Partners

Our Partners

Welcome to our Partners section, where collaboration meets innovation that will deliver the WaHa Vaporator® across the globe. To fully realize the impact on energy efficiency and climate change that this remarkable technology will deliver, we’ve cultivated a diverse network of partners spanning multiple crucial disciplines.

Our partners are the lifeblood of our operation, each bringing unique expertise and resources to the table. From engineering marvels to distribution powerhouses, from sustainability experts to local community leaders, our carefully curated team of collaborators ensures that the WaHa Vaporator® reaches those who need it most, efficiently and effectively.

In this section, you’ll discover the exceptional organizations and individuals who have joined forces with us to make a lasting impact on global water security and air conditioner efficiency. Together, we’re not just delivering a product; we’re ushering in a new era of sustainable water solutions and air conditioners that promise to change lives and communities worldwide.

Sales & Support

Dicode Technologies is our partner in the UAE. With an established presence in the UAE and throughout the GCC, Dicode will enable WaHa to have an in-person presence in this critical market.

DewStand is a leading manufacturer of AWG products, but reached out to WaHa to license the WaHa Vaporator® so they could reach markets in Saudi Arabia and SE Asia where traditional AWG products would not work.

Engineering

Synapse is a large engineering design firm with experience developing mechanical refrigeration-based industrial products. Synapse is working with WaHa to productize WaHa’s design for commercial release.

Czero is a specialized boutique engineering firm that is working with WaHa to model machine performance.

Manufacturing

Marmon Holdings, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Marmon is working with WaHa to manufacture and distribute the WaHa Vaporator®.

Air Conditioning

The US Department of Energy Building Technologies Office (BTO) and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBL) have signed a CRADA (collaborative research and development agreement) with WaHa to optimize the design of the WaHa Vaporator® for the HVAC market as well as select initial market(s) for the air conditioner product.

Dehumidification Efficiency

UC Davis professor Shamim Ahamed, is a member of the WaHa Technical Advisory Board. With funding from CalNEXT, Professor Ahamed will be measuring the performance of the WaHa Vaporator® in one of their controlled environment agriculture (CEA) test chambers.

CalNEXT is a statewide initiative to identify, test, and grow electric technologies and delivery methods to support California’s decarbonized future.

Etanomics specializes in energy optimization and the development of holistic energy concepts. They are working with WaHa to validate our energy efficiency savings in our key customer markets.

Academia

The University of California at Berkeley is the home of WaHa’s visionary founder, Professor Omar Yaghi. In addition, WaHa has exclusive licenses to several MOFs, including MOF-303, and other water harvesting IP. WaHa’s lead technologists, our CTO, Eugene Kapustin, and our EVP, Engineering, David Kuo, both received their PhDs from Berkeley.

Khalifa University brings significant value to WaHa through its advanced materials research expertise and rigorous testing capabilities in the UAE’s challenging climate. The university has validated the WaHa Vaporator’s® impressive performance, achieving 100% uptime and 99.9% reliability while enhancing energy efficiency and water production. This collaboration aligns with UAE’s sustainability goals, providing WaHa with credibility and regional recognition. Khalifa University’s involvement also opens doors for further technological advancements and energy efficiency, accelerating WaHa’s development and implementation of AWG technology in the Middle East.

OST, the world leading university in heat pump technology, has been working with WaHa to develop a comprehensive heat-pump desorption system model. The approach involves creating a detailed MOF transient model, validating it against experimental data, simplifying it to a 0-d model, and integrating it into a full system simulation.

Novel Sorbent (MOFs) Synthesis

These global chemical companies are each supplying different MOF powders that are a key component of the WaHa Vaporator®.

Sorbent Coating

These companies are working with the coating formulations provided by WaHa’s chemical engineers to coat different MOFs and traditional solid sorbents on a substrate.

Markets

These companies provide WaHa with a deep understanding of market requirements for both the water utility market as well as the real estate development market.