Pioneering's Safe-T-element^® Recognized by United States Air Force as a Solution That Meets the U.S. Military's Fire Safety Code Requirements

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 27, 2008) - Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario (TSX VENTURE:PIO), ("Pioneering") announced today that the United States Air Force ("USAF") has reviewed the suitability of the Safe-T-element technology for commercial Air Force Base ("AFB") applications and has determined that the product is now acceptable as an alternative means of compliance with their UFC 3-600-01 military code requirement for a range fire safety system. A range that includes the Safe-T-element technology is now considered a "fire safe" range.

An article written by Mr. Raymond N. Hansen P.E., (Fire Protection Engineer for the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, headquartered at the Tyndall AFB, Florida), was published this week in the Air Force Civil Engineer Magazine (Volume 16, Number 2, 2008), confirming that a range equipped with Pioneering's Safe-T-element technology is now accepted as an approved appliance or product to protect residential ranges in commercial applications from the dangers of stovetop cooking fires.

The impetus for the article was a very costly cooking fire that occurred at an Air Force Base with a range hood mounted, fire suppression system installed. To date the range hood suppression system has been the only accepted fire safety system for use in commercial settings on USAF bases. Since this particular fire occurred the USAF has identified some fire safety concerns with the installation of the aforementioned "special suppression systems". In his article, Mr. Hansen outlines the benefits of using the Safe-T-element technology as an alternative and indicates that "the retrofit system compensates for the causes of most cooking fires experienced by the Air Force; unattended cooking and combustibles exposed to the burners". Mr. Hansen indicates that the Safe-T-element technology meets the Air Force's safety system code requirement for dormitory common rooms, office building break rooms, chapel kitchens, cooking classrooms and other "non-residential type applications".

Until now code restrictions meant that these bases didn't have any alternative to the mandatory range hood suppression systems. Today, as pointed out in Mr. Hansen's article, these bases can now purchase Safe-T-element as an alternative solution that not only prevents these cooking fires from occurring in the first place but can be purchased and installed at less than a quarter of the price of a range hood mounted system. Moreover the article goes on to say that the product is easier to install, saves energy and the installation does not require regular system maintenance. Pioneering Technology is now positioned to supply the Safe-T-element technology to approximately 100 Air Force Bases worldwide. Pioneering Technology recently received purchase orders from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida and the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Pioneering CEO Kevin Callahan noted that, "This is a very meaningful development for this product given that the Air Force has some of the most stringent fire safety code requirements in the world. Until now the Air Force only had one option. Now these same bases have access to a product that not only prevents these fires from occurring in the first place but can be installed at a fraction of the price. We look forward to supporting the USAF's fire safety code requirements going forward and in supplying the Safe-T-element technology in other applications that are classified under The Life Safety Code, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 101)."

About Pioneering Technology Inc. & the Safe-T-element^® (STE) cooking system

Pioneering is an "Energy Smart" product innovation company based in Mississauga, Ontario, that engineers and brings to market energy smart solutions for consumer products making them safer, smarter and/or more efficient. The patented Safe-T-element^® cooking system was engineered to help prevent stove top cooking fires, the number one cause of fire in North America, and to reduce the amount of electricity required to cook. The Safe-T-element^® cooking system is available as both a retrofit and pre-installed on new stoves. For more information visit www.pioneeringtech.com or www.safetelement.com.

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