CleanFiber makes high-performance, carbon-negative building insulation from recycled corrugated cardboard. The company is fully commercial and rapidly scaling up production from its first facility in Buffalo, NY.
ConnectDER is a solar technology company developing meter collars to connect distributed energy resources to the home and the grid. The company specializes in resilient home energy technology and improves distributed energy resources (DERs) by turning an electricity meter socket into an interconnection point for solar, battery storage, electric vehicle charging, directly benefiting the user, the grid, and the environment.
Copper develops an energy consumption monitoring system that provides utilities with real-time grid intelligence. The company’s flagship wireless energy monitor delivers real-time grid-edge intelligence and electric, gas, and water usage data, with or without smart meters. These innovative new capabilities empower utilities and ecosystem partners to engage targeted consumers, help manage energy demand, stabilize the grid, and reduce the cost of serving energy.