FIVA

FIVA captures the main air pollutants and transform them into raw materials to be used in other industrial process. FIVA is a mechanical system, whose model is analog to living organism's morphology.  FIVA's purification indexes in fixed polluting sources, ie.industrial chimneys, was determined by an ISO 17025 Certified Laboratory in Medellin city, Gestiones y Servicios Ambientales (GSA) (https://gsasas.com).  

GSA concluded that FIVA's purification indexes are as follows:

• Volatile Organic Compounds-----97.68%

• Particulate Matter (2.5 & 10) ---92.80%

• Nitrogen Dioxide NOx-------------90.20%

• Hydrocarbons-----------------------79.0%

• Sulfur Dioxide- SOx----------------57.10%

• Carbon monoxide------------------46.89%

• Carbon dioxide---------------------44.62%

Also, Particulate Matter 2.5 & 10 was measured in open spaces by  Cohintec,www.conhintec.com. The study concluded the following  PM10 & PM2.5 concentrations:

• Exterior Space                          PM10- 83.50 PM2.5-62.61

• Interior Space- FIVA installed    PM10-47.90 PM2.5-15.27

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 91% of the world's population lives in places where the air quality exceeds the WHO guidelines limits, causing 4.2 million deaths every year as a result of exposure to ambient air pollution.  Air pollution is a global problem that concerns governments and industries, since it is threatening the viability of existing business practices and life, as we know it.

As air quality declines, the risk of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma, increases for the people who live in them-  an estimate of 6.6 billion individuals.

Since air pollution is caused mainly by human activity, we are proposing a viable and practical solution that can be applied to fixed and mobile polluting sources that has the ability to capture and transform polluting components.

FIVA's purpose is to positively impact the lives of many individuals in residential and rural areas around the world that are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, which  causes an estimated global cost of 225 billion dollars in lost labor, and trillions in medical costs. This  problem has enormous impacts, on health and economic stability around different communities. 

Environmental regulations to curb air pollution imposes steep costs on a variety of industries.  For example, in Colombia one of the industries that has fronted the severity of such regulations is the artisan brick-manufacturers, about 50% of these manufactures in Colombia has been forced to cease activities, causing a financial burden on this industry.  These manufacturers are mainly small-family own companies that serve as the sole income to many communities. Therefore, affecting low income populations, and overall local economies.

FIVA has been working with one particular case, to provide a viable and effective solution to its industrial chimney. The company has been closed over a year for not complying with environmental regulations. A working industrial prototype is on the making to be installed in this brick-manufacturer in the next two months and provide a solution.

FIVA's technology is so versatile that it can be implemented in different sources of pollution. We would like to first focus on Industrial chimneys and then continue implementing the systems in different areas: parks, malls, tunnels, airport, vehicles, etc. 

FIVA is a mechanical system that captures and transforms air pollutants.  It is composed of three main chambers that resemble three systems found in living organisms: 1. respiratory, 2. digestive, and 3. cardiovascular system.  

The process starts by the abstraction

FIVA's innovative factor is the concept of circular economy, that is, instead of creating toxic waste during the process of air purification, FIVA aims to recirculate its byproducts in other industries. At this moment, FIVA's byproduct is  use to degrade synthetic plastic.  This process has been patent in Colombia and the United States, publication number US20190048149 A1 (attached document). 

FIVA has a pending Intellectual Patent filed in Colombia; its technology  can be applied in different polluting sources, i.e. industrial chimneys, cars (internally or externally), open spaces, etc. 

Alternative solutions do not have the technology to capture all substances or at the same rates that FIVA does, and the waste byproducts from these systems, usually cause other negative environmental effects of what they are trying to solve.  

FIVA is a viable environmental solution that looks to solve the problem of air pollution wherever the device is installed. 

FIVA is a mechanical technology with programmed movements that resembles the properties of three morphological systems of living organisms. FIVA has two pathways: the first is responsible for the direction of gases, and the second is responsible for the re-circulation of a substance that decreases concentration of harmful  gases. 

The gas pathway, starts with an external source that emits noxious gases, this source is connected to FIVA through ducts that direct these gases to two chambers that resemble the reception of the lungs in the human body. In these chambers the air goes through seepage and precipitation processes to eliminate the harmful gases concentration. Once this process is completed, the air is release.

