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About Community Energy Labs

Company Overview

Name

Community Energy Labs, a woman-owned and led for-profit energy technology company

Headquarters

Portland, Oregon, United States

Founded

2020

Size

Fewer than 10 employees (source: techjobsforgood.com)

What They Do

Community Energy Labs specializes in building energy management and controls, focusing on enabling community building decarbonization goals affordably by 2030 (source: greentownlabs.com). Their core product is an IoT and Software as a Service control platform designed for building operators facing complex and costly energy goals and tariffs (source: communityenergylabs.com). This system installs wireless sensors and equipment controllers, leveraging cloud-based software powered by model predictive control and machine learning to autonomously predict and optimize building equipment operation, maximizing energy drawn from clean and affordable sources (source: greentownlabs.com). Their solutions monitor, learn, and adjust building energy use to meet customer goals, controlling setpoints, schedules, air quality, comfort, and energy consumption (source: forclimatetech.org). Targeting commercial and community building owners and operators, the platform reduces the burden of meeting energy goals through automation and lower upfront costs, enabling payback in months rather than years (source: forclimatetech.org).

Projects & Track Record

Community Energy Labs has established a strong validation and recognition track record through multiple prestigious awards and accelerator programs rather than large-scale utility projects. Their AI-powered clean building control platform was a regional winner of CleanTech Open's 2020 international accelerator and an overall winner in Madrona Venture Labs' 2020 Go Vertical challenge (source: greentownlabs.com). They were also recognized as a 2021 impel+ building innovator, a member of the EPRI Incubate Energy 2021 cohort, a 2021 U.S. Department of Energy SBIR awardee, and a recipient of the 2021 California Energy Commission CalTestBed voucher (source: greentownlabs.com). Additionally, Community Energy Labs has hosted resilience workshops to help communities understand building energy usage and improve resilience (source: communityenergylabs.com).

Recent Developments

Over the past two years, Community Energy Labs has focused on expanding its team and enhancing its public profile through active recruiting rather than major acquisitions or funding announcements. Their careers page lists open roles including Senior Software Engineer and Technical Support Engineer, with the senior software engineering position offering a salary range of $135,000 to $165,000 (source: communityenergylabs.com, techjobsforgood.com). The company maintains ecosystem affiliations such as membership in Greentown Labs and recognition by For ClimateTech, supporting its visibility in the clean building technology sector (source: greentownlabs.com, forclimatetech.org).

Working There

Community Energy Labs primarily hires for software engineering and technical support roles closely tied to its building controls platform, with documented openings for Senior Software Engineer and Technical Support Engineer positions (source: communityenergylabs.com). The company is founder-led, with CEO Tanya Barham bringing two decades of experience as an innovator, entrepreneur, technologist, and utility expert, fostering a startup culture focused on practical building decarbonization and energy optimization (source: communityenergylabs.com). Their work environment emphasizes product development and customer implementation rather than large-scale project construction or finance, supporting a mission-driven approach to accessible smart energy management (source: forclimatetech.org).

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