Aaron Sadhankar

Why no one has home storage — YET Battery pack prices have totally collapsed — at high volumes, this means that enough batteries to *totally flatten* a home’s peak electricity demand cost no more than about $1,500. That means never paying for electricity from 4-9PM.

Canadians, if you‘re considering switching to a heat pump to heat and cool your home, and you’re curious about utility bill costs, pay back period, and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, I made a thing for you. Link 👇

We had a lot of fun with this one! Despite a 100amp panel constraint, you can often still install a fully electric cold climate heatpump when sized correctly. If your furnace dies and you need to replace it last minute, don’t lock yourself to gas for another 20yrs. 💪 ⚡️ 🏡

🧵 My new venture jouleia.com is now live! If you're interested in modern energy efficiency upgrades like heat pumps and solar but don't know where to start check us out!

@CAHiggins @electrify_613 @christaggart Great meeting with you Chris and chatting about all the heat pump things! Enjoy the shirt :)

Thank you @electrify_613 @christaggart & @aSadhankar for the great shirt! It was great to meet with you and I look forward to future collaboration!! #Heat #HVAC #heatpumps #cooling

#HeatPumps are incredibly efficient: 2 to 5 times more efficient than the best gas furnace. And they’re a 2-for-1, providing both heating and cooling. This cuts energy bills and carbon pollution at the same time—and can provide potentially life-saving cooling in a heat wave.

“many Canadians turn to central air conditioners to cool their homes … this is a missed opportunity to switch to heat pumps, which are more energy-efficient and can both heat and cool.” Story on report I helped write released today nationalobserver.com/2023/08/23/new…

@skanwar What a run! Grateful to have crossed paths. All the best for the next decade :)

The end of this month marks my 10 year anniversary and last day at @Shopify. It’s impossible to express my gratitude for everything that is this place, people, & product, which has been my world for a decade...

"2 degrees warmer on average" also does a bad job of describing the temperatures we actually experience. What matters is that when you push up an average, you push out the extremes. Phoenix experiences 4x as many days of searing heat as in the 1950s, Paris 8x as many, London 10x

@BrandonMChu Great idea. I recently spent some time in Singapore and SE Asia with my 2 year old. Singapore is great for that age, very easy to get around. Other parts of SE a bit more tricky but doable if you are adaptable. Book key accommodations ahead of time, freestyle the rest. Enjoy!

Going to South East Asia in oct for 6mo with my 2 & 4 year old 🙃 Plan is to use Singapore as a hub but otherwise freestyle the trip and only plan a month ahead at a time Looking for advice: 1. Is this a bad idea? 2. Despite freestyling, should we book anything in advance?

I’m excited to launch something that’s been in the works for a while - the Climate Tech Canada job board! A place to connect amazing talent that’s looking to move into climate with 🇨🇦 companies working on climate solutions. What to expect 👇 climatetechcanada.softr.app

@adammcnamara I haven’t looked at the effectiveness, but one option are direct/fast grants. E.g. footprintcoalition.com/scienceengine

William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." variety.com/2022/tv/news/w…

@akshaya_murali I’ve been slowly diving into this over the past few months. Let me know what you’re looking for, or feel free to DM me.

does anyone know the best climate tech players out there? I realize I know very little, and need to up my learnings here.

Every week, I talk to someone looking to transition into #climate from tech. It makes me so damn optimistic. When they ask me where to look for opportunities, here's what I say:

#EarthDay: everybody has a part to play in reversing climate change - here is what @shopify is doing (for every RT of this tweet, we will plant one 🌲)

The team @SequestrIO is hiring to accelerate climate action via a markets solution: sequestr.io/careers #hiring #climatecareers #ClimateCrisis

Flexport is organizing an airlift of humanitarian relief supplies to refugee centers in Eastern Europe. You can help by donating to pay for more flights at flexport.org/donate. 🧵👇

"The amount of heat we are putting into the oceans is equivalent to about five Hiroshima atom bombs of energy every second." theguardian.com/environment/cl…

Put another way, the amount of heat energy the ocean has gained since the 1940s (400 zettajoules) could power the entire world for 648 years 🤯 iea.org/reports/world-…

TIL: the ocean holds a massive amount of heat energy.