In this episode:
We meet Garrett Harwood, founder of Eagle Shield Inc., a premier provider of energy-saving products for home and business that were developed using a technology originally created by NASA. Eagle Shield’s products are space-certified through Space Foundation’s Space Certification Program.
Prior to Eagle Shield, Garrett was vice president of sales for a billion-dollar fitness center with locations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School with a degree in administration, and also holds an MBS in Green Sustainability from San Francisco Institute of Architecture.
In our conversation, Garrett discusses how the lessons he learned in his previous career in the fitness industry helped to lay the groundwork for Eagle Shield, the space technology at the core of their product and its applications, how radiant barrier reflective insulation works, how use of the insulation has moved beyond residential homes to private and commercial properties, and where he’d like to take Eagle Shield next.
In describing how reflective insulation works, Harwood says, “Deep space is -460º [F] below zero. Why wouldn’t you have a heater in an astronaut uniform? Because your own body heat is 98.6 degrees [F]. So, by having the reflective insulation in the astronaut uniform, you’re reflecting your own body heat back in, keeping you comfortable.”
Learn more about Eagle Shield by visiting https://eagleshield.com/
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom © Copyright 2015, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged
Alan Mittelman – Founder, CEO, and President of Eagle Eyes Optics
Jonathan Gardner – Deputy Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope
Joe Urso — Founder/CEO ActivePure Technologies
Jack Gregg — Author of ‘The Cosmos Economy’
Jason Reimuller – Executive Director, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences & Project PoSSUM
Emily Carney – Space Hipster, Writer, and Podcaster
Lori Garver & Courtney Stadd — Former Presidential Transition Staff Members
Sarah Cruddas – Space Journalist
Sarah Noble – NASA Program Scientist, Psyche Mission
Erin Macdonald – Tattooed Scottish-American N7 Rebel from Starfleet Academy
John Olver – Emisshield, Inc.
Dylan Taylor – Voyager Space Holdings & Space for Humanity
Katharine Forth – Zibrio
Steve Howard – Spaceport Camden
Sean Wilson – Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Robert Gregg & Toby Elery — Robotic Prosthesis Built with ISS Motors
Rebekah Hyatt and Adlena Jacobs — SystemsGo
Aaron Shepard – NASA Robotics Intern & Founder of Cogito
Giorgio Coraluppi and Michael Hockenberry — Compunetix
Meredith Garofalo – WeatherNation
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