We’re a start-up in the UK aiming to lop several percent off Europe’s carbon footprint (at low cost) by making domestic space heating work better before building fabric improvements. We have product, and we are selling it.
We have a crowd-fund in progress, see examples below of promotion in social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyRadbot/status/1199374186008985602 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/vestemi/
The longer-term question is though, WHERE should we as an impact / climate / fuel-poverty investment (with that wired into our company objects) be getting ourselves heard? Though we are using IoT and AI, we aren’t a typical solution in search of a problem, so I think that with just specialist tech and general social media channels, were missing a trick and people who’d want to engage with our sort of activities and goals.
Advice please!
What don’t I know that I don’t know?
How does the sensor work? Can you give more info?
Does it detect movement? Is it confused by movement in the street that is visible though a window? Is it confused by a dog? What if I'm sitting in a big sofa that hides me from the sensor? Does it work when I'm sleeping?
Does it detect heat? Is it confused by sunlight? A fireplace?
Does it detect sound? Is it confused by a TV?
Does it detect phones? What about children?
There are like a million of technical problem that can be a nice subject of a technical blog post. (Include some photos and graphics.) Even the failed approach can make nice blog post.
One problem with heat is that you need some time to reach a nice room temperature (it's not like light that can change instantly). How do you solve that? Let's say the kitchen when it is not cooking time, can I have a setup to have a intermediate temperature there?
What about the bill reduction angle? This is a subject where money and environment go in the same direction.