The Cooling Challenge
Today, cooling consumes 25% of electricity generated worldwide and is responsible for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions. Cooling has become critical to our everyday lives. It is quickly becoming a basic need — required to create comfortable climates for living, to bring food to our tables, and to keep the internet running. The rising middle class and continued growth in urbanisation is expected to increase cooling demand. If left unchecked, the electricity used to power cooling systems will overburden electrical grids and increase planet-warming emissions.
Our Mission
At SkyCool Systems, our mission is to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient cooling solutions to customers interested in reducing energy costs and carbon footprint.
Our Story
SkyCool was founded in 2016 on the premise that cooling systems play a large role in contributing to climate change. Additionally, as global air temperatures rise and summers become hotter, energy use for cooling will grow significantly.
Our aim is to improve the efficiency of all cooling systems by harnessing an untapped renewable resource: the sky. We are dedicated to using our technology to bring efficient, climate-friendly cooling to all parts of the globe.
Our Vision
SkyCool’s vision is to bring electricity-free cooling to the world
If SkyCool’s Solution was employed on a global scale…
134 Million
Metric tons of carbon reduced
29 Million
Passenger Vehicles Driven for one year
23 Million
Homes’ electricity use for one year
The SkyCool Team
We are a team of dedicated engineers, scientists and business operators that are passionate about mitigating the effects of global warming and using our technology to reduce rising temperatures around the world.
Arjun Saroya
CEO
Arjun has over 15 years of experience leading engineering, product, business, and corporate development, within the clean energy sector. As Executive Vice President of Innovation and a founding member of Lime Energy, he helped build a $140 million a year industry leader in energy efficiency solutions for commercial businesses and utility programs. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California Los Angeles.
Eli Goldstein
Cofounder and CTO
Eli received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Eli has a passion for energy systems and thermal science. He has led teams of engineers in both industrial and academic settings and previously worked with two cleantech startups. He also led thermal modeling/testing for an entry into the Gates Foundation’s Reinventing the Toilet Grand Challenge.
Gary Wiseman
Interim CFO
Gary brings over 30 years of global business experience to the SkyCool team. He was most recently the founder and CEO of Brisbane Materials, an Australia-based manufacturer of efficiency-improving coatings for solar, LED and display applications. He was also General Manager of the Optical Platform Division of Intel, and spent a 15+ year career in technology development, operations, marketing and general management at Raychem. Gary has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT and an MBA from IMD in Lausanne Switzerland.
Joel Rinsky
VP of Engineering
Joel brings over 20 years of product development experience to the SkyCool team. He has grown and directed multiple engineering teams to bring products from concept through production. Most recently, Joel directed the manufacturing engineering team at a metal 3D printing company during their transition from startup through IPO. He also managed the engineering team at Jabil’s new product introduction division. Joel received his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University with a concentration in fluid dynamics.
Garrett Duncan
Senior Director of Projects
Prior to Skycool, Garrett managed numerous utility scale PV construction projects with up to 69kV substations and utility switchyards. He also directed an evaporative cooling energy efficiency company and worked for several environmental consultants on state and federal resource agency and FERC utility projects. Garrett previously owned and operated a commercial and public-works construction company. Garrett’s education includes a Ph. D. from UC Davis, an M.S. in natural resource science from Humboldt State University, and a B.A. in environmental studies.
Teresa Peters
Mechanical Engineer
Teresa received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. She has worked on design, modeling and testing of thermal fluid systems, including an ice cream freezer based on co-expansion with carbon dioxide and a small foot-print, high heat flux, air-cooled heat exchanger with an integrated heat pipe. She is interested in using thermal-fluid and thermodynamic models to improve heat transfer system performance.
Sohrab Godrej
Director of Business Development
Sohrab is an MBA graduate from Harvard Business School. He grew up in Mumbai, India and previously worked as a design engineer in the aerospace industry and a sustainability manager at a chemicals manufacturer in India. Sohrab has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and is passionate about using science and technology to improve efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.
Miguel Nepomuceno
Mechanical Engineer
Miguel received his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and has previously worked in the automotive, industrial energy, and biomedical industries. Miguel is passionate about using his experience in design, testing, and prototyping to build products with a positive environmental impact.
Aaswath Raman
Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer
Aaswath is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UCLA. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University and is passionate about improving the efficiency of energy systems.
Board
Johannes Douma
Board
Amrit Rao
Board
Eli Goldstein
Cofounder and CTO
Advisors
Bruce Graham
Advisor
Bruce is an early stage VC, entrepreneur, angel investor and board member. He works alongside entrepreneurs to build valuable enabling-technology startups.
Shanhui Fan
Cofounder
Shanhui is Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory at Stanford University. He received his Ph. D in Physics from MIT.
Diana Fisler
Advisor
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