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Kapacity.io is using AI to drive energy and emissions savings for real estate

TechCrunch

is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — wooing buildings away from reliance on fossil fuels to power their heating and cooling needs. Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

The soundbite: “The way to go fishing is by going where the fish are — we need to open source where federal funding is headed and how to get a piece of the clean energy and infrastructure pie.” Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool.

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Looking to Invest in Real Estate? Check Out This Expert Advice on the Do’s and Don'ts

Smart Hustle Magazine

Investing in real estate can be an exciting premise — it’s been well-known that with the right decisions, real estate can provide a very good ROI (return on investment). Divya’s company is a real estate management and investment firm. Real Estate Advice .

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What Happened In 2020

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

We are seeing structural declines in the importance of massive sectors like carbon based energy, commercial real estate, retail, and more. 2/ Electric vehicles/batteries/software gain when fewer and fewer consumers are buying gasoline from the carbon energy sector. And that is a good thing for society.

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Deepki grabs $166 million to help real estate investors reduce carbon emissions

TechCrunch

The company is building a software-as-a-service platform for the real estate industry. Companies using Deepki can track and analyze ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria, starting with carbon emissions generated by their real estate portfolio. You can’t reduce what you can’t measure.

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What Will Happen In The 2020s

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

We will see real estate values collapse in some of the most affected regions and we will see real estate values increase in regions that benefit from the warming climate. We will see carbon taxed like the vice that it is in most countries around the world this decade, including in the US.

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Accacia tackles the real estate industry’s massive carbon emissions problem

TechCrunch

The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions , and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those industries work. Accacia gives large property owners a way to track their carbon impact in real-time by integrating with ERPs and property management systems like Yardi.