The substance pathway, starts with the insertion of a programmed substance into the device.  This substance have important chemical parameters: pH, temperature, volume, and removal to have optimal gas capture. The substance  resembles the digestive system of living organisms, where the food is stored, processed and then distributed to the rest of the body.  

The set of elements in FIVA have a principle to capture and transform the particulate material expelled from a variable external source. The device uses renewable energies and a combination of vector magnitudes in three-dimensional spaces formed by a basic liquid substance that is expelled with certain pressure through a re-circulation system within the same device.

The traditional response to major environmental problems relies on rigid legislation, incremental policy changes, data-driven reports, and fines for rule breaker,  creating a need for climate-friendly solutions easier to adopt.  For example, switching all industries to renewable energy is not something that will happen overnight, or educating people to bike to work. But in the meanwhile, we need to start adopting solutions to start alleviating air pollution in cities around the world and  FIVA fulfill this need.

Today's environmental issues will be solved by people and the decisions they make. FIVA provides a technology with low barriers of adaptation to help drive change in an individual, and collective level. 

Currently the device works in two locations,a  plastic bags manufacturer and  brick manufacturer.  Both companies have been able to resume their economic activity thanks to the device.  FIVA favors small business owners and industrial producers so that they can generate greater economic and environmental sustainability in their companies.

Indirectly, FIVA generates work opportunities in the community. Also, this technology benefits all people, animals and other living beings, by providing them with a better air quality. 

First year plan is to at least help 15 business owners who are struggling to continue with their economic activity in the city.  Indirectly, we will be improving the lifestyle of communities by preventing additional pollution in these areas.  We calculate that FIVA will impact the life of an estimate of 100,000 individuals. 

Fifth year plan is to have established FIVA as a comprehensive solution for air pollution to be installed indoor/outdoor areas. Only by having FIVA operating and cleaning the air in Medellin city, we will be impacting the life of 2.5 million individuals, who reside in the city. The potential is to impact more than that by taking this solution globally. 

First year plan is to implement 15 devices in major industrial chimneys in Colombia. Verify through pilot programs that the technology works and is a viable solution to the emission of harmful air contaminants. 

Fifth year plan is to have established FIVA as global solution for air pollution, for industrial chimneys as well as in different indoor/outdoor areas where FIVA may be installed: commercial, residential, industrial (ie. parks, malls, hospitals, tunnels, airports, vehicles, etc.)

1. Self-interest groups that prevents new inventions from reaching consumers.

2. Price could be an adoption barrier, but we believe that once the technology is improved the cost per device will have room to decrease and become more accessible to the general public

3.Current decontamination systems create a different environmental problems instead of fixing it. 

By finding the right platform that promotes environmental solutions, and by increasing cultural awareness and urgency in the general public to demand  technologies as FIVA that can improve air pollution problem. 

Full-time- 7

Part-time- 7

Advisers- 2

Mariana Palacios- Veterinary student who came up with the idea to create a device that captures pollution. Manuel Perez- Industrial engineer with over 40 years of industry experience.  He has been the brain behind the development of the system. Juan Aristizabal & Leandro Contreras- Investors and visionaries who have seen the potential of this device as a global solution.  Jimmy Collazos & Juan Carlos Ramirez- electric engineers.  Cesar Meneses, our Environmental Attorney who helped with file our patent. Maria Alejandra- an chemical engineer aiding with the substance and its reuses. Jeison, an industrial engineer aiding the implementation of prototypes in different industrial chimneys. Juan Carlos Monsa & Giovanni Figueroa- Audiovisual communicators aiding with content creation. Gina Correa- Management graduate who has helped to give structure and organization to the project as well as aiding in the international outreach.

We can sell FIVA to industrial clients and provide maintenance services as a warranty.  We can provide air purification services on a treatment basis. An individual unit is estimated to cost be between $45K-50K USD. We believe that once the technology is improved the cost per device will have room to decrease and become more accessible to the general public.

By selling FIVA or providing air treatment solutions. 

We believe, solve is the right platform to take our solution to the next level.  FIVA needs the stage to promote its solution and mentors to guides us throughout this process. We will like to be part of this community to help us advance in our work; receive mentor-ship and strategic advice from Solve networks. 

We are in the air quality improvement initiative.  Any organization that aligns with this objective complements our mission. Organizations that promote the idea of a better world focusing in sustainable growth strategies & resource preservation.

The prize will be used to create a prototype to be installed in a open area in Medellin city.