40 min
Good for the Planet HVAC | Vince Romanin - CEO of Gradient Built for Earth
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Currently, over 6 billion people do not have access to air conditioning. Gradient is on a mission to change that by developing an easy-to-install hybrid residential heating and cooling system that is good for the planet. Gradient’s system removes harmful refrigerants, and when compared to traditional HVAC units, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 75%.
Vince Romanin is the CEO of Gradient. After completing his Ph.D. in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at UC Berkeley, he spent nearly 5 years as a research and development engineer at Otherlab where he began his entrepreneurial journey to decarbonize building heating and cooling. Vince launched Treau in April of 2017, which ultimately became Gradient.
In this episode we cover...
What makes our current HVAC systems so bad for the environemnt
What is a heat pump and how they work
Gradient's climate-friendly refrigerant + smart system
How policy impacts heat pump deployment
Different mechanisms for fundraising
Vince's biggest learnings leading Gradient
Vince's advice for aspiring climate entrepreneur
Vince, the Sevillanas dancer
Connect with us:
Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Episode Recorded on May 10, 2023
Currently, over 6 billion people do not have access to air conditioning. Gradient is on a mission to change that by developing an easy-to-install hybrid residential heating and cooling system that is good for the planet. Gradient’s system removes harmful refrigerants, and when compared to traditional HVAC units, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 75%.
Vince Romanin is the CEO of Gradient. After completing his Ph.D. in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at UC Berkeley, he spent nearly 5 years as a research and development engineer at Otherlab where he began his entrepreneurial journey to decarbonize building heating and cooling. Vince launched Treau in April of 2017, which ultimately became Gradient.
In this episode we cover...
What makes our current HVAC systems so bad for the environemnt
What is a heat pump and how they work
Gradient's climate-friendly refrigerant + smart system
How policy impacts heat pump deployment
Different mechanisms for fundraising
Vince's biggest learnings leading Gradient
Vince's advice for aspiring climate entrepreneur
Vince, the Sevillanas dancer
Connect with us:
Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Episode Recorded on May 10, 2023
40 min