Profile: carbonBLU

Profile: carbonBLU

Jul 10, 2017

carbonBLU is a cleantech software company, working to accelerate the adoption of alternative fuels and advanced vehicles. Based in Roseville, they started operations in 2014 with the mission to establish clear positive correlations between sustainable environmental practices and sustainable business practices.

carbonBLU helps fleets analyze and explore options for improvement and optimization, without the costs associated with hiring technical staff and additional personnel. Their signature app, BLUprint, combines operational data with market data to inform intelligent investment decisions. BLUprint gives users the ability to engage in proactive and progressive decision making. The BLUprint platform turns data into decisions, allowing users to save significant amounts of time and money. They are currently working with CALSTART to provide fleet analysis and fleet modernization services to vehicle operators in California’s Central Valley.

In addition to fleet management, they are also working with the California Energy Commission, providing emissions testing, data collection and analytics for some exciting and high profile technology demonstration programs. These include deployment of fully electric heavy duty vehicles and electrification of the Port of San Diego.

Sedale Turbovsky, head project manager, says their team is looking forward to seeing carbonBLU play a critical role in supporting future deployment of alternative fuels and advanced vehicles, providing fleet operators powerful predictive analytics tools, and enabling extremely efficient vehicle maintenance and replacement programs. As their platform evolves, they plan on leveraging collected data sets to assist state agencies in developing strategic investment plans for their transportation ecosystem. Find out more about carbonBLU on their website or read their online publication on Medium.

Company Profile AQUAOSO

Company Profile AQUAOSO

May 31, 2017

AQUAOSO Technologies, a startup public benefit corporation headquartered in Sacramento, California, is launching a beta version of their online water trading program this summer. The AQUAOSO team is dedicated to improving the water industry, and is led by CEO and Founder Christopher Peacock. Their team has created an online water rights management and trading platform designed to provide transparency and insight into water data and the California water rights system.

AQUAOSO has observed that the current process for buying and selling water rights is inadequate because the existing tools do not enable sustainable water markets. Their system aims to reduce the cost of transactions and expedite the water rights transfer process, deliver solutions to solve existing and future water challenges, and provide greater accessibility to stakeholders. Sustainability in water usage is becoming a higher priority for both existing and new companies throughout California and the Western United States, and AQUAOSO quickly recognized the need for innovation. AQUAOSO combined their knowledge of water markets, advanced technologies, and big data to provide a unique tool for managing water rights in the future.

The early-stage system has already attracted attention in the industry. AQUAOSO was selected to participate in the 2017 Entrepreneurs Showcase Accelerator in Sacramento, hosted by Impact Venture Capital. Additionally, AQUAOSO was recently recognized as one of the top 10 ideas in the OpenIDEO 2017 Water Resilience Challenge. Although their goal to ultimately change the way water is distributed globally may seem ambitious, the AQUAOSO team is dedicated to put all their efforts into this technology and reshape our water management system for a more sustainable future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Madeleine is is a second-year Environmental Policy student at UC Davis. She played a leading role in researching the CleanStart Progress Report and is excited to be working with CleanStart to help Sacramento become a clean tech hub.