IMPEL+ at the EERE-NASEO Shark Tank

December 14, 2020

A panel of "sharks" converged at the EERE-NASEO Shark Tank on December 4, 2020. This high-profile event was a unique partnership between the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office (WIP), Building Technologies Office (BTO) and National Association of State Energy Offices (NASEO) to help states partner with entrepreneurs to increase market access for energy-saving technologies.

Impressive pitches by the IMPEL+ finalists: Daniel Gerber of Verify Energy for his "Powerfly Solar Monitor", an DOE -American-Made Solar Prize finalist;  Namit Singh of Microgrid Labs for his "EVOPT Software for Fleet Electrification,"  that won a Technology Commercialization Fund award; and Aditya Khandekar of Berkeley Lab for his "DISCO: Distributed Interoperable Sensing for Cost-effective Optimization" system for buildings that was funded through the California Energy Commission. More information here.

The Sharks Maria Vargas, Director of the DOE Better Buildings Initiative, Dr. Sumesh Arora, Director of the Energy & Natural Resources Division of Mississippi, and Eddy Trevino, Director of the Texas Energy Conservation Office provided penetrating insights to drive the Innovators' technologies towards pilots and commercialization.