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Cooling Post Covers Transaera and KCC Manufacturing Partnership
Cooling Post, the international refrigeration and air conditioning news outlet, reported on Transaera’s new partnership with KCC Manufacturing to scale U.S. production of its dedicated outdoor air systems. The article looks at why humidity is such a costly problem in commercial buildings, where conventional rooftop equipment overcools and reheats air, and traditional desiccants carry a…
Transaera and KCC Companies Announce Manufacturing Partnership to Scale High-Efficiency DOAS Production
Transaera has partnered with KCC Manufacturing to scale U.S. production of its dedicated outdoor air systems. KCC, a 100% employee-owned manufacturer with decades of DOAS experience, will build the cabinet, support implementation of Transaera’s proprietary controls, and provide the systems integration and domestic manufacturing capacity behind the platform at its Kentucky facilities. KCC is also…
Transaera featured in the Weather Network
Our co-founder and CEO Sorin Grama spoke with Nathan Howes of the Weather Network about an aspect of air conditioning most people don’t know about: humidity, not temperature, is what actually makes a room feel unbearable. As Sorin notes: “You feel miserable on a hot, humid day in Miami, but you feel OK in the…
Transaera Welcomes David Eisenbud as EVP of Sales
We’re excited to announce David Eisenbud has joined Transaera as Executive Vice President of Sales. David brings more than 25 years of experience scaling clean energy businesses, including leadership roles at SunPower, SunEdison, and DSD Renewables. Across his career, he has closed more than $250 million in renewable energy transactions and built the commercial partnerships…
Transaera Featured in Kiplinger’s Coverage of the Future of Air Conditioning
Transaera was featured in a recent Kiplinger article examining the future of air conditioning as rising global temperatures drive demand for smarter, more efficient cooling. The piece highlights Transaera’s DOAS technology alongside innovations from other industry leaders, and notes our deployment with Amazon in its e-commerce warehouses.
Transaera Featured in The Energy Mix: Solving One of Air Conditioning’s Biggest Energy Problems
As cooling demand rises across Canada, Transaera’s heat pump technology is drawing attention for tackling one of air conditioning’s most energy-intensive jobs: managing humidity. In a recent feature with The Energy Mix, co-founder and CTO Ross Bonner explained how conventional air conditioners handle this inefficiently. They overcool air to wring out moisture, then reheat it…
“Do You Know How to Keep Your Home Cool?” Transaera weighs in for NY Times Quiz.
Transaera’s co-founders Ross Bonner and Sorin Grama were tapped to provide insight into how air conditioners actually work for a New York Times reader quiz titled “Do you know how to keep your home cool?” It’s a good reminder of something we think about constantly at Transaera: most people assume an AC just makes cold…
Technica selects CEO Sorin Grama as one of 20 leaders driving sustainable data center infrastructure.
Technica selected CEO Sorin Grama as one of the 20 leaders defining technologies, systems, and infrastructure strategies to reduce data centers’ impact on energy oconsumption.
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Meet two companies vying to make the next generation air conditioner
Transaera is featured on PBS’s WHYY “The Pulse” podcast as a company aiming to lower global cooling’s large environmental footprint.
Humidity sucks. Transaera has a new way to deal with it
TechCrunch shines a light on how Transaera recently deployed their first larger dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) unit for commercial buildings like warehouses. The unit dehumidifies fresh air coming into the building, reducing the load on the air conditioner, and is the first among many to come.
The Race to Build a Better Air Conditioner
The Wall Street Journal looks at how Transaera and other startups are designing new air conditioning products that make people cooler without making the planet hotter. The companies are attracting attention and investors in the race to build a better air conditioner.
New Air-Conditioning Technology Could Be the Future of Cool
In the midst of record-setting heat, Scientific American profiles new designs that address humidity and heat without relying on inefficient overcooling.
EIP’s Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund Leads $4.5M Seed Round in Transaera Inc.
Energy Impact Partners LP (“EIP”), a global investment platform leading the transition to a sustainable energy future, announced that its Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund (the “Frontier Fund”) led the seed round in Transaera Inc. The round closed at $4.5 million; EIP was joined in the round by Carrier Ventures, Saint Gobain, and MassCEC.
At Transaera, we see our work as critical to peace☮️and planet🌍. Great article on how heat pumps heat & cool with electricity instead of natural gas w/ significant environmental & geopolitical advantages.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/heat-pumps-for-peace-and-freedom
Earliest use of AC in White House was an improvised cooling unit designed to keep Pres Garfield comfortable after being mortally shot in 1881. Happy Prez Day!
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These moisture-sucking materials could transform air conditioning
MIT Technology Review reports on startups that are tackling dehumidification as well as cooling separately using absorbent materials that could keep building temperatures comfortable with less energy and allow for more flexibility in different environments.
Carrier Ventures Invests in Next-Generation Sustainable Technology Startups
Carrier Global Corporation, the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, announces that Carrier Ventures has invested in Transeara, citing its next-generation technology, high-growth potential and sustainability focus.
These crazy new AC innovations are going to change how we keep cool
Co Founder Ross Bonner talks to Fast Company about how Transaera is using conventional AC design with innovative materials to reduce humidity, heat, and costs.