Ep 101: Brenden Millstein, Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon Lighthouse

In today’s episode, we cover:Carbon Lighthouse, its business, vision and clienteleThe genesis of the companyThe opportunity of improving energy efficiencyThe early challenges of driving salesCarbon Lighthouse’s non-profit armThe substantial role commercial buildings play in emitting GHGMisaligned incentives of the many stakeholders involvedFactors that led to a tipping point in the sales challengeWhat is HVAC optimizationHow Carbon Lighthouse uses software to optimize commercial HVAC systemsValue and savings delivered to commercial buildingsCarbon Lighthouse’s customer profileHow landlord adoption is a continuing obstacleCarbon Lighthouse’s financing, operational expenses and costsBrenden’s views on utility-level policies to reduce emissionsBrenden’s thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it relates to climate change Links to topics discussed in this episode:Carbon Lighthouse: https://www.carbonlighthouse.com/Carbon Lighthouse Association (non-profit arm): https://www.carbonlighthouse.org/“Spaghetti diagram” of energy use: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/index.htmlGreen Building Initiative: https://thegbi.org/ Get connected with MCJ: Cody Simms X / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective / YouTube *If you liked this episode, please consider giving us a review! You can also reach us via email at info@mcj.vc, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.