Fab has a vision - increase the deployment of electric vehicles. One big problem? Finding and implementing battery systems with both the power and energy to get the job done. The solution? Listen to find out!electravehicles.com@ElectraVehicleslinkedin.com/company/electra-vehicles-inc/contact@electravehicles.com…

There is an amazing organization of people, right here in Massachusetts, working to create jobs, drive economic growth, and fight climate change. What do these superhero-like individuals call themselves? The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. They’ve been investing in innovators, de-risking technologies, and being a leader in cleantech for almost a…

Smart homes are easy. Everybody is doing it! But what about smart apartment buildings? Well that’s another can of worms entirely. Join Robert from Embue as we explore tackling a unique challenge that requires unique solutions. Along the way we’ll also hear about the founding of Greentown Labs - from humble (and mildly hazardous) beginnings to the s…

As a city council member in Cambridge, MA, Quinton Zondervan advocates passionately for sustainability, affordable housing, and clean transportation. He loves what he does and it shows. Listen in to hear Quinton’s take on innovating public policy, the yin and yang of policy and entrepreneurship, and how motivated young people can make a difference.…

If you fill your car with fossil fuels, there is something easy you can do right now to reduce your carbon footprint. You can go to greengasmovement.org and sign up. With Green Gas' ingenious system, it is quick and easy to clean carbon from the atmosphere every time you gas up. In fact, for just ten cents extra per gallon, you’ll support projects …

This one is for the scientists… and the entrepreneurs… and the mindfulness enthusiasts? That’s right, our show with Latika from Menon Labs has something for everyone! Listen to hear how this materials science professor took her life’s work out of the lab and right into the market. Her secret? Yoga, breathing exercises, and world-class support from …

For Silverside Detectors, bigger means better. Better neutron detectors that is - detectors that help protect America from nuclear and radioactive threats. Join Joe, Chloe, and Sarah as they discuss creating a successful startup on DoD money, being a woman in an overwhelmingly male field, designing early for manufacture, and limericks. That’s right…

Many of our guests aim to fly high, but Ben Glass from Altaeros aims to fly higher than most. Literally. What started as a vision to create high altitude wind turbines has evolved into an innovation many thought was impossible – autonomous aerostats. Join us to hear about how Altaeros is putting payloads way up in the air and transforming what’s po…

The hits just keep coming with Arron. Join us in this second bonus episode about cryptocurrency, peer-to-peer networks, and what it means for renewable energy. Also I think I finally understand bitcoin.For more information on blockchain, check out this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/_160oMzblY8For the paper by Konstantinos Sgatzos, see this PDF: h…

In this TCTM bonus episode, we ask Arron a joke question about the coming robot apocalypse. He obliges us with a very serious and thoughtful reply about the nature and future of artificial intelligence.

Arron and the RISE team have a startup and a dream: to create robots that make us more than we are today. That’s right, they want to create the first real ironman suit - but for everyone, not just the ultra-wealthy. Join us as we sit down with a real-life Tony Stark to hear what it takes to create a functioning robotic exosuit. On the way there, RI…

Certain industries, like brewing beer and wine making, use a lot of water. Like a lot. A lot a lot. And what do brewers do with the contaminated wastewater afterwards? They can’t just pour it down the drain, but if they are savvy, they will give Cambrian Innovation a call. Cambrian has a process of treating water cheaply and effectively while creat…

The arsenic water crisis affects over 200 million people around the globe. In fact, the World Health Organization calls it the largest mass poisoning in human history. Minhaj and his team at Drinkwell are out to address this issue, at scale, and save millions of lives. In the process, Minhaj has learned a lot about how, when the rubber meets the ro…

Ben and Isaac believe that in order to fight climate change, we need to bring more voices to the table. It can’t just be the wealthy advocating for a sustainable future, it needs to come from Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum. And that means bringing renewable energy to communities that are too poor or too high risk for traditional financ…

Not every startup makes it. In fact, most don't. But we rarely hear those stories, stories of working long hours for many years, investing personal/family money, only to have it all end one day quietly and without fanfare. It's a tough truth of innovation that there are losers more often than winners - but it's those individuals who have struggled …

