Customers and Alliances
Joule Labs is working with a number of customers and partners to implement its cutting edge solutions in order to speed carbon accounting data collection, analysis, reporting, and compliance. Collaboration is also enabling product enhancements to be quickly rolled out, through the benefits of a web based SaaS implementation. While working directly with many of its customers, Joule Labs also works closely with partners and energy consultants. Proactive outreach is underway with many of the leading Energy Service Consulting Organizations (ESCOs) in order for them to be able to advise on and implement Joule’s Labs energy performance management solutions for their customers.
Customer Case Study
Jabil is a leading global provider of electronic manufacturing services and solutions with more than 85,000 employees and facilities in 21 countries. Jabil contracted Joule in early 2009 to implement a more efficient way to collect and aggregate the required data to calculate their worldwide carbon emissions. The results were successful, enabling Jabil to achieve a third party verification for their worldwide carbon emissions and complete the carbon disclosure project.
Alliances
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a national laboratory of the US Dept of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC., and is the USA’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D).
NREL develops renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advances related science and engineering, and transfers knowledge and innovations to address the nation's energy and environmental goals. NREL has forged a focused strategic direction to increase its impact on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) and the USA’s energy goals by accelerating the research path from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.
Joule Labs, Inc. was launched in 2008 through a cooperative research agreement with the National Renewable Energy Labs and funding from a DOE grant. Our customers want a trusted source of data for decision making that helps guide energy efficiency & renewable energy investments. The Joules Lab Energy Services Foundation is populated with jointly developed NREL models, data and analysis tools, and the applications utilize a portfolio of NREL technical and economic energy analysis tools. This joint research and development enables Joules Labs to rapidly develop and easily maintain these sophisticated energy performance management applications, incorporating the latest algorithms and taking advantage of breakthrough research. These are benefits which are made available swiftly to the market through SaaS on demand solutions for organizations looking to lower energy costs and optimize their consumption of utility supplied power.