Plant Air Purification (PAP)
A Breath of Fresh Air
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NYSERDA’S Energy Upgrade Program For
Not-For-Profits & Small Business
• NYSERDA & Various Co-operating Lending
Institutions Will Provide Up to $100,000 For Energy
Upgrades to a Building.
• The Energy Savings Along Will Be Able To Pay Off The
Cost Of Installation Over A 10 Year Period.
• Organizations Will Enjoy A Positive Monthly Carry.
• & Under The Program A Free Energy Audit Will Be
Conducted To Tell You What Type of Energy Upgrades
Are Available.
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• Plant Air Purification,
• High Efficiency Lighting,
• Insulation,
• HVAC,
• Etc.
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• If Plant Air Purification and High Efficiency
Lighting Are Included In The Package The
Customer is Guaranteed That Energy Savings
Will At Least = The Cost of the Loan Plus
Interest, With A Reserve Fund Set Aside To
Further Back That Guarantee, Or An Insurance
Company Will Provide Energy Saving
Insurance.
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• For Those Not Familiar With Plant Air
Purification, It is a Method of Purifying Indoor
Air That Was Invented by NASA.
• That Uses Both Living Plants & Friendly
Microbes, Found Near Their Root System, To
Actually Digest Contaminants in The Air.
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• But More Than That It Enhances The Cleansing
Power of Plants By More Than A Hundred
Fold.
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• Which It Does By Growing Certain Common
Houseplants In Porous Artificial Soil
• And Putting An Induction Fan Below The Filter.
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NASA’S ORIGINAL PLANT AIR PURIFIER
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• Whereupon A Hundred Times More Polluted
Air Is Drawn Down To Where The Friendly
Microbes Near The Roots of The Plants Reside
• Which Digest All Airborne Contaminants.
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• No Matter What Type Of Airborne Contaminant
There May Be Plant Air Purifiers Remove Them.
• Whether They Are:
– Particulate Matter,
– Odors,
– Germs, Viruses, Pollen, Or Dust,
– Radon,
– And Even Cancer Causing Chemicals Like
Formaldehyde, Which Has Been Shown To Exist At
Unsafe Levels In Almost Every Building In America.
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• With Almost 41% Of The American Population
Coming Down With At Least One Form Of
Invasive Cancer In Their Lifetime,
• With Health Care Costs Skyrocketing,
• & With Health Insurance Running At Almost
$5,400 Per Person Per Year,
• Plant Air Purifiers Protect The Health Of Those
Who Breathe In Its Revitalized Air And Reduce
Health Care Costs.
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• And Because Plant Air Purifiers Reduce Indoor
Air Pollution,
• Ventilation Levels Within A Building Can Be
Reduced By 80%
• Thus Eliminating The Need To Heat Or Cool
Vast Quantities Of Replacement Air.
• This Saves Building Owners As Much As 26% A
Year On Heating.
• & 10-15% On Heating & Cooling Combined.
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• In Addition, Plant Air Purifiers Can Provide
Almost Immediate Relief To Asthma And
Allergy Sufferers Since They Remove The
Triggers Which Bring On Asthma And Allergy
Attacks Which Plague Almost 20% Of
Americans.
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• Plant Air Purifiers Also Make For A More
Comfortable Environment And Eliminate Dry
Air In Buildings During The Winter Season,
• Limit Contagion Of Colds And Flu,
• And Cut Down On The Number Of Sick Days
Employees Or Occupants Of A Building Suffer.
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• PLUS THEY PROVIDE:
• Added Beauty to the Surroundings
• Increase Worker and Student Productivity,
• Lower Our Carbon Footprint & Make Us Less
Reliant On Fossil Fuel,
• Foster Green Technology And Make For Green
Jobs Within The State;
• Are Excellent For Public Relations
• & Lower Vacancy Rates In A Building.
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Or Can Even Be Contained In A Mobile Unit Which Can
Simply Be Driven Up To & Hooked Into A Building’s Air
Supply,
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They Require Little Maintenance Since They
Have Their Own Irrigation System
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• & Require No Filter Replacements Since
Friendly Microbes Within The Filter Bed
Actually Bio-Regenerate The Filter So That It
Can Last Forever.