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Clean energy generation and energy storage go together like peanut butter and jelly. Their combination presents an elegant solution to peak demand issues and an effective method to reduce energy costs. But you can’t just slap these technologies together and expect it to work out! It takes a lot of work to plan and pull off these projects, not to me…

Can we make buildings that are better for the planet than doing nothing? When you build a home, you make an immediate and ongoing negative impact on the environment (relative to having done nothing, that is). Tune in to hear from Declan Keefe of Placetailor, a design and construction firm with a vision to do better. (Oh, their homes are also drop-d…

Just a quick update! Listen in to hear about a puppy and plans for the future of Talk Clean to Me. For photo’s of said pup, find him on instagram @thepup_finnstagram.To give us feedback as we prepare for season 2 of Talk Clean to Me, please email contact@talkcleanpodcast.

Data is the wave of the future when it comes to building efficiency. And none-too-soon: 40% of all of our energy in the U.S. is spent in buildings. In order to achieve a sustainable future, we need unique and informed approaches to reducing use in buildings. Enter Sense. Their product provides detailed information about how appliances and features …

Joe and Chloe first met Katie while she was Director of the Cleantech Open, a role that put her near the center of Boston’s cleantech ecosystem. Despite her demanding position, she made time to welcome each of us, wide-eyed new cleantech entrepreneurs, to the world of cleantech, as she’s done for dozens of self-starters before and since. Katie cont…

More than 90% of existing dams in the U.S. don’t produce electricity. What if someone could transform these facilities into reliable clean energy sources that wouldn’t harm the environment? Surge Hydro cofounders Nicholas Cabral and David Markley decided to tackle this problem head on by buying, restoring, and upgrading several hydroelectric dams i…

About 50% of the water destined to for Boston is lost between the reservoir and the city, and most of that loss occurs at pipe joints. Concerned about this hemorrhaging of a precious resource? Enter Proper Pipe. In order to solve many problems related to transporting liquids, we need not only better joints, but also a better way of testing the inte…

So you want to install solar panels on your house or business. How do you choose which ones to buy? Do you lease them or purchase them outright? Do you want the “Cadillac” model or the “Camry” model? Wouldn’t it be helpful if somebody else did all your research for you and tell you which companies best matched your needs? Meet Vikram Aggarwal (Foun…

Eric Graham, founder and CEO of CrowdComfort, believes that walking into most buildings is like walking half a century back in time, technologically speaking. And this is by design - buildings need to last dozens of years, and are therefore built conservatively. But Eric has a vision to bring them into the 21st century, and it involves you, me, and…

Our cars are more efficient, our buildings are more efficient, but can our plants be more efficient too? Michael, founder and CEO of Genoverde thinks so. His company, spun out from UMass Amherst, bioengineers plants do more with less (and pull more carbon out of the air, too!). Join the Talk Clean Team as we explore Michael’s journey of growing a s…

Winter is coming... and that means foggy glasses and windshields for everybody. Luckily, Marc and Yinyong, the CEO and CTO of Treaty, are here with their product FogKicker, a biodegradable solution applied once a month to prevent foggy surfaces. Their current product is designed for underwater applications such as snorkeling, diving, and swimming –…

Senthil is on a mission to see every roof in the US installed with solar panels. His weapon of choice? Design. Sistine Solar's custom solar panels come in any color and design, and therefore have near limitless potential to "make solar beautiful." Senthil and his co-founder Ido Salama started Sistine Solar because they believe that superior design …

This isn't your grandpa's solar array! The modern solar array design is over 30 years old, but Les and Katy, the CEO and CTO of Tessolar, are out to change the game. Their panel is the product of a holistic, systems level approach to optimizing the modern panel, from materials to setup. They sat down to tell us all about how to start a company with…

We frequently hear about the internet of things (IoT), but a lot that has to happen before devices and appliances can seamlessly and meaningfully integrate with the web. Jon Garrity left GE to start his own business tackling an important part of the IoT puzzle, and one that has important ramifications for cleantech. Described as a "Facebook for sen…