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Nineteen climatetech startups joined our community in Q1 2025, working on technologies including building-envelope retrofitting, EV chargers powered by local buildings, and treatment for low-concentration methane emissions. We’re thrilled to …
Today’s primary desalination methods—distillation and membrane filtration—are insufficient to completely combat the fresh-water crisis. Both are energy and maintenance intensive, rendering them cost prohibitive in a wide array of potential …
Like so many great startups, it’s electric was born during the pandemic. As an environmentalist based in New York City, Tiya Gordon considered buying an EV for safer traveling, but …
The chemical and petrochemical industries account for about 40 percent of industrial carbon emissions in the United States, due to factors including fossil-fuel feedstocks, incredibly energy-intensive chemical separations, and transportation-related …
Imagine putting solar panels on top of an EVs to extend range, rolling out modules to power communities after hurricanes, or integrating solar into aerospace and transportation infrastructure. Now picture …
The agricultural industry is at a moment of reckoning, where it needs to both curb its contributions to climate change and adapt to the challenges of a warming world. For …
Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are reinventing how our world operates—from how we power our homes, to how we manufacture our goods, to how we shape the built environment. Every one …
More than one-third of the 460+ million tonnes of plastic produced each year is used for packaging—meaning that addressing packaging’s reliance on plastics is critical for decarbonizing the manufacturing industry …
Cement is ubiquitous in our world, from our buildings, to our bridges, to our roads. Factor in that cement is responsible for eight percent of global CO2 emissions, and it …
It’s no secret that heavy industry has a major heat problem. Traditional manufacturing processes for critical materials—including cement, steel, and various chemicals—require temperatures in the ballpark of 1500°C, which are …