In Episode 5 of the podcast, we speak to Samir Pendse, co-founder and CEO of Coral, a New York-based startup working to accelerate the energy transition by providing software to contractors in order to streamline the complexity of incentives, tax credits, and tax rebates, in turn making heat pumps - and other electrification projects - easier and cheaper to finance for both those contractors and the end consumers.

• Coral (Samir's startup)
• Inflation Reduction Act
• HOMES rebate
• HEAR rebate
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
• SELF - Solar Energy Loan Fund
• Inclusive Prosperity Capital
• Michigan Saves (green bank)

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In Episode 4, I speak to Rolf Bienert, the founding Managing Director of the OpenADR Alliance. OpenADR Alliance is the non-profit standard maker and certifying body for the biggest and most widely adopted open standard for “demand response” (DR) protocols that impact EV chargers, HVAC, and electric water heaters.

In this episode, Rolf and I spend the first half of the conversation getting a broader overview of what DR is and the present state of the industry in terms of its adoption by OEMs and utilities. We also discuss the consumer incentives which have driven DR out of HVAC appliances and into the thermostat while mostly keeping DR protocols out of our water heaters.

Finally, we spend the last half of the interview talking about the new standard called EcoPort (aka CTA 2045) and the recent legislation in Washington, Oregon and California which will likely change the DR story for water heaters nationwide – giving a new boost to water heating DR programs that have languished in recent years.

Key Links Discussed in the Podcast

• OpenADR
• EcoPort / CTA-2045 Standard
• OpenADR Certified Products
• EcoPort Certified Products
• Heat Pump Review: Replacing Gas Hot Water Economics

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On Episode 3, we talk to Nick Stevens, Co-Founder and board President of Go Electric Colorado, one of the non-profits pioneering the concept of “electrification coaching” and “heat pump coaching.”

We will explore how volunteer-staffed coaching organizations are springing up across the country with the mission of educated neighbors and the general public about getting fossil fuels out of the home and moving to healthy and climate-friend appliances like heat pumps, trying to demystify a process that can seem intimidating and bewildering to many.

To read the transcript, see key links discussed in the episode, and listen to past episodes of Heat Pump Review, visit the show page.

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