Greentown Labs

JUNE 22, 2021

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Agtech + water. Transportation.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2023

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 5, 2020

Similar startups ran out of cash and fell by the wayside, but Eos has survived, and now plans to leave venture capital behind and enter public markets via merger with a shell company. II will merge with Eos in the fourth quarter of 2020, at which point the startup will become publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 2, 2024

This becomes a major problem for the energy transition, as bringing electric stoves, HVAC systems, vehicle chargers, and more into a home can demand costly electrical panel upgrades. Stepwise , a Greentown Labs startup, is changing this dynamic by optimizing electric panels to tap into their full capacity.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 25, 2021

At Clean Energy Trust , we have seen some truly impressive startups grow into successful businesses and are proud to have invested in some of the most promising ones. Many cleantech startups have strong organizational alignment on environmental impact. Seek mentorship and support Leadership should never have to be lonely.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

The workers - three of them trainees in a climate-focused workforce development program run by the Brooklyn, NY-based startup - have come to the site to perform a practice energy audit. To date, BlocPower and its contractor partners - which include Augmented Construction , Urban Energy , VRF Solutions , Super Cool HVAC and Ch!

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 4, 2020

Zero Energy Ready certification means steps were taken to achieve extreme energy efficiency through quality HVAC and thermal protection systems. Read the original: Eco-friendly housing startup Module breaks ground in Pittsburgh. The location allows easy access to the homes via public transportation, bike, or foot.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

San Francisco-based startup Leap has raised $8.2 “That’s something that is not fun to do with equity,” but as a startup with no track record, it was necessary in Leap’s early days, he said.

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Michael Grossman

DECEMBER 12, 2021

It pains me to see promising climate tech startups with novel ideas fall into old constructs to sell their solutions where no white space exists. Apple talks about the number of pixels in their iPhone cameras, but it’s within the context of how those digital dots add color and excitement into the lives of their users.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Even in the old normal, the healthy $100m investment disclosed this week by agtech startup Pivot Bio - which hopes to disrupt the $65bn global market for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer - would be impressive. Given the current economic climate, it's another sign that interest in climate tech is prevailing during the coronavirus crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

In the latest example , Emerson, one of the country’s biggest industrial, commercial and residential automation and HVAC systems providers, is acquiring OSI Inc. It’s also a long-time player in grid-enabled devices such as smart thermostats and remote-controllable water heaters.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The company’s software allows anything that stores energy in some form—think hot water heaters, electric vehicle chargers, and HVAC systems—to pull energy from the grid at an optimal time, then provide energy to the customer when it’s needed. Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 18, 2021

In Greentown Labs’ earliest days , when a ragtag group of startups had banded together to split the costs of rent and resources, the entrepreneurs faced a roadblock: they really, really needed Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS software to design and build their climate technologies, and this critical tool was outside of their financial reach.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 3, 2023

The startup’s focusing on the commercial HVAC market, offering an add-on to existing systems that pays for itself in about three years through energy consumption savings. Helix Earth Technologies’ multipurpose tech is attracting significant attention.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

How will it change the HVAC units and window ACs we’ve grown to rely on? Spencer Platt / Getty Images “There’s this kind of idea that HVAC products are boring and not exciting and ugly and hard to use,” Romanin says. This week, we start with the tech side. What will that future-friendly AC look like?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Capital-intensive infrastructure deployment can be tricky for venture-backed startups, but Ice Energy lined up financing partners to own the portfolios of installed assets. Even when utility contracts pay for the system, finding customers takes time and money, as does convincing them to insert a new device into their HVAC system.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

These firms tend to be smaller startups with fast growth. Their differences can be summarized across three considerations: Range of energy measures : While most firms aspire to provide a broad range of energy conservation measures, some focus on a specific type, which can include LED retrofits or HVAC upgrades.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2023

AI-powered systems can automatically adjust energy-consuming devices, such as lighting and HVAC systems, to minimize wastage. Smart sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) devices enable real-time monitoring of energy usage, facilitating proactive energy management and identifying energy-saving opportunities.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Active Energy Systems (AES) is a technology startup at the technological forefront of thermal energy storage within the HVAC sector. Design and Prototyping Engineer | Active Energy Systems | Knoxville, TN. Company Summary: .

