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Energy Harvesting Buildings for NGOs Active in Urgent Disaster Recovery Projects

By Timothy Bybee

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Briefly, what are you going to do?

We will build a next-generation solar pv and thermal energy harvesting greenhouse that is modular, rapid construction, and can be integrated into retrofit and new construction projects where local food, water and energy production is urgently needed. This system is a building integrated solar and interior waste heat capturing system that allows for reliable, self-sustaining power and thermal energy to be used for water purification, climate management and cold storage. This is a paradigm shifting technology that is far less expensive than conventional construction techniques, and perfect for extreme climates. Our system can take buildings beyond netzero, to energy exporting buildings that provide a positive return on investment. We only work with 'boots on the ground' NGO's active in community restoration and rebuilding, urban farming, landfill and wasteland restoration and low-cost housing and healthcare center construction. Our building integrated pv and solar thermal harvesting systems include building panels, windows, glass curtain walls, roofing systems, canopies, climate controlled greenhouses, and temporary or permanent emergency shelters and NGO distribution centers. The structural integrity and safety of our systems far exceeds that of traditional wood frame, metal or brick and mortor construction methods. Our new construction shelters and buildings are perfect for regions that experience frequent hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires or floods because they float, and are virtually fire-proof. Our system includes a waterless room-by-room fire suppression system that makes our structures the safest on the market today.

 

In more depth, tell us the story of what you want to do and what your mission is.

Our mission is to design, engineer and manufacture or license our line of proprietary energy harvesting building products that capture, transfer and store thermal and photovoltaic energy from building envelopes, roofs, windows, curtain walls, canopies, carports and pedestrian walkways. Our system enables building envelopes to harvest both thermal and photovoltaic energy through the roof, walls, curtain walls and window systems as well as hot spots generated by lighting instruments and machinery within the building. Recent advances in photovoltaic and thermoelectric energy production have been made possible due to technology breakthroughs in nanoparticle deposition onto a variety of substraits and building materials that will direct, collect or reject various ranges of the solar spectrum as well as excess ambient temperatures. Our proprietary energy harvesting building panels, roofing systems, windows and curtain wall systems collect and regulate the temperature within the building envelope, and harvest any excess energy for use in energy storage, or for immediate electric power production, water pumping, HVACR, air circulation/ventilation, industrial process heating/chilling, or for drying, preheating or cold storage of food products. The system can be self priming and passive or electronic PLC controlled and remotely operated. With our system, exterior south facing walls and solid surfaces are fitted with an energy harvesting skin that is composed of interlocking panels that function in harmony with energy harvesting windows and vision curtain walls. Systems can be standardized or custom engineered for new construction and energy efficiency retrofits to multifamily and commercial/industrial buildings.

 

What is the positive impact you will have on the world and how will you measure that impact?

The most important positive impact we feel we can make is in restoring local food, water and energy security and safety where the need is the most urgent. Our philosophy is that building owners should have greater freedom and independence from central power grids, and public/private utility monopolies. By working with NGO’s that have proven their ability to assist communities and governments, we are seeking to establish a model community that will create a platform for a more rapid global transition to sustainable communities and green cities. Our focus is on communities that have suffered from natural disasters and conflicts that have damaged central utility infrastructure. We believe this technology platform and our business model can dramatically improve urban food, water and air quality by optimizing on-site building energy production and efficiency. Our technology provides the potential for building owners to generate a reliable return on investment through energy and water savings, as well as through grid-tied electric power sales, or to microgrid networks. There are so many communities that have an urgent need for sustainable energy, food and water production systems that can be rapidly deployed by NGO's and municipal agencies that operate mission critical infrastructure.

 

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Team Members

 

  • Lyle Bybee

    Founder/Chairman

    Mr. Bybee is a Co-Founder, and Chairman of Lightwave Building Technologies. Lyle has been involved in renewable energy technology research, development and commercialization for nearly three decades. As a lifelong inventor and product designer, Lyle has conceived many of the Company’s proprietary energy harvesting building products, and waste heat recovery systems and power generation systems. Lyle has been an active participant in the advancement of the renewable energy industry for many years, including the American Wind Energy Association, Solar Energy Research Institute, the Texas Renewable Energy Industry Association as well as a founding member of the Green Renewable Energy and Technology Institute. Lyle’s early experiences growing up on a family farm involved all aspects of farm management, from seed selection and germination, to land preparation, sowing and harvesting. Fruit tree crops included cherry, apple and peach orchards as well as annual vegetable and grain crops. Lyle also worked for one of the largest greenhouse nursery operations in Utah that developed several unique fruit tree hybrids suitable for growth colder Northern climates. Lyle also formed a fruit and produce marketing company to supply rural communities and retailers with farm fresh fruits and produce. Lyle’s wide range knowledge of farming and renewable energy systems provided the genesis for the Company’s formation and its proprietary technologies in development. After attending Weber State University for his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, Lyle relocated to San Diego California to accept a position as the senior merchandiser of the rapidly growing Levitz Furniture chain. Lyle also has extensive experience in marketing and media production, and in the mid-70’s was a founding partner and Studio Manager of Western Video Systems, a film and video production company headquartered in San Diego, California. Lyle was instrumental in the growth of the Company from a single camera mobile unit, into the largest video production and sound stage South of Hollywood. The facility had a 7 camera mobile studio, 80 x 100 sound stage, and complete prop, wardrobe, set construction, and post-production editing facilities. In his 15 years in the film and television industry, Lyle was involved in producing thousands of commercials, television shows and corporate training videos, including numerous Emmy award-winning productions. Lyle will provide great value to the development of the Company’s broadcast quality video and multi-media marketing materials. As a business advisor, Lyle has extensive experience in the preparation of business and marketing plans and has previously held his NASD Series 7, 63 and 24 general securities licenses, as well as Nevada Insurance and Real Estate Licenses.

