Innovator cohort 5
2023 - 2024 Program Year
BERKELEY WORKSHOP (October 19, 2023)
Lionel Thomas
CEO and Chief Appraiser, Thomas Appraisal Company
Project: PropTech for Sustainable Futures: A Green Real Estate Appraisal Model
Aditya Kanteti
Student Assistant, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Project: TRACE (Targeted Reduction & Carbon Estimation)
Kwan Kit Chong
CEO, BioTwin
Project: Plant-based and low carbon wall stud
Alexa Bednarz
CEO and Founder, Eco-Shelter
Project: A Non-Woven Bamboo-Based Strand Composite for Global Building Applications
Lars Huyghe
Inventor and Designer, Lars Electric
Project: Level Light (Intuitive Consumption Indicator)
Shankar Earni
Title, Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Project: Joule Stream
Sukhamrit Singh
Founder and CEO, AQUUA
Project: AQUUA
Liang Zhang
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
Project: AI-Enhanced Building Energy Management: Revolutionizing Human-Building Interaction with Large Language Models
Aimee Bailey
Founder and CEO, Rock Rabbit
Project: Rock Rabbit: fast, easy and reliable access to incentives for green home upgrades
Sebastian Kuhn
Head of Product, Astrolabe Analytics
Project: Predictive Analytics for Batteries used in Distributed Energy Solutions
Taylor Vick
Founder and CEO, Counterbalance Software
Project: Green Stack Platform
Darius Roberts
CEO, Uplift Solar
Project: Safer Power System for Solar Canopy / Balustrades
Igor Zhadanovsky
President, AEC
Project: Steam vacuum heating systems: the overlooked benefits and exergy efficiency
Ginger Watkins
Founder, ORB Technologies
Project: A plant-based, loadbearing insulation that simplifies ultra-low-energy building construction
CHICAGO WORKSHOP (December 1, 2023)
Angela Cabrera
Founder and CEO, Alegna Technologies
Project: Holistic Approach to Building Automation, Early Warning Remote Predictive Maintenance, M2M, Energy Efficiency Code Compliance
Varnell Castor
Founder and CEO, Castor Energy
Project: Air to Electricity and Water Microgrid Using High Power Electromagnets (HPEM)
Jeff Soplop
CEO, Nimble Energy
Project: Nimble Energy Empower Platform for Modifying Building Operations and Energy Management
Jane Chen
Co-Founder and CEO, Stepwise Electric
Project: Stepwise: An alternative to costly electric service upgrades to enable smart home electrification
Tiffany Kim
Finance Associate, Assembly OSM
Project: 247 E 117 Street
Marc McConnaughey
President and CEO, ThermaGEL Innovations
Project: Scaling High Performance Aerogel Insulation for Energy Efficient Buildings
Hanan Tufashiey
Self-Employed
Project: Ecological Tower: Adaptive Building Envelope to Mitigate Anthropogenic Air and Water Pollution
Kristeen Reynolds
CEO, GROWTH Development
Project: Hurricane Resistant Homes
Greg Kiss
Founding Partner, Kiss-Architects
Project: Radiant Pavillion 25/3
Emily Majewski
Founder, PHYTOSTONE
Project: CAST CARBON - Biochar Enriched Architectural Surfacing for Decarbonization
Suman Sinha Ray
CEO and Co-Founder, Cabomba
Project: Making air filtration gentle and better for planet
