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We have an
application that companies can apply to.

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It's a rolling admission.

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And then we review those applications
and look at matching

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the different technologies that come in
with city agencies to run pilots.

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So every pilot that we run has a subject
matter expert within a given city agency.

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And then we try to look for solutions
that solve their needs.

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And so so far
we've run four pilots in 2024.

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The results so far we've been really happy
with we've received over

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130 applications
in that last year from companies

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from across the globe.

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We did an air quality improvement pilot

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with the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene.

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We kind of had a two for one technology
pilot for this project, where we looked at

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an air quality sensor
itself, a three and a half pound monitor

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with a solar panel on top

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with the objective of can we collect
hyperlocal air quality data?

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The second part of this pilot was looking
at air quality improvement devices.

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Can we find a technology
to really take down the air quality

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pollutants in real time?

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So the first part of this pilot
was to deploy the smaller air quality

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sensors in and around a school in Queens
to get baseline data.

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Then we deployed a few weeks later
these air quality improvement devices.

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The devices use static electricity
to pull particulate matter out of the air

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and to settle on a piece of metal.

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So really we wanted to see

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can we get the before data, the hyperlocal
air quality, and then deploy

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the air quality improvement devices
and get the after data.

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And so, the pilot went well,
we're happy to say that

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the air quality sensors themselves read
pretty well compared to the other sensors.

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Just for quality and assurance check.

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The air quality in New York City
last summer was also quite good.

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So we didn't really get a chance

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to put the air quality improvement
devices really to the test.

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We've just closed out a building energy
efficient pilot with the Department

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of Citywide Administrative Services
and their Department of Energy Management.

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So really,
the goal of this pilot was to use

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two different robotics
to understand where we have energy leaks.

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So one robot has ground penetrating radar
that we put on top of roofs.

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And it went back and forth to identify any
membrane issues within the roof itself.

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And then we also had a drone flying around
buildings with thermal imaging.

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Combining those data sets

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we were able to see where buildings needed
to have micro retrofits done.

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And also gives

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building operators an opportunity again,
to fix that membrane issue in their roof.

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And if they wanted to deploy solar later
on, fix the issue, then deploy solar.

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We look for kind

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of like mature products
that can be procured

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at some stage.

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And, you know, we look for companies

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that have a track record in other cities,
let's say they've done pilots elsewhere.

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That's not to say we won't do a pilot
with a company that hasn't worked

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other places.

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We've done that already,
but that helps the application stand out.

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And then just sort of a mature product
that we can recognize

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as a potential solution for a city agency
that we've worked with,

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that we know that this is a challenge
that they're trying to tackle.

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We just launched a pilot
called the Clean Construction

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Innovation Pilot with the Mayor's Office
of Climate and Environmental Justice.

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The purpose here is to really see
if we can swap out diesel powered

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construction equipment
with electric under the policy, or EO 23,

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with the objective of using clean
construction equipment where possible.

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And so this pilot they're doing
in conjunction with mock EJ is a way

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for us to really test out what electric
construction equipment can do for us.

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And so we
we just closed our RFP a few weeks ago.

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We have several applications resulting
in many pieces of equipment from light

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to medium duty piece of equipment,
but also charging solutions.

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So now we're in the process

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of matching the right equipment
with the right agency and job site.

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The goal really is to test the equipment.

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How well does it run?

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What type of workload drains
the battery faster?

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What's the best way to recharge it?

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What are the operational users experience
with this type of technology?

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So once we finish

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the pilot, the equipment gets returned to

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the vendor.

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And then it's really up to those agencies
to figure out what their next step is.

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So it may not be an immediate,
okay, we're going to procure something.

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It's not a procurement vehicle per se.

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It's really an educational program
for the agencies.

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We did have one of our one of our pilots

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remain installed.

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A computer vision sensor remain installed.

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And so we were running that,
with the Department of Transportation

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really focusing on quantified counts
for vulnerable

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road users like, pedestrians and cyclists.

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So by using the technology, we're able
to automate that, get 24/7 data,

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through that technology
and then that data can

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then be used by the Department
of Transportation to make decisions about

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how we're designing our streets,
how we're allocating space and resources

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for the different modes shares
that we're seeing through that data.

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So that was 12 sensors that we piloted.

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And then at the end of that pilot, DoT
felt like they got enough out of it

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that they wanted to continue
to use those sensors in those locations

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to continue collecting data.

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And looking at the opportunities
to fund a larger

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rollout of that type of technology
throughout the city.