Nostromo Energy’s Yaron Ben-Nun and the Need for Thermal Storage in Decarbonization

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Nostromo Energy’s Yaron Ben-Nun and the Need for Thermal Storage in Decarbonization

Yaron Ben-Nun, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Nostromo Energy (TASE:NOST) where his vision for reducing carbon emissions led to the development of the company’s IceBrick™ energy storage technology to help decarbonize buildings. A passionate environmental advocate, he has a background in big data analytics for industrial energy conservation and has held leadership positions at several clean-tech software companie

Yaron’s team designed an ice thermal energy storage system that is challenging the current energy storage landscape. With proven technology, their system is perfectly safe with zero degradation over 10 years of operation. Their first commercial deployment has been running since June 2019 and they have 3 systems under construction in total capacity of 3.8 mWh.

Show Highlights

• Nostromo focuses on using water as an energy storage medium.

1. Technology allows for retrofitting existing buildings to become sustainable energy storage systems.

2. Ideal project specifications and electric bill structure for determining project viability.

3. The growing importance of buildings in energy management as the green economy evolves particularly in large buildings with high cooling demands.

• Nostromo's technology is best suited for buildings with significant cooling loads.

• Inefficiencies of traditional energy storage methods like lithium-ion batteries.

• Enabling retrofitting of existing buildings into sustainable energy systems.

• The green economy is growing, and clean energy transformation is inevitable.

• Buildings must become proactive participants in energy management.

• Local regulations like New York's Local Law 97 are crucial for driving sustainability in the building sector.

“You should wish to fail fast. That's what I'm saying. After a few failures, if you actually learn something from it, you will have success. So you need not only to get up on your feet, you need to know that it's all about how you get up from failure.”- Yaron Ben-Nun

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Show Resource and Information

• LinkedIn

• Nostromo Energy

• 1585 Broadway Office Space (Morgan Stanley Building)

• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

• Into The Wild

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