Sustainability In Your Ear: The Net Zero Accelerator's Colin Mangham on Nature's Rules for Building A Sustainable Infrastructure

"Since 2019, the accelerator has helped over 100 companies in a six-month program that stands out by putting real technology pilots into actual buildings with dedicated partners, then tracking the results. This approach has led to more than 60 pilot projects in California and beyond, providing the proven results that founders and investors need to move forward. Colin offers a unique mix of experience to this field."

"He often thinks about beavers, which are keystone species that create habitats for others by building their own homes. As he tells entrepreneurs, "This thing that you're creating, it should also create better living environments for the people and the neighboring organisms all around you." It's an approach that applies systems thinking to business strategy, leading to companies that differ from the typical Silicon Valley disruptors."

Current technology and pilot projects can decarbonize buildings, but progress toward net-zero has lagged because outdated business models slow adoption. The Net Zero Accelerator runs a six-month program that places real technology pilots into actual buildings with dedicated partners and tracks performance. Since 2019 the accelerator has supported over one hundred companies and executed more than sixty pilots in California and beyond, producing measurable results investors and founders require. The program emphasizes stakeholder orchestration, systems thinking, and biomimicry-informed strategy. Case studies show success comes from orchestrating communities, overdelivering pilots, and creating predictable outcomes rather than only breakthroughs in materials.

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