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REALIZE is a market facilitation platform that seeks to establish high volume net zero carbon retrofit delivery programs across the US. Market facilitation activities include aggregating retrofit demand while coordinating the supply chain to deploy high-quality, prefabricated retrofit packages that are easy to install and are financed through utility cost savings.
Our vision is a future where buildings are heated, cooled, and powered using renewable, non-greenhouse gas emitting resources and where historically disenfranchised communities are fully included in the benefits and can take part in the new workforce it will take to get there.
Buildings are the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions globally. Building construction and operations are responsible for 40 percent of emissions, totaling 14 gigatons of CO2 per year. At the same time, buildings are the number one source of air-pollution-related premature deaths in the United States.
In order to reverse both these trends we must eliminate 50 percent of building-related emissions by 2030. Retrofits are an important part of the solution!
REALIZE is inspired by Energiesprong, an innovative model from the Netherlands. A public-private partnership, Energiesprong has implemented zero-energy retrofits to the tune of almost 5,000 units of multifamily housing over the past five years, with another 100,000 planned across Europe.
We are seeking partners interested in bringing the clean industrial revolution to U.S. homes. Is that you?
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