  • Timothy Bybee

    CEO

    Timothy Allard Bybee, Curriculum Vitae Mondweg 31/16/6 1140, Vienna, Austria +436801410304 I have been active in solar energy and waste conversion technology development, process validation and systems integration for over 25 years. I have advised numerous federal, state, and municipal agencies and governments, as well as large industrial waste generators on green infrastructure, recycling, waste conversion, and sustainable agriculture and forest restoration program design and implementation. As a green building and technology innovator and integration specialist, I now focus on integrating green buildings and infrastructure with urban farming, and green space and forest preservation. I have a broad knowledge and resource base of building integrated energy and waste conversion systems, as well as emerging green infrastructure, climate controlled food production, wasteland reclamation, and biomass conversion systems. I believe that communities can rapidly achieve carbon neutral sustainable food, water and energy independence with zero landfilled waste by integrating the world's best available solar, biomass conversion, water purification, CO2 utilization and forest/farm restoration technologies. Today, solar harvesting buildings and on-site waste-to-energy solutions can now enable energy exporting buildings and 100% recycling into green fuels, power and products. These technologies have evolved rapidly in the last decade and are now commercially proven, and highly profitable. It is my experience that removing government red-tape, and creating sustainable project financing vehicles remain the greatest obstacles to wide-spread adoption of clean, green and sustainable technologies for communities. Active Advisory Clients/Project Development Advisory Board Member for Lightwave Building Technologies Lightwave Building Technologies manufacturers a proprietary line of energy harvesting building products. The Company has developed energy harvesting windows, glass curtain walls, building panels, roofing systems, skylights, fascades, canopies and BIPV solutions that harvest nearly all solar thermal and photovoltaic energy from a buildings exterior skin, as well as waste heat from interior hot spots, such as computer server rooms, power islands and industrial thermal processes. The system also integrates a waterless total building fire suppression system. Today, building envelope products are rated for their ability to resist and slow down heat transfer between a building's interior and the exterior environment. The future of building envelopes is certain to change from slowing down heat transfer, to capturing and using all solar photovoltaic and thermal energy, as well as waste heat generated from a building's interior. Harvested thermal energy can supplement, or provide baseload power generation, HVACR, hot water production, or industrial process heating. Employment and Advisory Experience Sunbelt Energy Technologies – Co-founder/VP Sales and Marketing (1986-2002) Spear Development Company - Project Manager/Land Acquisitions Manager (1989-1991) Thomas James Associates – Registered Securities Representative (1992-1993). Created Company's first socially responsible investment screening service. WealthPlanners – Registered Securities Principal/NV Real Estate Broker (1993-1995) American Medical Care/Members Physician Care – Co-founder/Director (1994-1996) Created an affordable primary care/urgent care medical center offering its member patients discounted diagnostic services for people with no insurance and pre-existing conditions. Negotiated directly with advanced diagnostic centers to provide our patients that paid cash the same price as they charged insurance companies. This was a highly successful healthcare program in Las Vegas, Nevada. Starlight Entertainment Group – Executive Producer (1994-1996). Created prints & ads film financing platform for socially responsible films. Las Vegas Physcian & Healthcare Magazine – Advisor/Associate Editor (1997-1998) Multi-CAD Engineering – Marketing Manager (1998-2001) 2D/3D CAD software and translation services for automotive, aerospace and industrial companies. American Financial Services – Estate Planning/Family Office Advisor (2001-2002) Pacific Renewables – Co-founder/President (2002-2008) Renewable energy project developer with a focus on waste-to-resource, recycling and sustainable agroforestry. Paradise Renewables – Co-founder/President (2008-2012) Renewable energy project developer with a focus on waste-to-resource, recycling and sustainable agroforestry. Special focus on building integrated solar and biomass conversion, climate controlled greenhouse growing systems, urban farming, rural farmland/forest/wasteland restoration/preservation. Green City/Clean Industry Foundation – Co-founder/Global Project Director (2008-2012). Creator of the Green City/Clean Industry Initiative. Advisory Services to Presidents of Mongolia and Senegal, as well as numerous municipal agencies and supranational corporations. Several Resolutions were passed by the Great Khural of Mongolia (Parliament) to advance green initiatives, including clean-coal conversion. Drafted the Green City Master Plan for the City of Chengdu China in association with NEW SUN/APIS Finance Group of Vienna, Austria. Education University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1985-1989) - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Special Focus on Economics, Environmental Science and Marketing Registered Securities Principal – USA Series 7/24/63 (expired) Nevada Real Estate Broker (expired) Nevada Life/Health/Disability Agent (expired) Personal Background/Special Skills Married 14 years to Grazyna Agata Bybee, with two boys ages 12 and 5. Living in Vienna, Austria since 2006. Speak conversional German and learning Polish. High School Senior Class President and Delegate for Dare to Dream Strive to Excel Performed on-screen in dozens of television, advocacy and corporate training films. Comfortable public speaker and organizer of numerous events and educational seminars for environmental and animal welfare issues. Experienced in film and multi-media production. Founder of SPEAK at UNLV - Students Protecting the Environment and Animal Kind (1985-1991)