ECOFuel was first introduced in 1996 with the purpose of Fire, Food and Environmental Safety. ECOFuel technology replaces the highly flammable and toxic hazards associated with ethanols, methanols, pressurized gases, and petroleum based fuels with a waste reducing clean burn safe for indoor and/or outdoor use that generates controlled heat for proper cooking and minimizing potential of food borne illness. Conventional ethanols and petroleum fuel emissions exceed 200ppm while ECOFuel clean burn results in less than 45ppm. The same fuels result as harmful food residuals. As the only fuel safe for air shipments, ECOFuel is the only canned fuel ever recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency's "Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards", only fuel ever approved for use by the Boy Scouts of America, tested and approved by Natick Laboratories (US Military), the American Culinary Federation and the Chefs Guild of England.
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Our Focus
The last fifteen years have focused on food service, military and emergency applications with the purpose of reducing the environmental contamination in both air and soil/groundwater. ECOFuel is currently shipped throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom. Recent introductions include India, Russia, and northern Europe with capabilities of distribution to over 100 countries through food service distribution.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
When first introduced into third world countries, the understanding of a relightable, reusable form of canned fuel (a stove in a can) was overcome by simple instructions for use and reuse. Accustomed to old technology of one time use products was successfully overcome as demonstrated also in the cruise line industry where over 60 different cultures were able to find cost efficiencies and safety benefits after a 90 day period. The key to achieving success is through simplicity. Keep it simple sir!
ECOFuel continues to lead the advance in cooking technologies with the introduction of Organica! A plant based, renewable, sustainable byproduct from food residuals. The key fuel is used in pharmaceuticals and food processing. This extraordinary breakthrough eliminates all waste all potential hazards unlike ethanols. The carbon life cycle of Organica unlike ethanols offers a very low carbon footprint where ethanols are not economically sustainable. Organica does not impact food sources like ethanol based products that also produce lethal dosages of CO and emissions.
Our research and development spans fifteen years working with the top environmental scientist, Dr. Charles Simon, with Natick Laboratories (the US military) and with private equipment manufacturers in the food service industry. Liquid fuels of all types are highly flammable, and pollute air, soil and water. Indoor air emissions make all other fuels unsuitable for indoor use due to high residuals of unburned fuel and poor combustion properties in conventional stoves and fireplaces.
ECOFuel has been widely tested by Health Departments, test laboratories including Precision Analytical Laboratories, Southwest Research Institute and the Consumer Test Laboratory (Walmart). In addition it has been tested by the US Air Force at Natick Labs and reviewed by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Relevant Publications or Studies
"R U Ready - Emergency Preparedness for the 21st Century" - enhanced course for the Boy Scouts of America. 2010 "How to Select a Green Fuel" 2008 "Heat Management Systems using Canned Fuels" certified for continuing education credit by the American Culinary Federation 2003 "Safe Canned Heat" MWR Today, July 2000Available upon request. Food service and military.
Our Contribution to the Partnership
ECOFuel would like to participate in workgroups that set specifications and standards. We wish to address the fire, food and environmental areas for health and safety. For over fifteen years, ECOFuel has led the development of safe, canned fuels and equipment. No other product has been subject to the exhaustive testing like ECOFuel. Today, ECOFuel has developed technology with the lowest emissions of any type of fuel, is non-toxic, with the minimum waste achievable, is non-flammable/non-hazardous, can ship by air/land/or sea without restriction and has the least impact on the environment of any competitive technology. ECOFuel would like to work with Partners that can fund additional deviations of our technology to fit the multicultural challenges of global use.
Our training experience for the hospitality and food service industry focuses on hot food preparation to eliminate food borne contamination and illness. Because of our experience in training staff from third world countries we have an in depth understanding of the requirements of simplicity of equipment design and utilization as well as developing universal training methods for effective results. Our experiences in the Middle East and the Caribbean and Central America have been successful due to implementing simple, easily understood methodologies of use. Simple pictographs in successions combined with demonstration on use of the product have generated the highest levels of success. The greatest challenge was in selection of the pictographs for universal use that carried the most effective message. We were able to develop a method of pictograph selection which we continue to use for a wide variety of dialects and languages. "You can have the best airplane in the world but if you do not know how to fly it, it's worthless!"
