HPAC – Business Disruptors

In this episode we speak with Nathan Horton, CEO of 1Click Energy Solutions, a digital-first company that started out as 1Click Heating and Cooling with the goal of simplifying the HVAC purchasing process for homeowners. With a strong focus on heat pumps as the entry point into the residential market, going forward 1Click's broader ambitions are targeting whole home electrification with the company growing as the market across Canada adapts.We spoke with Nathan live at the CMPX Show in Toronto on March 27th, 2026.This episode is sponsored by Wolseley Canada.

In this third episode of the Business Disruptors podcast, once again we speak with Jeff Schwartz, CEO of Go Lime, a Toronto-based company that has built an e-commerce-driven platform designed to disrupt the established water heater rental business in Ontario.We spoke with Jeff live at the CMPX Show in Toronto on March 27th, 2026, and the conversation went so well we split it into two parts.In Part 1 we spoke about the origins of Go Lime and how it’s approaching the market. In Part 2 we touch on the company’s retail adventures, its growing product portfolio, its new owner (UK-based Basalt Infrastructure Partners) and Schwartz’s outlook for the next three years. Listen to the conversation here, or you can subscribe and listen on Apple podcasts or Spotify, or watch on YouTube.

For episode two of the Business Disruptors podcast, we met up with Jeff Schwartz, CEO of Go Lime, at the CMPX Trade show in Toronto in late March, 2026. Our talk went so well, we’ve split the podcast into two parts. Go Lime developed an e-commerce-driven platform designed to disrupt the well-established water heater rental business in Ontario. With a background in the mobile phone industry – Schwartz shares some interesting similarities between cell phones and water heaters, and he believes Go Lime has a digital head start at bringing a new level of pricing transparency and payment options to consumers. In part one we speak with Jeff about the origins of Go Lime and how’s it’s approaching this market.

Our first guest on the Business Disruptors podcast is Stephen Lake, CEO of Jetson Home, a start-up based in North Vancouver that is designing, engineering, selling and installing ducted cold climate heat pump systems. Officially launching in 2024 with some seed funding, early in 2026 Jetson announced that it raised an additional $50 million to grow and expand its business. Join us to learn more about Jetson and its plans for the future.

Introducing HPAC - Business Disruptors