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Emerging Green Software Companies – 2009


The green wave is flowing into software.

The world is ever changing and entrepreneurs are looking for new ways to make money and at the same time help the environment.  One would never guess that software developers are cashing in on carbon software programs for corporations and governments.  While software developers came late to the green business, their attendance and significance grows daily.  Carbon management software will help corporations see how much carbon they emit.  This is just one way where green software is beginning to take hold.

Emerging Green Software Companies – 2009

Software Company
Products & Services Located
Carbonetworks Carbonetwork’s software calculates and tracks a client’s carbon footprint, and connects a network of partners including carbon traders, verifiers, offsetters, energy analysts and other software developers with the customer. San Francisco, CA, United States
Clear Standards (owned by SAP) Clear Standards sells a subscription service in which customers pay an annual or quarterly fee for its web-based emissions management tools and services.  Purchased by SAP in 2009. Sterling, VA, United States
CSRWare Software-as-a-service that enables companies to track their use of resources like power and water. San Francisco, CA, United States
Dakota Software Dakota has been selling software to help companies management environmental incidents (accidents, health risks, etc.), and more recently has offered carbon management software. Cleveland, OH, United States
eMeter Delivers real-time grid management capability with the visibility into relevant information to improve customer support, drive down operating cost and engage with consumers for demand response and conservation. San Mateo, CA, United States
eQuilibrium (owned by EnerNOC) Software-as-a-service that enables commercial, institutional, and industrial companies “to monitor, mitigate, and monetize” their carbon footprints.  Purchased by EnerNoc in 2009. Boston, MA, United States
Hara Software-as-a-service product that gives companies and municipalities the ability to itemize and track all of the inputs (water, electricity, chemicals) and outputs (the product, greenhouse gases, wastewater) that make up the business processes. Menlo Park, CA, United States
Noblis Noblis has been offering its carbon emissions analyzer to the GSA and U.S. government agencies for some time but more recently rolled out the software to commercial organizations. Falls Church, VA, United States
Planet Metrics Software-as-a-service that helps companies assess energy and carbon use in their business and identify “hot spots” or areas where the biggest emissions reductions can be made. The system connects to other business enterprise software, and taps into databases. San Bruno, CA, United States
Zerofootprint The company’s Velo software-as-a-service automates the monitoring and modeling of an organization’s carbon emissions to provide a carbon footprint and planning tool. Toronto, Canada

Source: Company Websites

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