Conserve Energy & Eliminate Food Waste with Manik Suri, CEO & Founder of Therma

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Have you thought about all the cooling needs of our food procurement and delivery systems? How much energy is consumed to ensure food waste is at a minimum and you receive fresh produce and food each day? There are so many moving parts to our energy usage, and food poses complex problems and wasteful solutions along the way. Manik Suri and seeks to tackle this challenge with his climate tech startup by harnessing smart tracking systems that integrate machine learning and the internet of things (iOT). This interview provides insights and gets you thinking about how a simple solution, like tracking the energy use of simple appliances in our food chain can optimize our energy consumption, reduce waste, and provide grid stability (so your power doesn't go out). Manik invites us all to be climate aware as we build a better future, harnessing the power of simple technology for good. 

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Manik is Founder and CEO of Therma, a technology startup whose mission is to help protect our food and our planet. Therma builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste, improve energy e􀋟ciency and reduce refrigerant emissions — protecting consumers and combating climate change. Therma is deployed across restaurants, retailers, distributors and manufacturers worldwide, with leading brands including McDonalds, Starbucks, NOW Foods, 7-Eleven and Marriott Hotels. Previously, Manik co-founded the Governance Lab (GovLab), an innovation center at NYU that develops technology solutions to improve government. He has been recognized amongst the Top 100 Harvard Alumni in Technology, a past affliate of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and previously held positions at global investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company and the White House

National Economic Council.

Connect with Manik

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maniksuri/

Guest Website: https://hellotherma.com

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

05:00 How Manik Suri, a Harvard Graduate from a family of doctors turn into a climate-focused entrepreneur

08:12 The need to reduce the carbon footprint of restaurant and commercial-scale cooling an refrigeration needs

15:55 Making refrigeration smarter to track and plan energy use with Therma°

19:00 Grid Flexibility Programs: Optimizing energy usage to minimize surges, reduce gird overload and minimize brown-outs and black-outs (but what about wind-outs?)

25:20 Refrigeration growing at 16-18% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) globally, increasing carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions – an emission source that must be addressed

29:30 The challenge of politics and diplomacy in moving towards a greener future

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