“You can electrify your way out of natural gas usage and move to renewable energy to get yourself out of scope two emissions but refrigerants are going to be the main solution for electrifying both water and space heating, which means a significant increase in refrigerant usage."

—Tristam Coffin

My Highlights

• Tristam’s background (2:09)
• Keys to sustainability in the grocery vertical (5:57)
• Important smart building tech in this vertical and status of deployment (8:23)
• About Effecterra (13:41)
• Why are refrigerants important? (19:39)
• The Montreal Protocol? (22:01)
• US AIM Act (27:31)
• Companies including refrigerants in their inventory today (29:35)
• What are low-GWP refrigerants? (34:34)
• Challenges with incumbent HVAC OEMs (42:56)
• High-level solutions for existing and new buildings (49:34)
• The state of technology for using analytics to find leaks (56:04)
• Industry training and upskilling (1:02:48)
• Carveouts (1:06:55)

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