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EcoQuest, the company best known for its environmentally friendly air filtration device has just come out with a new system that will help individuals conserve energy in their homes.
The new system, an energy conservation device, can be attached to the electric circuit breaker inside any home.

The new system, called the PowerwoRX e3, which the company says will increase energy and electricity efficiency inside homes, is being sold now in limited markets but will hopefully be available everywhere in the near future.

Independent sales reps who have already had the chance to preview and sell the product, claim that the PowerwoRx e3 provides three key benefits, energy savings, electrical noise filtration and equipment protection.

The machine works by not only reducing the amount of energy and electricity output by certain devices, but the company also says that the system can reuse some of the wasted energy that can get trapped inside smaller appliances. The device manages all electrical and energy outputs throughout the house while at the same time offering surge protection.

The device, which runs around $600 dollars for either the indoor or outdoor unit, must be installed by a licensed electrician so all in, will cost you close to $800 or $900 bucks. While that may seem a bit steep, the potential savings year after year, should reimburse you for the cost in no time at all. With electricity being so expensive, with no relief in sight, the demand for products which will save money and reduce energy costs has increased tremendously.

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EcoQuest International, the Greenville based company dedicated to making healthy living products which include among other things, eco friendly air and water purifiers, is the next in a long line of victims to fall prey to the current downturn in the economy.

EcoQuest’s products have been endorsed by consumers all over the world. Their air purifiers have been built using NASA technology and their products have been endorsed by professional athletes like the New York Yankees, and as well as over 4,000 physicians around the world.

The company has just announced what they call a “right-sizing” effort to adjust their operations to meet today’s economic climate. The new effort will include trimming their workforce by around 20 employees.

“The problems on Wall Street are being felt on Main Street,” said EcoQuest President Mike Letts, “and like many companies, EcoQuest is not immune to the present trends in global financial markets.” Letts added, “”We are taking steps now to ensure our long-term economic position by re-structuring for both current conditions and future growth opportunities.”

The 20 employees being let go are both hourly and salaried employees who work in their Greenville corporate facility. The facility employs roughly 273 people. The company did not indicate if these were the only lay-offs that will take place, or if there will be others to come as the company restructures and reorganizes.

EcoQuest will be taking other steps to ensure long term success both in the current market and for their future growth opportunities.  We are big fans of EcoQuest and hope they are able to trudge through the economic crisis.  Their products are really well made and help a lot of people.

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EcoQuest has added a new air purifier/air freshener to their vast line of environment friendly air sanitizers.

The newest products, Fresh Air by Ecoquest and Fresh Air Everest, freshen, purify, and clean the air indoors. Just like the company’s other air purifiers, this one uses ActivePure Technology which will clean the air around you to eliminate germs and airborne contaminants. The new Fresh Air By Ecoquest apparently uses the power of sunlight and thunderstorms to duplicate nature’s role in eliminating pollution. I’m not sure how exactly, but that what the company is claiming.

The new technology will duplicate the same process used by mother nature herself to clean the air and build the ozone. The NASA Certified Radiant Catalytic Ionization technology filters the air inside your home or office and in a sense scrubs the air. It is the same technology NASA uses to clean the inside of its spacecrafts.

The new purifiers have a 10 year life span and the company says will drastically improve the quality of the air inside your home. The Fresh Air system will also eliminate smoke and odors and the UVC light will kill germs as they pass through the unit. And…..it all comes with a handy remote control (just wish we were able to find out how much the two systems cost).

I have to say, I’m all for air purifiers and such, but it sort of seems that Ecoquest keeps re-naming their products every few months. Regardless, the company is doing a great thing and it’s important to clean the air and remove toxins inside the home and office, especially for the elderly and children who are more susceptible to getting sick from pollutants in the air. Ecoquest also has great line of water purifiers and all natural household products that can all be purchased online or through independent distributors.

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While the summer has been settling down a bit since the Weekenders carnage, there still seem to be some hot topics that just seem to re-shape themselves. USANA started off the summer with a push by its Chairman and then CEO, Dr. Myron Wentz and his holdings Co, Gull Holdings, to the company private. After two and half attempts a “low-ball bids”, Wentz and Co appeared to put their tail between their legs and move on. Not so fast. As we reported this week, USANA’s stock (USNA) had a truly amazing run up 38% giving Wentz and Co a $160m gain on paper. The strategy of low-balling an offer only to have an independent counsel say it was way too low was brilliant. It also helped that USANA settled its difference with Barry Minkow who seems to have agreed to just disappear and leave USANA alone - although terms of the “settlement” were never released.

We had the chance to sit down with legendary network marketer, Dwayne Dyer of XanGo. His story of success is truly one of mythical proportions having a network of over 1 million people around the world! He gave us some pretty good insight into how he built his organization and the power of XanGo which has put Mangosteen on the map.

There were also some interesting deals announced this week. Nu Skin announced a research partnership with Toyo Bio-Pharma. On paper, this is a very strong deal for both companies given Nu Skin’s distribution breadth and Toyo’s global dominance of the process of fermentation and culturing all natural ingredients into cosmetics products.

Another deal was announced which partnered EcoQuest with the American Lung Association. The new relationship stems from Eqcoquest’s unveiling of its new air purification system called “Gemini” - which is the company’s first indoor filtration product that has gotten some pretty rave reviews. If you have any issues with allergies in your home, this is one product yous hould seriously consider.

In keeping with this weeks deals, Pureworks merged with Youngevity which while it was a bit of a surprise to us, does seem to make sense. The value to Pureworks is the expansion of their health and wellness products to now include a complete line of hand, body and home sanitizers. The deal definitely makes sense and can only be good news for the distributors of both companies which now have more products to sell with a larger number of people selling them.

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