If we are to successfully battle climate change, we need to do two things pretty quickly. We need to convert our home heating from gas and oil to electricity. And we need to do the same with our cars.
“I grew up in refrigeration and air conditioning,” Aherne tells The Irish Times. “That was my dad’s business, so I worked in it, helped with installations, all that kind of thing.” “In 2020, I sold Cartell,” Aherne says. “I had the opportunity to start on this, and I did what everyone does; a bit of googling to see what was out there. And then I started to think that maybe I shouldn’t be googling it in case Google sees the idea.”
Of course, it’s not just an air conditioner. Generally in the Irish market, air conditioning units are sold to retailers and businesses, not private individuals. But the technology of an air conditioner is basically the same as that of a heat pump and so EVHACS’s technology can be just as easily applied to the enormous need to kit out our homes with both non-fossil fuel-based heating systems, and a way to keep our electric cars charged up.