Wells Fargo supports new cleantech for old buildings

The Wells Fargo Foundation is helping to pave the way for two startup companies to modernize old buildings in becoming more environmentally friendly.
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David Goldstein, Founder & CEO, Hydronic Shell Technologies:
My name is David Goldstein. I'm the founder and CEO of Hydronic Shell Technologies. And our mission is to modernize and decarbonize the old, outdated buildings that we have in cities throughout this country.
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Hydronic Shell Technologies was awarded $3 million from the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge, an innovation competition from Wells Fargo and Enterprise Community Partners.
Goldstein:
Water is really an optimal way to move heating and cooling throughout the building.
We developed a way to install that new infrastructure. So all the ducts, the pipes, the wiring is all integrated into a new facade or a new shell that's wrapped around the building.
Dom Lempereur, Chief of Engineering, BlocPower:
That’s one of the reasons why BlocPower has been very interested in a partnership with Hydronic Shell.
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BlocPower participated in The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a program with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory supporting cleantech startups.
Goldstein:
We're providing a technology that innovation partners can then take to actually implement in the field. And that's exactly what BlocPower does.
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Hydronic Shell and BlocPower are pilot testing this new technology in Syracuse, NY.
Bill Simmons, Executive Director, Syracuse Housing Authority:
The Syracuse Housing Authority manages 2,700 units of affordable housing in Syracuse and Onondaga County.
Lisa Hart, Public Health Analyst & Grants Manager, Syracuse Housing Authority:
The building that this project is in was built in 1953. They didn't have anywhere near the code requirements that you have now.
Dason Motayne, Resident:
This is a very old building, and it can get cold, it can get hot, it can retain heat, gets very dusty…
Simmons:
We're always looking to reduce the carbon footprint and reduce energy costs, and this new technology with Wells Fargo really helps us out tremendously.
Hart:
Most of the times, you'd have to go inside the building to do all of that retrofitting. Where would residents go?
Goldstein:
So what we're looking at here is a prototype Hydronic Shell facade panel. And so this is all of the HVAC you need to provide full heating and cooling and ventilation to an apartment.
What they're going to see is this window is gone. And in that space where we extend the windowsill, that's where you'll see the grill for the hydro box. The heating, the cooling, the fresh air is all going to come into the apartment through that grill. And so it's not actually taking up any space within the apartment.
Lempereur:
We see Hydronic Shell as a technology and an approach that can be replicated in any type of affordable housing.
Goldstein:
When somebody sees that you got support from Wells Fargo, it brings a lot of validation that's of huge value to the company. Our hope is that this project can really be a catalyst for a full community revitalization.