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Plant Air Purifiers Also Employ A Wet Scrubber Which
Washes Contaminants From The Air Like A Gentle Rain
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• And Because Of The Friendly Microbes In The
Filter Bed, Which Actually Digest Mold Spores,
Higher Levels Of Relative Humidity Can Be
Enjoyed In Winter Unlike Other Buildings
Which Often Have Indoor Air That Is Drier
Than The Sahara Desert.
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• Use NYSERDA’S Programs As A Means Not
Only To Enjoy Energy Savings, But Health
Savings As Well for These Can Put Far More
Dollars Into Your Pocket.
• And Can Increase The Value Of Your Property
As Well.
• Plus Lead To Higher Rents.
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• Plant Air Purifiers Provide Hotels And Resorts
With A Dream Come True.
• For People Pay More For A Room That Is
Allergy Free.
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• And If You Have Any Doubt About Its
Effectiveness, Here Is a Letter From An Allergy
Doctor When He Utilized a Portable Plant Air
Purifier, Which Is Not Nearly As Effective As a
Unit That Can Take Care Of An Entire Building.
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• As For Indoor Waterparks, Or Places With An
Indoor Swimming Pool, Plant Air Purifiers are
Also Ideal, As They Can Eliminate Chloramines
• Which Are Produced When Body Oils Or Urine
Mix With Chlorine In The Water.
• As A Result Chloramines Hover Just Above
The Surface Of The Pool,
• Which People Then Breathe In & Which
Causes Eye Irritation.
• So Creating A Health Risk And Leading To
Asthma For Those Nearby.
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• Why Not Obtain This Miracle Device For Your
Building With No Money Down,
• Where Energy Savings Alone Pay For It?
• Help Your Country
• Help Your Organization
• And Help Yourself.
• This Is One of Those Times When Doing The
Right Thing Brings Benefits To All.
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Finding from the EPA/NYSERDA funded study
• Removes and destroys all types of pollutants
• No replacement parts and fully automated operation
• High single pass efficiency (30-70%) for removal of common and harmful volatile organic chemicals (VOC)
• Each average-sized house plant in a
PAP pot can service 500 sq. ft. of living space.
• Reduced ventilation can provide 80% energy saving for heating and cooling of outside air
• Decorative as a live house plant
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Wet Scrubbers
Gases, Particulate
Matter, Biologicals
Give Rise to Humidity and Mold
Plants and Root
Microbes
Biologicals,
Radiation,
Particulate Matter,
Gases and Dust
Take Up too Much Space

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• Martin Mittelmark (CEO) - businessman with 40 years of experience marketing intangibles with a B.A. and graduate work in law & psychology; inventor whose father invented the rabbit ear antenna.
• Dr. David Borton (CTO) - Prototype designer who will work with the manufacturer PHD. A physicist & Professor in the Dept. of
Mechanical, Aeronautical, & Nuclear Engineering at RPI.
• Peter Fil (Product Design) - an instructor at Hudson Valley
Community College who teaches auto cad, 3D modeling, structural
& building mechanicals & HVAC.
• Karen & Hal Jesse (Sales and Marketing) - 15 yrs. experience selling & marketing portable plant air purifiers thru plant parties.
They own & manage a senior home which has utilized PAPs for 15 yrs.
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• Dr. Jianshun Zhang, Ph.D. (V.P. of Laboratory Research) - 18 yrs. of research experience in Built Environmental Systems (BES); 2x NRCC
Research Award winner; author/co-author over 90 technical papers, 1 book, and 2 ASTM standards; serves on ASHRAE’s Research Activity
Committee, and several Technical and Standard Committees; and is a voting member of ASTM D22.05 on Indoor Air, and a Member of AWMA and ISIAC.
• Dr. James T. Woo Ph.D (V.P. of Research & Grant Procurement)
• G Ram Kumar (Head of Affiliate in India) - graduate in Electronics
Engineering (B. Tech.) from Madras Institute of Technology (MIT),
Anna University (1987) and also Physics (B.Sc.) from Loyola College,
University of Madras.
• Matthew Mittelmark (IT) – Is a MBA candidate at Babson, and a senior systems analyst at Boston Scientific
• Zachary Mittelmark - Babson BA candidate 2013

Certain Upgrades Have a Very Short Payback As
You See Below
• And By Coupling One Or More Of These
• With
• With Plant Air Purification You Are Guaranteed
A Positive Carry
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