AUTOSAFE device
1.we are coming to solve Lpgas incidents include fire outbreak most comes from Leakage in system.
2.We are bringing autosafe device detects/senses leakages in system and turn off automatically and notify user through his/her mobile phone and alerts and flashing light to warn someone around.
3.For sure this solution will changes lives through saving lives and properties lost in that crisis and the people will enjoy using clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa and will save environments and atmosphere for less carbon emission.
currently i started in our country where over 123,000 Lpgas house holds faced with challenges of gas incidents .
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/en...
over 560,000 are Lpgas households in our country
That why we come up with solution to help big number of Lpgas households to be safe and their properties
Autosafe device use an internet of things technology to senses minutes of Lpgas leakage in system thereafter detection it cut-off gas cylinder valve and provide 3 notification .
alerts and sounds to warn people around
Short message/ phone call for someone who is not around or owner what to know home status.
in our region government has encouraged people to leave tradition means includes using fire woods and charcoal shift to clean cooking fuel most is Lpgas.
thereafter this means has caused incidents like exploding and fire outbreak comes from leakages in system and most leave their servants who is not skilled to use that system that has caused them want reverts back to tradition means as discouraging government initiative.
people needs system that can sense gas around to make sure when they will have to light believe environment to be safe and provides notification on mobile phone , alarm and light .
Problem of gas incidents occurs while gas is leaking only and Lpgas Households didn't know if it is happening and start to cook , smoking and other presence of spark like switches and while they will have this device they let them know that in system there is faults and warn them until solved and i hope they will be happy to have device which can save their live, properties and environment.
- Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model
- A new technology
My solution is innovative because there is existing gas detector but are not efficiency because they aren't provide those kind of notification like Short message and records cases fail to take place that can be useful in statistics ,some they can't operate without main power here i mean they haven't backup power system however our autosafe has all features that can help our ecosystem to stay safe.
we have used Internet of Things technology .
we senses in an environment and process until threshold value we have set reaches and sends commands to actuator to close system and sends message to the owner and in out Database to records device having problem and provides notification from beeper and blinking Red light to indicate error in system.
we are using Solid works,Fritzing/EasyEDA ,Visual Studio and Arduino software .
Our the technology is working please refer to the you tube of Rwanda television interview us.
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing Technology
The terms make our solution have impact on the problem are solution brought with citizen , helpful to environment protection and save lives and properties .
Here as an illustration after distributing our devices to Lpgas households the fear of using will be reduced , numbers of users will be increase then stay safe and Development countries having initiative of removing tradition means also strengthen as our contribution.
Results from Interview:
They told me the government of Rwanda has taken initiative of removing tradition means in cooking like coal and wood to save environments so they are engaged to use clean cooking fuel like LPGas however this means comes with serious problems like fire and gas explosion they get feared to use it so, they want to revert back to the tradition and that is destroying government initiative.
But if they get protection and which provides warning for them at affordable cost they have willing to pay for it.
And I have learned how can I solve that issues economically and socially.
- Women & Girls
- Pregnant Women
- Elderly
- Rural
- Peri-Urban
- Urban
- Poor
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- Persons with Disabilities
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
- 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
- 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Rwanda
- Uganda
Now we have 2 users where our system under testing and we target 1% of total market equal 5.6 thousands households in one year and in five years we target 10% of total market size equal 56 thousands.
we are targeting to serve devices in our county in one year and Sub-Saharan countries in 5 years.
Most barriers is cost of development cost to produce more devices related to financial may limit our solution and some cultural also may limit us.
Finding source of income to develop and built strong company i mean find employees have ability to give efficiency and make companion for teaching community and make exhibition in different region.
- For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
we are 5 team members
2 for full-time staff
1 part-time staff
2 other workers
1.CEO and Founder has Background in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with 4 years by experience
2.Co-founder has Background in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with 3 years by experience
3.Lawyer has LLB in Law and 1 year of experience
4. Accountant has Bachelor in Business Administration with 1 year experience
5.Senior Consultant has Masters and Background in IT and Networking
Our business model is Business to Customers (B2C) we will sell devices to customer and they will benefit from getting real time information and spontaneous cut-off from safety device(Autosafe device).
we sell at full payment device and thereafter will pay us maintenance cost after warranty.
- Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)
Money will comes from donations or a combination of all
Barriers as have mentioned is funding for product development to produce more I think solve may help me to overcome through funding me.
when my solution selected i will be fortunate for getting funding and satisfy market rapidly and structuring business to other stage according to the fund I will get.
- Solution technology
- Funding and revenue model
- Marketing, media, and exposure
our partnership goal is to find opportunity that bring profit to company but also give access to opportunity from company to partner.
Partnership will grow our customer base and improve our business.
Two heads are better than one , more capital is available for the business
LPGas distributors in our region they will provide cylinder with safety device
Police Fire brigade help to encourage people to use system to avoid incidence
MIT faculty for mentoring and coaching us.
solve Members for advising us and challenge us to produce suitable and improve products.
Mr
Founder & CEO