Reduce A/C Energy by 40%: MIT Spinout + Top Climate Tech VC Investors
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Episode Description
Learn how to dramatically lower HVAC energy use via metal organic frameworks with Sorin Grama, CEO of Transaera.
🎧 Episode Summary
Transaera is reimagining air-conditioning with solid desiccant materials that strip out moisture before cooling.
Translation: less energy, fewer emissions, and a planet that sweats less.
It’s a plug‑and‑play upgrade across residential and commercial HVAC systems.
Sorin is an MIT-trained engineer, inventor, and serial entrepreneur.
He’s also the co-founder of Greentown Labs, a lecturer at MIT, and a Climate CEO Fellow in our EFI peer group program.
🔑 Key Takeaways
“Don’t fall in love with tech. Fall in love with the customer’s pain.”
Promethean Power Systems and the art of keeping dairy cold in rural India
The weird science of Metal Organic Frameworks
Leadership lessons from Hard Thing About Hard Things + Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
His 5-minute journal + the radical act of slowing down to think clearly
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🎙️ About the Host
Dr. Chris Wedding is a CEO coach, investor, serial founder, board member, professor, and occasional monk. Follow daily insights on climate tech startups and leadership on LinkedIn: