On April 15, 2009, AC-NET named the winners of its inaugural Clean Tech Business Plan Competition at Cal State Fullerton.
Taking first place and the $25,000 grand prize was Hadronex from Escondido, CA, for their SmartCover® product that can detect and help prevent sewer spills through continuous real-time, wireless monitoring of critical locations throughout a sewer network.
Enovative Group out of Venice, CA placed second, winning a $10,000 prize for their patented D'MAND CIRC® product, which is a demand controlled circulation pump that saves water, gas, and electricity versus conventional models found in commercial water heating systems.
Taking third and the $5,000 prize was Ecogate from North Hollywood, CA. Ecogate transforms traditional Industrial Ventilation Exhaust Systems (IVES) into energy-efficient On-Demand systems.
Hadronex was one of five finalists invited to make a presentation on the final day of competition. Global Eco Soil Solutions a maker of a water-saving irrigation system and Skanden Energy, a maker biomass-fueled electric generation units, were the other two finalists.
AC-NET received a total of 44 entries for the competition.
Learn more about our 2009 Competition participants:
Finalists
Judges
Emcees
Speakers
Sponsors
