Decarbonizing Heating and Housing Spaces: A Conversation with Jane Melia, Co-Founder and CEO of Harvest

Hardware to Save a Planet

In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, Dylan is joined by Dr. Jane Melia, Co-Founder and CEO of Harvest Thermal, a company providing heating solutions for your home that cuts your carbon footprint by 90% while cutting a third of your energy bill.

Join us as we take a closer look at Harvest’s innovative solution that reduces your home's carbon emissions by using heat pumps and thermal batteries to deliver heating and hot water using clean and affordable electricity. Dr. Jane also touches on comfort benefits, load shifting, and partnerships that make Harvest Thermal's system accessible and impactful.

Dr. Jane Melia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Harvest Thermal. The company has won multiple awards for its sustainable initiatives, including the 2022 Verge Accelerate All Category and the 2023 Edison Award Silver Medal. Dr. Jane is an experienced start-up executive and business leader who thrives on bringing innovative products to market and accelerating change.

Episode resources

• Dr. Jane Melia on LinkedIn
• Harvest Thermal Website
• Dylan Garrett on LinkedIn
• Synapse Website

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Previous guests include: Peter Reinhardt of Charm Industrial, Carlos Araque of Quaise, Noah McQueen of Heirloom, Areeb Malik of Glacier, Jeff Satwicz of Bigbelly, Abe Schneider of Natel Energy, Insiya Jafferjee of Shellworks, Paul Gross of Remora, Erika Boeing of Accelerate Wind and Daniel Betts of Blue Frontier.
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