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A A Househealth Smart Electric Outlet Termite Damage on Wall Black Mold Damage 2018: 5 billion dollars of termite damage [1] Fires (2.7 billion) Floods (1.4 billion) Earthquakes (4.4 billion) 3 billion dollars for mold-related illness [2]

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Househealth

Smart Electric Outlet

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Termite Damage on Wall Black Mold Damage

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2018: 5 billion dollars of termite damage [1]

Fires (2.7 billion) Floods (1.4 billion) Earthquakes (4.4 billion)

3 billion dollars for mold-related illness [2]

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Current Solutions

Professional Inspection (Expensive) Exploratory Holes (Invasive) Smelling for Mold Around Outlets (Ew. Also inconsistent)

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Our Solution: Househealth Smart Outlet

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Our Solution: Househealth Smart Outlet

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Our Solution: Househealth Smart Outlet

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Our Solution: Househealth Smart Outlet

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Detecting Termites

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Takeaways

Sensor is very good at detecting light blockages
Termites do not interact with sensor in the way we

expected (sensor was ignored)

Termites are hard to keep alive :(

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Market and Consumers

14 million households at

high risk [5]

Preventative treatment costs

~$500 per year

Estimated market size:

$700,000,000

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References: Househealth

[1] “Cost of Fire Operations,” US Forest Service [Online]. Available: https://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/budget-performance/cost-fire-

perations. [Accessed: 02-Oct-2019].

[2] Smith, A., 2018, “2017 U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: A Historic Year in Context,” Climate.gov [Online]. Available: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2017-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters-historic-year. [Accessed: 02-Oct-2019]. [3] Arguero, B., “GovCon,” Annual U.S. earthquake losses estimated at $4.4B [Online]. Available: https://www.govcon.com/doc/annual- us-earthquake-losses-estimated-at-44b-0001. [Accessed: 02-Oct-2019]. [4] “Orkin,” Termite Statistics [Online]. Available: https://www.orkin.com/termites/facts/statistics. [Accessed: 02-Oct-2019]. [5] "Termite Infestation Probability Map," International Residential Code [Online]. Available: https://pg3nuue3h2-flywheel.netdna- ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/termites.com-termite-infestation-probability-zone-map-2.gif [Accessed: 02-Oct-2019].