concepts · updated 2026-08-10
Jesse Rodefer
confidence: medium volatility: cold verified: 2026-08-10fresh
Zomeworks spokesman and Architectural Cool Cell division figure. Quoted in a 2000 Albuquerque Journal article explaining the Cool Cell's water-pipe ceiling system, and credited in a 2002 source with suggesting that existing swimming-pool solar heaters be repurposed as night-time building coolers.
Zomeworks spokesman quoted in a 2000 Albuquerque Journal article (“Cool pipes chill room naturally”) explaining the Cool Cell as “a climate-control system consisting of water pipes located in a structure’s ceiling” that air-conditions large buildings “without using 1 kilowatt of electricity.” See Albuquerque Journal on Baer.
Credited in the archive’s 2002 pool-heater cooling source with the idea that seeded that project: use the tens of thousands of existing swimming-pool solar heaters already installed nationwide as night-time building coolers, since running pool collectors at night to cool pools in hot climates was already a familiar technique. See Pool heater cooling.
He headed Zomeworks’ “architectural Cool Cell division” as its named contact: both the circa-2002 Cool Cell architectural brochure and its companion background document direct inquiries to “Jesse Rodefer, architectural Cool Cell division” at the Zomeworks Albuquerque office (505 242-5354, ext. 232).
Relationship to Benjamin Rodefer
Jesse Rodefer is the son of Benjamin Rodefer, who became sole owner of Zomeworks following Steve Baer’s 2024 death. Benjamin Rodefer’s own biography page at rodefer.com states plainly that he “has a son named Jesse Rodefer.” Benjamin’s music page also lists Jesse among musicians he has “performed and recorded with,” confirming the two are both family and musical collaborators. A 2026-07-19 research pass had identified the musical-collaborator connection but could not confirm the family relationship; a 2026-08-10 re-fetch of the biography page found the explicit parent-child statement.
Unknown
Full name, professional background, and current role (if any) at Zomeworks are not documented beyond his appearances as company spokesman and Cool Cell division contact, roughly two years apart (2000, 2002), plus the musical-collaborator mention above.