Colin Touhey: Solar & Fabrics, Intrapreneurship & Sustainability Advocacy

To kick off Season 2 of CleanTalk, Director-Producer Luke Harmer joins Colin Touhey, CEO and founder of Pvilion, for a discussion all about the integration of solar PV cells into fabrics. With a background in electrical engineering in the tent design space, Colin enlightens us on how starting out in-house for another organisation provided opportunities to get a new commercial offering off the ground with a wealth of resources at his fingertips.

We ask what it's like to grow up in a household of socratic problem solvers, how the theoretics of an engineering degree play out in the real world, and explore why sustainability advocacy is often more complex than meets the eye in multi-layered supply chains across the industries.

Enjoy!

To connect with Colin on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-touhey-24885219/

Discover Pvilion's product range: https://www.pvilion.com/

Join the CleanTalk community on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12991627/

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CleanTalk is produced by Harmer Visuals, a corporate film production company specialising in data-driven storytelling for companies across renewable energy value chains. To find out more about how we can help you, visit: www.harmervisuals.com

Many thanks to...

- BitBloom for providing space for the recording session

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Chapters for today's episode:

00:00-01:50 - Intro

01:50-03:46 - Colin's early life

03:46-06:09 - Discovering engineering

06:09-09:51 - Entrepreneurs as parents

09:51-11:24 - Irony of entrepreneurship

11:24-15:11 - Interest in renewables

15:11-20:07 - Vision, mission & values

20:07-29:41 - Pvilion's origins & intrapreneurship

29:41-33:46 - Sustainability advocacy complexities

33:46-36:45 - Plans for the future

36:45-39:51 - Quickfire curiosity

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