Impact at Scale

EP 49 - Brandon Ng - AMPD Energy - You Need Materials, You Need Labor and You Need Energy

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Brandon Ng, a co-Founder and the CEO of AMPD Energy, was kind enough to join the Social Innovation Podcast.  AMPD Energy is committed to making the construction industry emission-free and sees electrification and connectivity as a key part of this transformation. 

Some of the topics Brandon discussed:

  • His parents were both accountants and encouraged him to be one as well
  • Was born in Brunei
  • While interning at an accounting firm, realized he was wired to be an engineer
  • Started AMPD in 2015 and started focusing on the construction industry in 2018
  • The cost of batteries kept going down
  • The electricity grid was rapidly changing and getting upgraded
  • The mix of energy sources on the grid was changing substantially due to the introduction of renewables
  • Hyper-urbanization and the pressure it puts on communities and their infrastructure
  • The construction industry accounts for ~11% of global carbon emissions
  • How big problems also create big economic opportunities
  • Finding first adopters that are willing to take a risk
  • Partnering with Gammon Construction to co-develop AMPD Entertainer
  • Using AMPD Entertainer's gathered data to analyze energy use patterns and determine equipment productivity

    • Other titles we also considered for this episode:

    1. Life Takes You On a Different Trajectory
    2. I Think We've Hit That Tipping Point
    3. There Was Not Necessarily a Huge Impetus To Change
    4. Moving From a Competitive Edge To a Basic Requirement
    5. The Question Is, “Do We Care?”
    6. Someone Thought They Were Being Funny
    7. It’s a Gateway Into Exactly What’s Going On
    8. We Knew That Energy Storage Was Going To Be Transformative
      9. ...more
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