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

- Show: [Hardware to Save a Planet](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet)
- Published: 2022-08-04
- Length: 51m
- Episode: 6
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology
- Listen: https://podcasts.fame.so/e/x8y94jj8-daniel-betts-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=3) Introduction and Blue Frontier's Series A Funding
- [4:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=289) The Climate and Health Crisis of Air Conditioning
- [11:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=689) Refrigerant Leakage and Grid Peak Demand Issues
- [14:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=840) Liquid Desiccant Technology and Energy Storage
- [18:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=1116) Thermodynamic Cycle: Dehumidification and Evaporative Cooling
- [26:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=1562) Commercial Market Strategy and HVAC as a Service
- [36:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=2168) Overcoming Corrosion and Manufacturing Challenges
- [40:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hardware-to-save-a-planet/2022-08-04-tackling-environmental-issues-through-revolutionary-air-conditioning-technology#t=2450) Future Vision and Climate Optimism

## Topics

- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Blue Frontier (company)
- Breakthrough Energy Ventures (company)
- 2150 (company)
- Modern Niagara (company)
- Synapse (company)
- National Renewable Energy Lab (company)
- 3rd Derivative (company)
- Freon (product)
- R-14A (product)
- Tesla (product)

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