Quilt is building a smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more beautiful heat pump system to drastically reduce emissions coming from the home.

Paul Lambert is co-founder and CEO of Quilt. Through his career he has taken mission-driven startups from 0 to 1 and led product development at some of the top companies in the world – most recently leading Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator.

In this episode, we covered...

[1:25] Why Paul saw HVAC as the biggest climate opportunity

[4:40] What truly is a heat pump

[10:10] What differentiates Quilt’s design

[15:00] A quick dive on mini-splits 

[18:55] The efficiency gains of Quilt’s system

[21:45] Heat pump’s dirty secret and how Quilt is addressing it

[26:30] Where Quilt is at today and the vision for the future

[33:50] The opportunity in HVAC installation

[38:00] What Paul has learned as a software and hardware founder

[41:25] A fun story about Quilt

[43:35] Paul Lambert, the citrus tree king

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This episode was recorded on June 18, 2024.