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Induction stoves have been one of our favorite technologies these past few years. In the latest episode of Cleantech Talk, Copper founder & CEO Sam Calisch joined Scott Cooney to discuss how battery-equipped induction stoves are redefining what it means to electrify the kitchen, making clean cooking possible without expensive electrical upgrades or home renovations.
Sam breaks down why traditional electrification has left many households behind, how Copper’s plug-in, battery-equipped stoves turn electrification into a simple appliance swap, and what this means for renters, affordable housing providers, and everyday families.
The conversation also highlights real-world deployments with partners such as the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, showing how this approach is already delivering cleaner kitchens, cost savings, and healthier homes.
You can watch the discussion via YouTube below or you can listen via the embedded SoundCloud player or your favorite podcast network. Below these, I’ll share a bit more about Sam.
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Sam Calisch is an engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur who is “focused on accelerating building electrification and economy-wide decarbonization.” Aside from cofounding Copper, he helped cofound Rewiring America, a nonprofit advancing mass electrification. At Rewiring America, he “contributed to policy work that informed portions of the Inflation Reduction Act.” Before all of that, he founded Elmworks, was a research fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through the Activate Fellowship, and got his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Bits and Atoms. He has taught at MIT and Fab Labs around the world and earlier worked at Otherlab developing tools for advanced manufacturing and energy technologies. Impressive resume, eh?
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