number of bicycle docks at a station may be changed. Read more

8D Technologies Inc. (Montreal)  http://www.8d.com/

No. of patent applications: 2

Multijunction Semiconductor Solar Cell

By Green Technology

A monolithic semiconductor photovoltaic solar cell comprising a plurality of subcells disposed in series on an electrically conductive substrate. At least one subcell of the plurality of subcells includes an epitaxially grown self-assembled quantum dot material. The subcells are electrically connected via tunnel junctions. Each of the subcells has an effective bandgap energy. The subcells are disposed in order of increasing effective bangap energy, with the subcell having the lowest effective bandgap energy being closest to the substrate. In certain cases, each subcell is designed to absorb a substantially same amount of solar photons.  Read More

Cyrium Technologies Inc.,  Ottawa, ON http://www.cyriumtechnologies.com

No. of patent applications: 2

No. of patent applications: 2

Method For Desalinating Saltwater

By Green Technology

In order to desalinate saltwater that is contained within a product chamber, a drive cell is used to generate a drive voltage. The product chamber has a desalination voltage such that when a sufficient voltage is applied to the product chamber, anions and cations migrate out of the product chamber, thereby desalinating the water. The sufficient voltage, which includes the drive voltage and which is equal to or greater than the desalination voltage, is applied to the product chamber, consequently effecting desalination. Beneficially, concentration difference energy can be generated using a concentrated solution, which can be generated using, for example, solar energy.  Read More

Saltworks Technologies Inc., Vancouver, B.C. http://www.saltworks.com

No. of Patent Applications: 2

Electronic Assistance System and Method

By Green Technology

An electronic assistance system and method for an electrical vehicle is provided that integrates the following functions: display of relevant information on the vehicle on a dashboard using visual or audio cues, as well as dials and/or graphical or alphanumeric displays; communication with people outside the vehicle through a loudspeaker; management of vehicle start-up; management of air conditioning, heating and defrosting; storage in memory of information on problematic states having occurred during operation of the vehicle; storage in memory of daily operating parameters of the vehicle; real time acquisition, ease of reconfiguration; and transmittal of stored operating data in order to generate vehicle operating behavior reports. 

Vehicules Nemo Inc., Laval, P.Q. http://www.nev-nemo.com

No. of patent applications: 2

Solar Cell Fabrication Method

By Green Technology

A method of fabricating solar cells, including a step of separating neighbor solar cells formed on a semiconductor wafer by scribing the wafer to form scribe lines on the wafer and applying a force at, or adjacent to, the scribed lines to separate the solar cells. The scribing is effected on a cap layer covering a window layer of solar cells, thereby minimizing damage to the window layer and mitigating propagation of defects into p-n junctions formed in the solar cells. 

Cyrium Technologies Inc. , Ottawa, ON http://www.cyriumtechnologies.com

No. of patents: 2

No. of patent applications: 1

Light-Guide Solar Panel

By Green Technology

A solar energy system that uses a light-guide solar panel (LGSP) to trap light inside a dielectric or other transparent panel and propagates the light to one of the panel edges for harvesting by a solar energy collector such as a photovoltaic cell.  This allows for very thin modules whose thickness is comparable to the height of the solar energy collector. This eliminates eliminating the depth requirements inherent in traditional concentrated photovoltaic solar energy systems. 

Morgan Solar Inc., Toronto, Ontario http://www.morgansolar.com

No. of patents: 1       No. of patent applications: 4