The Nexus Podcast
The Nexus Podcast
James Dice
🎧 #132: Refrigerants: the Cinderella of the Decarbonization Movement
1 hour 13 minutes Posted Jan 5, 2023 at 10:45 am.
“You can electrify your way out of natural gas usage and move to renewable energy to get yourself out of scope two emissions but refrigerants are going to be the main solution for electrifying both water and space heating, which means a significant increase in refrigerant usage."—Tristam CoffinMy HighlightsTristam’s background
Keys to sustainability in the grocery vertical
Important smart building tech in this vertical and status of deployment
About Effecterra
Why are refrigerants important?
The Montreal Protocol?
US AIM Act
Companies including refrigerants in their inventory today
What are low-GWP refrigerants?
Challenges with incumbent HVAC OEMs
High-level solutions for existing and new buildings
The state of technology for using analytics to find leaks
Industry training and upskilling
Carveouts
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“You can electrify your way out of natural gas usage and move to renewable energy to get yourself out of scope two emissions but refrigerants are going to be the main solution for electrifying both water and space heating, which means a significant increase in refrigerant usage."—Tristam CoffinMy HighlightsTristam’s background (2:09)Keys to sustainability in the grocery vertical (5:57)Important smart building tech in this vertical and status of deployment (8:23)About Effecterra (13:41)Why are refrigerants important? (19:39)The Montreal Protocol? (22:01)US AIM Act (27:31)Companies including refrigerants in their inventory today (29:35)What are low-GWP refrigerants? (34:34)Challenges with incumbent HVAC OEMs (42:56)High-level solutions for existing and new buildings (49:34)The state of technology for using analytics to find leaks (56:04)Industry training and upskilling (1:02:48)Carveouts (1:06:55)You can find Tristam on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.