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Tackling Environmental Issues Through Revolutionary Air Conditioning Technology with Daniel Betts, CEO & Founder of Blue Frontier

Hardware to Save a Planet · 4 Aug 2022 · 51m · Episode 6

What this episode covers

Daniel Betts, CEO and Founder of Blue Frontier, discusses his company's revolutionary air conditioning technology that uses liquid desiccants to decouple humidity control from temperature control, achieving 60-90% energy savings compared to conventional systems. Betts explains how the technology integrates inherent thermal energy storage to align cooling loads with renewable energy availability and eliminates the need for high-GWP refrigerants. He outlines Blue Frontier's 'HVAC as a Service' business model, which targets the commercial rooftop unit market with zero upfront costs to overcome the split incentive between building owners and tenants.

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Companies
Blue Frontier, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, 2150, Modern Niagara, Synapse, National Renewable Energy Lab, 3rd Derivative
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Freon, R-14A, Tesla

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