EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Funding to Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

 Issued: Dec 14, 2021 (12:21pm EST)


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EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Funding to Small Businesses to Develop
Environmental Technologies




 

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced $3,089,894 in funding to 30 American small businesses to develop
novel technologies to address pressing environmental and public health
problems. These companies are employing innovative approaches like an
automated waste sorting system at the point of disposal; a system that employs
technology to capture and destroy airborne bacteria and viruses; and a
monitoring system that can map methane concentrations and emissions over large
areas.


“As emerging technologies continue to rapidly change the world, our
nation’s small businesses are at the forefront of harnessing these
technologies to address today’s environmental challenges,�?? said Wayne
Cascio, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator in EPA’s Office of
Research and Development. “We are excited to watch these small companies
bring innovative ideas to the marketplace and help revolutionize improving our
environment, public health and the economy.�??


EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program runs an annual,
two-phase competition for funding. The 30 small businesses below are receiving
up to $100,000 of Phase I funding for six months for “proof of concept�?? of
their proposed technology. Companies that complete Phase I can then apply to
receive Phase II funding of up to $400,000 to further develop and
commercialize their technology.


The following small businesses received EPA SBIR Phase 1 awards:


Clean & Safe Water



Infinite Cooling (Somerville, Mass.)  For a technology to recover water from
cooling tower plumes using electric fields.
Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, Mich.)  For a light detection and
ranging (LIDAR) technology to improve the operation of stormwater management
infrastructure.
Quantitative BioSciences, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.)  For a smart-sensor
approach to automate and optimize agricultural water reuse.
Triangle Environmental Health Initiative (Durham, N.C.)  For a compact,
modular system for rapid, fully automated treatment of domestic greywater for
non-potable onsite reuse.
Triple Ring Technologies (Newark, Calif.)  For a portable environmental
sensor for rapid microplastic isolation and identification to better
understand microplastic pollution.
Unearth Technologies Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)  For a geospatial data platform
for mapping and inspecting underground infrastructure to increase the
efficiency of replacing lead service lines.
	 



Air Quality



Entanglement Technologies, Inc. (San Bruno, Calif.)  For a platform for
low-level, rapid analysis and detection of ethylene oxide in ambient air.
Freedom Photonics (Santa Barbara, Calif.)  For a novel spectroscopy system
for volatile organic compound (VOC) monitoring to detect concentrations of air
toxics in real-time.
Ohio Lumex Company, Inc. (Solon, Ohio) For a sorbent trap method for
continuous emissions monitoring of metal hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions.
Physical Sciences Inc. (Andover, Mass.)  For a laser technology for
continuous quantitative methane emission monitoring of oil and gas storage
tanks.
Spectral Sensor Solutions LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.)  For a continuous
monitoring system to map the spatial distribution of methane concentration and
emissions over large areas.
TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)  For a novel, low-cost radon
mitigation system using state-of-the-art metal-organic framework sorbent.
	 



Homeland Security



Sonata Scientific LLC (Danbury, Conn.)  For an air purifier for HVAC systems
that employs photocatalytic technology to capture and destroy airborne
bacteria and viruses.
TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)  For a high-performance air treatment
system that uses a photocatalytic process to destroy biological contaminants.
XCMR Inc. (Penn Valley, Pa.)  For a device which utilizes Far Ultraviolet-C
light to inactivate pathogens in the air and on surfaces for respiratory
protection from infectious diseases.
	 



Sustainable Materials Management



Cinterest LLC (East Rochester, N.Y.)  For a low-carbon wallboard to offer
enhanced insulation, soundproofing and humidity control compared to current
drywall options.
CleanRobotics, Inc (Longmont, Colo.)  For an automated trash sorting system
at the point of disposal to improve the collection and sorting of
recyclables.
Ecotune, Inc. (Irvine, Calif.)  For a fully compostable packing film made
from renewable resources using green chemistry and non-toxic production
processes.
GreenLifeTech Corporation (Banner Elk, N.C.)  For an automatic food
preservation system for the retail environment to prevent food waste.
Imvela Corp (Brooklyn, N.Y.)  For a system using novel biopreservatives to
decrease food waste by improving the shelf life of dairy products.
IsoTruss Inc. (Provo, Utah) For a reinforced concrete foundation for
telecommunication towers to increase resiliency to natural disasters.
Kamilo, Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.)  For a recycling supply chain
measurement system to track and increase the value of recovered plastic,
stimulating greater investment in collection and sorting.
KLAW Industries LLC (Binghamton, N.Y.)  For a novel process to reuse wasted
glass for high-performance, low-carbon concrete.
Rheaply, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.)  For a software technology to empower material
reuse with construction stakeholders and decarbonization efforts related to
each transaction of reclaimed materials.
USEFULL Inc. (Boston, Mass.) For a technology using reusable containers
designed to empower corporations, colleges, and closed-loop communities to
eliminate single-use food and beverage products.
Veriflux Corp (Washington, DC) For a data platform to trace waste across
waste supply chains to identify new opportunities for reuse, and to enforce
compliance with environmental policies.
Zabble Inc. (Walnut Creek, Calif.)  For a campaign management platform to
create a zero-waste blueprint for the healthcare industry.
	 



Safer Chemicals



Cypris Materials, Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.) - Fora color platform technology to
prevent undesirable byproducts and to remove environmental costs associated
with paint and ink.
Geometric Data Analytics, Inc. (Durham, N.C.)  For a technology to deliver
wind velocity and expected drift forecasts to better plan pesticide
application, reduce the incidence of off-target drift, and raise awareness of
drift potential.
Kebotix, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) - For use of a machine-learning platform to
develop pigment alternatives that do not produce polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) and other toxic byproducts.
	 



Risk Assessment



InferLink Corporation (El Segundo, Calif.)  For a software system for
automated, systematic reviews of the scientific literature on chemical risks.



EPA is one of 11 federal agencies that participate in the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, a competitive program that supports small
businesses in the development and commercialization of technological
solutions. This program stimulates high-tech innovation while encouraging
small businesses to meet the country’s research and development needs.


To learn more about EPA’s SBIR Phase I winners, please
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To learn more about EPA’s SBIR program, please
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Learn more about the Federal SBIR Program: www.SBIR.gov


 
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