The proof
We're putting a power plant in a noodle bar. Not a metaphor.
The Heat Exchange Cafe & Noodle Bar in Louisville is our working demonstration: a real kitchen running Electofusion in public, every day, while the cafe earns its own revenue.
Why a restaurant
Why a noodle bar instead of a lab?
Nobody trusts a lab demo. A kitchen runs 12+ hours a day, throws away massive amounts of heat and pays brutal electric bills. If it works there, in public, the numbers speak for themselves.
“A lab gives you perfect conditions and perfect excuses. A working restaurant gives you neither — which is exactly why the numbers will mean something.”
What's going in
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Kitchen heat
The cooking line's exhaust, captured where it runs hottest.
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Gaming PCs
Liquid-cooled rigs in the cafe add a steady second heat source to the same system.
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Power and hot water
Recovered heat offsets grid power and helps heat the cafe's water.
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A public meter
Before-and-after numbers from the kitchen's own electric bill, out where anyone can watch them.
The install happens around lunch rushes, between orders, while the line keeps cooking. No clean-room shutdown, no controlled test window.
Public meter · Heat Exchange Cafe & Noodle Bar
Not live yet- Energy recovered
- No reading yet
- Electric bill, before vs. after
- No reading yet
- Stored for peak hours
- No reading yet
First numbers go up right here — good or bad.
Status as of October 2026: demo install in progress.
Road to live proof
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Small-cell tests Done
Electofusion cells proven at small scale.
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Cafe build & demo install In progress
Mounting points going up, the unit staged, metering in place. Installed around service, while the kitchen keeps cooking.
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Meter goes live Up next
Before-and-after numbers from the kitchen's own electric bill, published here.
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Doors open Up next
The cafe runs as a working showroom anyone can walk into.
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First commercial installs Up next
Turn live proof into installs for restaurants and facilities.
Follow along
Want the first numbers the day they land?
Chris posts build updates as they happen, the good days and the bad ones.
Run a kitchen that vents heat all day?
Tell us about it. You'll get a straight answer on whether Electofusion fits, and a free estimate if it does.