HPWH DAY 2025 Key Note Speaker - Jigar Shah

The Advanced Water Heating Initiative is thrilled to announce that Jigar Shah will be the keynote speaker for Heat Pump Water Heater Day 2025.

Shah, recently named to the 2024 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people, is an energy entrepreneur and strategist with a long track record of driving clean energy innovation. He successfully sold SunEdison for $389 million and also served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Originally from Illinois, Shah holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. He most recently led the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, where he oversaw $108 billion in clean energy financing.

In his keynote, kicking us off on October 23rd, Shah will present heat pump water heaters in the larger context of key energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies. Jigar will also explore the synergies of water heating and creating a flexible and clean energy grid, and highlight how heat pump water heaters are key to the clean and connected home of the future.