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/ Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at info@mcj.vc. Connect with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter *Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant