Stark: AtmosZero trades operational efficiency to massively reduce CapEx
Addison Stark · The story of steam · Jun 19, 2025 · at 26:05
Addison Stark, co-founder of AtmosZero, explains the core architectural trade-off behind his company's air-source industrial steam heat pumps.
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“We're essentially looking at decreasing our overall efficiency, but ideally to be able to massively decrease capex.”
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