Quilt's Paul Lambert on Making Heat Pumps Cool (and Smart)

About this episode

Paul Lambert discusses the importance of heat pumps and Quilt's innovative approach to making them more appealing and efficient.

If all U.S. single-family homes adopted heat pumps, it would equal taking 32 million cars off the road. But we need to 10x the current adoption pace by 2030. Quilt CEO Paul Lambert explains how his team from Google, Apple, and Nest is making heat pumps irresistible — with sleek design, 25+ SEER2 efficiency, and software that makes systems smarter over time. He also discusses Quilt's rapid scaling strategy, its $20M Series B funding round, and the new 3-zone system.

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Guest: Paul Lambert

Topics covered

• heat pumps
• energy efficiency
• sustainable technology
• scaling strategy
• funding

Keywords

• heat pumps
• energy efficiency
• Quilt
• SEER2
• sustainable technology
• funding

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Organizations: Quilt, Google, Apple, Nest

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