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Luz | Climate Tech PodcastAccelerating buildings decarbonization, with McGee Young, Founder & CEO WattCarbon - Episode 17In this episode, you are going to learn about a company building a marketplace to help building owners get to net zero by helping them measure their energy footprint, and fund certified energy efficiency projects through a marketplace.
WattCarbon is a San Francisco based company that focuses on building a clean energy platform that connects organization to carbon free distributed energy resources. On their marketplace, you can access a wide range of procurement options, including renewable energy demand response and electrification projects.
As a building owner or really as an organization, you can fund those...
2023-03-0933 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastDecarbonizing the cement industry, with Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Co-founder & CEO of CarbonRe - Episode 16In this episode, you are going to learn about a company applying Artificial Intelligence to some of the most polluting industries in the planet, cement, stell and glass manufacturing. Thanks to AI, they help reduce fuel consumption and Co2 emissions of cement manufacturers.
My guest today is Sherif Elsayed-Ali. Sherif is a civil engineer by background and was previously working for a large AI company where he set up an AI for climate practice focusing on monitoring climate signals from space.
Energy-intensive industries, such as cement, steel and glass, account for over 20% of global greenhouse...
2023-03-0232 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding solar-powered roofs that look good, with Lech Kaniuk, CEO of SunRoof - Episode 15In this episode, you are going to learn about a company reinventing our roofs, and turning them into a source of energy by installing solar-powered roofs and innovative façades that generate electricity without having to install traditional photovoltaic modules.
My guest today is Lech Kaniuk. Lech is a repeat entrepreneur who first founded OnlinePizza in Poland. This became part of Delivery Hero who IPO’ed in 2017.
After the IPO, Lech was on a trip to the Canary Islands with his brother and they saw the potential for turning roofs into a source of energy and...
2023-02-2335 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastTransforming winemaking with robotics and AI, with Mark De Santis, CEO of Bloomfield Robotics - Episode 14My guest today is Mark De Santis.
Nicolas is the CEO of Bloomfield Robotics. Bloomfield is a company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that develops a technology enabling specialty crop growers - like wine - to monitor the health of their plants on a plant by plant basis - something that is not possible when monitoring with drones. Building a digital image of the crops enables growers to make more precise decisions when it comes to irrigation, fertilizer application, and other plant management decisions.
In this episode, we're going to talk about how precision technology is...
2023-02-0937 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding software to increase energy systems flexibility, with Nicolas Höning, Co-Founder of Seita - Episode 13My guest today is Nicolas Höning.
Nicolas is the co-founder of Seita. Seita is a company based in the Netherlands, Seita aims to help companies bring more energy flexibility to their energy systems by developing an open source software that takes data feeds from weather patterns, from energy prices, and from energy consuming assets to produce a schedule saying what is best to consume electricity in the following day to minimize your CO2 footprints and your costs.
In this episode, we're going to talk about the data infrastructure in which Seita are bringing their s...
2023-02-0232 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastSharing sustainability best practices with software, with Beeri Amiel, Co-founder and CEO of Continue AI - Episode 12My guest today is Beeri Amiel. Beeri is the co-founder and CEO of Continue AI. Set up between New York and Tel Aviv, Continue AI is provider of a sustainability intelligence platform that enables Fortune 500 organisations to build roadmaps and provide recommended actions to empower them to make data-driven decisions to achieve their goals.
The use of ESG frameworks has rapidly gained momentum helping companies manage sustainability issues. However, there is too much data to process, and companies lack the technology to make sense of internal and external data, and make informed decisions. There is also a...
2022-12-2230 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastDriving the adoption of solar panels in emerging countries with Martin Baart, Co-founder & CEO of Ecoligo - Episode 11My guest today is Martin Baart. Martin is the CEO and co-founder of Ecoligo. Ecoligo is a company based out of Berlin, Germany that delivers solar energy solutions to companies in emerging markets, financed by retails investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Their solution helps accelerate solar adoption in countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Chile or the Philippines. They have deployed about €30M in solar projects to date, raising capital from more than 4,000 retails investors, and saving more than 1 million tons of Co2 by replacing traditional energy sources.
We meet with Martin to talk about th...
2022-12-0836 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastThe future of carbon accounting software with Laurent Barbezieux of Aktio - Episode 10My guest today is Laurent Barbezieux. Laurent is the co-founder of Aktio. Aktio is a company based out of Paris, France that delivers carbon accounting software and services to medium-sized companies in France and Europe.
Carbon accounting software has been a very hot area of VC investment in the climate tech space this year and we dive into this today.
We meet with Laurent to discuss the drivers of adoption of such solutions, the complexity of bringing internal data into one place such that an organisation can reasonably assess how much there carbon footprint and...
2022-12-0238 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastThe future of EV charging, with Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen, CEO of Zaptec - Episode 9My guest today is Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen.
Peter is the CEO of Zaptec. Zaptec is a company based out of Stavanger, Norway that build electric vehicles charging systems. As electric cars become more and more widely adopted, the infrastructure to support charging of these cars and to manage the demands this places on the electricity will have to ramp up significantly compared to where it is today.
We dive into this today. We’ll also talk about the different types of EV chargers, the key decision-makers in adopting one EV charging system instead of another, and the...
2022-11-2443 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding the circular fashion value chain with Erik Koep, CEO of Worn Again Technologies - Episode 8What would you guess if I asked you what percentage of all textiles gets recycled and fed back into making new clothes, today? If you guessed 1%, you are right. I think that is a shockingly low number.
Today we showcase a company working on solving this problem.
