Why Half the Country Can't Access Clean Energy, And What’s Changing | Rob Hallifax

S5E4 - Why Half the Country Can't Access Clean Energy, And What’s Changing | Rob Hallifax

Published: April 1, 2026

Duration: 1:06:23

What if the biggest gap in the clean energy transition isn't technology or politics, but simply who the products were designed for?

In this episode of Why Design, Rob Hallifax shares the belief that sits at the heart of his work: that half the country has been left behind by clean energy, and that the right physical product can change that. Rob is co-founder of Windfall Energy, a company building a compact home battery specifically for renters and flat-dwellers, the people for whom solar panels, heat pumps and big home batteries have never been a realistic option.<...