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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint.

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Why There Won’t Be A ‘Nest For Water’.

Seyi Fabode

By 2013 when we all really started paying attention to Nest, the company was started in 2010, they’d already raised ~$100M in venture capital having been founded by a group of ex-Apple product folk ( Tony Fadell being the most popular amongst them). Nest took a dormant market lacking design thinking and created a brand.