• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Joselyn Lai

Bedrock Energy

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Joselyn Lai is co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Energy, a technology start-up transforming the heating and cooling of buildings, using geothermal energy to radically reduce costs for people and the environment. Bedrock has developed novel drilling technologies that enable widespread, affordable, and accessible installations of carbon-free geothermal HVAC for urban real estate properties. Prior to Bedrock, she has built companies across all stages from inception and Seed up through acquisition, and her experience in sustainability & start-ups spans the United States and Latin America. Joselyn was previously a strategy consultant with Bain & Company, primarily focused on industrial M&A in the Private Equity Group and the Energy and Healthcare practices. She received her BA in Economics from Harvard University, with a research focus on sustainable agriculture.

Sessions With Joselyn Lai

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 09:30am - 10:10am (CST) / 19/mar/2024 02:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 03:10 pm

    EIP: Driving decarbonization in overlooked areas

    Innovation & Technology

    In the drive to achieve a low-carbon economy, no sector is left untouched. Fields that were once disregarded have now become promising opportunities. Startups, with their novel ideas, innovative commercial models and urgency to rise to the challenge are well positioned to take the lead. What new technologies and strategies are being pursued? How has the landscape changed to support these solutions and how are developers managing risk as it continues to evolve? This panel will feature members of the 2024 class of CERAWeek Energy Innovation Pioneers.

  • 01:30pm - 02:00pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 06:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 07:00 pm

    Bedrock Energy | Geothermal Heating/Cooling to Decarbonize Real Estate

    Geothermal HVAC is the only way to fully electrify real estate heating/cooling with such high efficiency that it pays for itself with double-digit IRRs. Bedrock Energy deploys novel drilling and construction technologies that dramatically improve access to and confidence in geothermal installations for urban real estate properties.