ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Challenge
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The buildings sector accounts for more than 75% of electricity use and 40% of primary energy use and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. This poses a critical need to reduce energy consumption in buildings to meet energy and environmental challenges and to reduce costs to building owners and tenants.
TARGET SOLUTIONS
Upward Enterprise Partners are looking for advanced technologies that minimize energy consumption and reduce carbon footprint in buildings in one or more of the following categories:
HEATING AND COOLING
LIGHTING
ENERGY STORAGE
REUSABLE ENERGY
ENERGY GENERATION
ENERGY OPTIMIZATION
ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND USE
WATER QUALITY AND CONTROL
Relationship Facilitation
Upward Startups gain access to structured sessions with Challenge Partners, designed to identify and explore the most viable use cases and/ or proofs of concept as a basis for commercialization.
THE OFFER
End-To-End
Support
Upward provides guidance, templates, and trainings for use case/POC creation, i.e. overall design, key outcomes, installation planning, and measurement of Partner KPIs. We coordinate partner feedback and key issue resolution.
Physical
Location
Upon coming to a city to launch challenge partnerships, startups are provided with inspiring workspace and living accommodations in a prime location for accessing localized POC locations, clients, and co-development partners.
Network
Access
After the first successful challenge with an Enterprise Partner, Upward continues to foster new relationships between our Network Startups and a vast roster of Enterprise and Advisory Partners across the U.S.
THE CRITERIA
