Greentown Labs

MARCH 7, 2022

Greentown Labs supports startups that are decarbonizing the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and building resilient communities. We know we can make deep cuts in energy use for heating and cooling by improving building envelopes. primary energy use.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In addition to being a very good smart thermostat that adapts your heating and cooling based on whether you’re home or away and even which room you are in, it is also a smart speaker (Alexa or Siri), an indoor air quality monitor, a smoke and CO alarm listener, a temperature and humidity sensor, and a radar-powered motion sensor.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

ecobee’s smart thermostats optimize heating and cooling systems to deliver energy savings for homeowners, said the company. Residential HVAC systems represent the largest energy-consuming device in the home today and ecobee’s smart thermostats and sensors offer the most intelligent way to balance comfort with conservation.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2024

(Greentown Boston) Enersion ’s harmful-refrigerant-free heating and cooling system is accelerating the electrification of the built environment. Greentown Boston) Monaire ’s tech-enabled HVAC- and refrigeration-management service reduces HVAC energy use and repair costs while preventing downtime and food waste.

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Grist

AUGUST 2, 2023

The idea, akin to public cooling centers, is to upgrade air-filtration systems or provide portable air cleaners to community gathering spaces, creating indoor oases where residents can go to get respite from hazardous air. In both places, residents often rely on opening windows to keep cool inside.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. We invest in transformative technologies to create a systems change for a more resilient, equitable future.

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Mosaic

MAY 8, 2022

From home automation and EV chargers to solar, battery storage and electric heating and cooling systems, homeowners are looking for ways to cut costs and make their homes cleaner. This approach can help contractors increase their margins by closing bigger jobs, and help homeowners make their homes more comfortable, resilient and valuable.

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Mosaic

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It is an opportunity to increase awareness around how federal agencies and homeowners alike can improve energy efficiency and resiliency. The dependence on fossil fuels for heating and cooling a home, cooking, transportation to and from food sources, and the transportation needed for deliveries is substantial.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Caulking leaks can save an average household 10 to 20 percent on annual heating and cooling bills, or up to $166 per year. Weather-stripping your windows can save you an additional 5 to 10 percent annually on heating and cooling bills, or up to $83 per year. Turn the Thermostat Down.

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Bidgely

APRIL 21, 2024

From decarbonization to resiliency, utilities need to be agile, innovative and connected to meet the demands of the future. We gave Bidgely a list of 150,000 accounts that are within that named community and were able to identify customers within the top 30 percent of heating usage or cooling loads.

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Bidgely

APRIL 21, 2024

From decarbonization to resiliency, utilities need to be agile, innovative and connected to meet the demands of the future. We gave Bidgely a list of 150,000 accounts that are within that named community and were able to identify customers within the top 30 percent of heating usage or cooling loads.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Particularly as Texans embrace electric heating, cooling, and even vehicles, putting more demand on the grid. But as Texans know all too well, winter can also bring outages. Extreme heat and cold require bold new solutions to maintain grid reliability.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 17, 2024

New appliances, new heating and cooling systems, solar panels, EV chargers: the possibilities seem endless (and expensive.) For example, HVAC electrification can provide an ROI of 103%! This increases home resiliency and helps put homeowners at ease throughout the increasing number of weather events. Another bonus?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The design team removed three natural gas-fired heating and cooling units and replaced them with four rooftop heat pump alternatives and one split heat pump system to account for the increased occupant density and change in spatial programming from the previous existing office building design.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

  Last week, we got in tune with power markets to set the stage for a reliable, resilient, and decarbonized grid. Ensuring grid reliability, resilience, and security is a balancing act between assets, systems, and participants. for grid upgrades as part of the Grid Resilience and Innovation Program (GRIP).

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EDF + Business

APRIL 18, 2023

It includes solar powered heating and cooling as well as equipment that uses solar energy to illuminate the inside of a structure using fiber-optic distributed sunlight or electrochromic glass Fuel Cell Solar Energy Storage Wind Biogas (e.g., New or Modified Provision: Modified – the IRA provides $1.7 Sources: Deloitte Analysis, P.L.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

The report, focussed on potential opportunities for AI in the grid, finds that AI is able to improve grid planning, permitting, operations and reliability and resilience as well to advance the broader transition to a clean energy economy. However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He founded BlocPower with a mission to green aging urban buildings by replacing unhealthy, fossil fuel-burning heating and cooling systems with efficient, all-electric heat pumps, water heaters and solar panels. For a $285 monthly payment, BlocPower and local developer Revalue.io

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Climate Tech VC

APRIL 7, 2025

Delays to grid upgrades essential for EV charging, data center deployment, renewables, and resilience. 🏠 Heat pumps + HVAC Compressors and control units from Japan, Korea, EU now face 24–32% duties. 💸 Capital is cooling just as momentum should be building. Utilities face budgeting uncertainty.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

GreenBiz recently spoke with eight chief sustainability officers and mayors that are part of the Climate Mayors network to understand what actions they are taking to ensure climate justice is embedded into their climate resiliency plans. People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In practice, this means toggling HVAC operations to soak up abundant solar and avoid cycling when clouds block the sun. The company is deploying to its fifth paying customer this month, and serves clients like car dealerships and churches, for whom HVAC load drives a considerable portion of demand charges.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

GreenBiz recently spoke with eight chief sustainability officers and mayors that are part of the Climate Mayors network to understand what actions they are taking to ensure climate justice is embedded into their climate resiliency plans. People need to have air filters and high-quality HVAC systems.

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