EP64: The air purifier company that helped the Toronto Raptors go from the NBA’s sickest team to NBA champs - EAS

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Guest

TJ Winalski

Role

CEO

Flagship Product

The JADE medical-grade air purifier - use code INGOODHANDS for $500 off!

Website

https://easne.com/jade

HQ

Charlton, MA

Environmental Air Specialties on In Good Hands

Background

As CO2 builds up in the atmosphere and causes Earth’s temperature to rise, higher temperatures lead to an increase in ozone, a key component of smog associated with many health problems, including diminished lung function, asthma, and increases in premature deaths (CDC). But get this: indoor air quality is actually even worse than outdoor air quality! From cooking residue to paints, microplastics and fungal spores, the air we breathe indoors is often more polluted than that outside. And even though we spend 90% of our days inside, the issue is frequently overlooked altogether.

Solution

Enter EAS - the company solving this problem with their medical-grade air filters. The JADE air purification system captures and neutralizes dust particles, pollen, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), mold, allergens, viruses, odors (like formaldehyde and smoke), bio-aerosols, nitrous oxide, and many other pollutants that are found in the inside air in workplaces and residences.

Episode Brief

EAS’s CEO, TJ Winalski, joins us on this week’s episode to discuss:

  • Running the ship at a 100 year old (!) company

  • The inextricable link between climate and air quality

  • Why indoor air quality is 2-5x worse than outdoor air quality

  • The consequences of poor air quality and how EAS solves it

  • Turning the Toronto Raptors from the league’s sickest team to NBA champs

Credits

HOST

Peter Levin

PRODUCTION

Dan Mahoney

MUSIC

Eddie Knuckles

Peter Levin