My guest today is Erik Koep. Erik is the CEO of Worn Again Technologies. Based in Nottingham in the United Kingdom, Worn Again Technologies has developed a technology that recaptures raw materials from non-reusable products such as textiles and polyester bottles and packaging, to produce dual PET and...
2022-11-1834 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastDecarbonizing supply chains using software with Neil D'Souza, Founder and CEO of Makersite - Episode 7My guest today is Neil D'Souza.
Neil is the founder and CEO of Makersite. A Stuttgart, Germany-based data and software technology company that builds supply chain digital twins to interrogate and improve products across multiple criteria including cost, compliance, risk and sustainability.
In simple terms, Makersite customers are large manufacturing organizations, and Makersite collects, organizes, and enriches the data about their supply chain to create a digital twin of their supply chain, and to simulate the impacts coming from making a product with one material instead of another, or with one supplier instead of another.
2022-11-0835 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastTurning food waste into animal feed with Katharina Unger, Founder and CEO of Livin Farms - Episode 6My guest today is Katharina Unger.
Katharina is the Founder and CEO of Livin Farms. A Vienna, Austria-based developer of technologies for alternative insect protein production, Livin Farms has developed an offering that enables food producers to convert the waste from their food production process into insect-based proteins, that can then be fed to animals, reducing the footprint of animal feed by 90%.
Livin Farms recently raised a €6M Series A from angel investor Peter Luerssen.
A industrial designer by background, raised in a family of farmers, Katharina started Livin Farms ten years ago, mot...
2022-10-2533 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding perovskite-based solar technology with Scott Graybeal, CEO of Caelux - Episode 5My guest today is Scott Graybeal. Scott is the CEO of Caelux. A Pasadena, California-based developer of perovskite-based solar technology, Caelux has developed a technology that improves the performance of any solar module by more than 30% , by applying to them an additional layer of nano-materials. This additional layer absorbs sunlight better and enables manufacturers to make solar panels that convert more sunlight into electricity. This ultimately drives down the cost per unit of energy produced.
Caelux recently completed a $12M Series A from Reliance New Energy Limited, the climate tech focused subsidiary of Reliance Industries, one of...
2022-10-2033 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding nickel-zinc batteries of the future with Tim Hysell, Co-Founder and CEO of ZincFive - Episode 4My guest today is Tim Hysell. Tim is the CEO and co-founder of ZincFive. A Tualatin, Oregon-based manufacturer of nickel-zinc batteries, ZincFive offers powerful battery solutions for mission-critical applications that need to be on all the time - such as data centers. ZincFive offers an alternative to other battery technologies such as a lead acid or lithium that is safer, more sustainable and more reliable.
ZincFive recently completed a $75M Series D from OGCI Investments.
A repeat entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience, Tim started ZincFive after perceiving the lack of a good...
2022-10-1444 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastThe future of e-mobility with Falk Siegel, Co-Founder and CEO of Kleta - Episode 3My guest today is Falk Siegel.
Falk is the CEO and co-founder of Kleta. A Barcelona-based bike subscription startup, Kleta enables its customers to get a mechanical or electric bike as a service, for a monthly fee they can cancel anytime. As such, they facilitate wider adoption of bicycles, helping reduce emissions and making cities more sustainable.
Kleta raised seed investments from leading Spanish sports angels such as NBA player Marc Gasol and FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen, and from institutional investors such as Fondo Bolsa Social, and Sabadell Bank.
A German who...
2022-10-0631 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastBuilding methanol fuel cells components and systems with Anders Korsgaard, Co-Founder and CEO of Blue World Technologies - Episode 2My guest today is Anders Korsgaard.
Anders is the CEO and co-founder of Blue World Technologies. A Denmark-based manufacturing startup, Blue World is a developer and manufacturer of methanol fuel cells components and systems. Fuel cells enable the conversion of liquid fuel, such as methanol, into electricity. As such, they play a critical role in the shift away from carbon emitting combustion engines and diesel generators. They are particularly promising candidates in sectors such as on-site industrial power generation, maritime shipping, and heavy-duty transportation. Blue World recently announced a €37M Series B investment where Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Ene...
2022-09-2936 min
Luz | Climate Tech PodcastSaving water with efficient showerheads with Philip Winter, Co-Founder and CMO of Nebia - Episode 1My guest today is Philip Winter. Philip is the co-founder and CMO of Nebia.
A San Francisco-based hardware startup, Nebia is reinventing the way people shower, based on a better experience, beautiful design, and unprecedented water savings. Nebia is backed by some of Silicon Valley’s leading investors, including Y-Combinator and Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.
Passionate about economic development and entrepreneurship, Philip stumbled upon the idea of Nebia and met his co-founder Carlos whilst working at Endeavor in Mexico City, and became an entrepreneur by calling. That is the...
2022-09-2233 min
Voyage of Discovery by Sebastian DavidsonVoyage of Discovery 139Characteristic electronic favorites and true musical interests.
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1. Giorgia Angiuli - All The Little Things (Undercatt Remix)
2. Yousef ft. Shania - Save the Night
3. Milio - PS 30
4. Road Kahan & RAIK - Observer
5. Flageolet - Chose
6. Butch - Versace Silk Shirt
7. Tinlicker & Nathan Nicholson - Be Here And Now
8. Vincenzo - Running Away
9. Principleasure - Sleepwalking In The Abyss
10. São Miguel feat. Sebastian Reynoso - Hope In Balance
11. Sofiane Pamart - Aurora
12. Gorgon City, Aura James - Oxygen (Franky Wah Remix)
13. Qrion - Proud
2021-10-1600 min