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 4, 2020

Brooklyn startup David Energy on Wednesday announced a $1.5 That’s a pretty good return on an upfront investment of perhaps $5,000 to install technology to track HVAC, lighting and other major building loads, and a $1,500-per-month subscription to the company's software to manage those loads for savings and revenue.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

The Bay Area startup launched in 2014 with the thesis that lithium-ion batteries made little sense for businesses with high thermal loads, like grocery stores, and that thermal storage could optimize cooling and slash bills for considerably less upfront investment.

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GreenBiz

MAY 8, 2020

For example, facility managers could reduce the run time of HVAC systems (responsible for about 40 percent of energy consumption), turn off lights in unoccupied spaces (lighting is responsible for 20 percent of energy use) or unplug appliances that aren’t needed (which account for about 33 percent of buildings’ energy use). "Not

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Clean Energy Trust , a nonprofit that supports early-stage cleantech startups and entrepreneurs, announced changes to its Board of Directors today. Clean Energy Trust Announces Changes to Its Board As It Celebrates 10 Years CHICAGO?—?October October 19, 2020?—?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 17, 2022

Startups from around the world are located here, creating a community of research and development laboratories, corporate buildings, schools and more. An ultra-efficient HVAC system balances out the cooling needs. + Barbarito Bancel Via v2com , Archivibe Images via Alessandra Chemollo.

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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. There’s an opportunity for many startups to take advantage of, because the desire is there.”. government ( IncentiFind ).

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

seed round , a pilot project with New Belgium, and a manufacturing partnership with HVAC giant Danfoss. That's why people are turning to them for building HVAC replacements, because of the cost benefits. AtmosZero is focused on replacing the gas boilers that create the steam to power industry. gigatonnes of emissions per year.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 28, 2022

This hybrid, well-ventilated, touchless tech campus will serve Atlanta’s burgeoning startup community. The building will be equipped with high-ventilation HVAC systems for optimal health and wellness, touchless elevators and restroom fixtures, and operable windows. S9 Architecture Images via S9 Architecture.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

By then, builders will be able to choose the energy storage system line they want to work with, and the whole process will look almost exactly like it does for home mechanical appliances like water heaters and HVAC systems. The only question will be whether the ESS is packaged with solar panels or kept separate. Standards will evolve.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. The women leading these startups are tackling some of the big challenges the green economy faces in the coming years.”. Artveoli Inc.’s

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. The women leading these startups are tackling some of the big challenges the green economy faces in the coming years.”. Artveoli Inc.’s

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TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 16, 2024

Quilt promises its heat pump will be a sleeker design that can be installed in more places around a room than competitors’ offerings. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It is more cost effective to add solar and storage than to improve the efficiency of the building shell, or to replace existing HVAC equipment prior to its end of life with new high efficiency equipment. In operation this high efficiency inverter-based HVAC system was almost impossible to hear. Time to burn that bridge to natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 29, 2020

Itron announced last week that it’s partnering with Silicon Valley startup Bidgely to provide pre-integrated access to historical data from its entire fleet of nearly 40 million installed electric and gas meters. “We can see the HVAC breaking down, because we have this super-detailed view of power,” he said.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

But the costs, implementation timelines, and space requirements have relegated this type of HVAC system to very large and fancy properties (think military bases, presidential libraries, and museums).   Are there specific challenges that come with being both a hardware and a software startup?

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

Ingersoll Rand, owner of the big HVAC brands like Trane (and a client of mine), pledged to reduce customer carbon footprint by 1 gigaton. Ikea added another €200 million to its investments in being carbon neutral by 2030. German cement company Heidelberg pledged to create carbon neutral concrete by 2050. What to look for in 2020.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

New York City supports green business enterprises, green tech startups, and ethical entrepreneurs, and as such, there are several tax credits, green financing, and grants available for purpose-driven leaders. New York houses a large population of educated and diversely talented individuals who value sustainable development.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2022

It powers smaller auxiliary loads from the drive belt such as the power steering pump, air compressor for brakes and suspension, HVAC compressor, and coolant pump. Startup Tools and Support. Traditionally, a combustion engine provides more than just traction power to the wheels for commercial vehicles.

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