Recurve named to 2011 GoingGreen Global 200

by Shana Fong on September 13, 2011
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AlwaysOn has announced this year’s GoingGreen Global 200—the top emerging companies that are transforming big industry and creating viable business models for the green technology, and Recurve made the list!

This year’s GoingGreen Global 200 proves that the greentech community is flourishing, and investment is stronger than ever. With maturity and growth during the past five years, the greentech industry is bursting with companies that are reinventing and creating cleaner and more-efficient energy, waste management, and materials solutions. As government incentives and grants dry up in the midst of debt crises and economic uncertainty, greentech innovators are becoming increasingly creative in getting their ideas to market. The number of flourishing private companies on this year’s list proves once again that greentech is here to stay and committed to changing the way humanity exists.

Check out the article here to see the rest of the movers and shakers in cleantech.

Join us at ACI!

by Shana Fong on March 11, 2011
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We’re less than three weeks away from ACI National Home Performance Conference, our industry’s biggest event. If you were at the conference last year in Austin and went to our opening night party (complete with Wild West entertainment), you already know just how fun this conference can be. Oh, and there will also be plenty of learning opportunities too.

Recurve is all over ACI again this year. Here are the sessions and other places you can catch us at. We would love to talk to you!

TUESDAY MARCH 29

Home Energy Summit

8:30am-10:00am
Engaging Markets and Private Capital To Achieve Our Long-Term Goals
Matt Golden, Recurve’s President and Founder, will be kicking off the second day of the Home Energy Summit, which includes heavy hitters such as Katherine Hogan of the DOE, Dian Gruenich formerly of the CPUC, and Commissioner Karen Douglas of the CEC.

2:45pm – 4:00pm
Breakout Session: Effects of Program Design on Delivery by Contractors
Adam Winter, SVP and cofounder of Recurve, will be co-leading a breakout session along with folks from WellHome, Distinct ENERGY Performance, and more.

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 30

1:30pm-3:00pm

Beyond Your Certification
Matt Golden will be helping session attendees plan a successful business strategy post-BPI certification. Joining him will be Tiger Adolf of BPI, Courtney Moriarta of WellHome, and Sam Flanery of Michigan Energy Savings.

3:30pm – 5:00pm

Optimization of Performance Financing Through Innovation
Another appearance by Matt Golden, this time alongside Sammy Chu of Long Island Green Homes and Dan Kartzman of Powersmith, to speak about LIGH program’s integration with Recurve Software and Powersmith home energy upgrades as an example of program design success.

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THURSDAY MARCH 31

10:30am – 12:00pm

Energy Upgrade CA: Game Plan for Market Transformation
Another breakout that Matt Golden is participating in, this time teaching attendees about how the Energy Upgrade California program is leveraging federal stimulus dollars to grow the building performance industry and create jobs, while addressing the typical challenges that programs face. He’ll be joined by Leif Magnuson of the EPA and several others directly involved in the program.

1:30pm – 3:00pm – in the foyer of the exhibit hall
Join Chris McClellan, Sales Manager at Recurve, for an in-depth demo of Recurve Software. He’ll show you how Recurve Software helps you do more energy audits every week, generate accurate savings predictions, and present polished reports and proposals on-site. At the end of the demo, he’ll also be giving away a tablet to one lucky winner! So be sure to visit us on the tradeshow floor at booth 601 to sign up for a free trial of Recurve Software and enter the contest.

3:30pm – 5:00pm (a very busy timeslot for us!)

National Policy Update
Yet another session with – you guessed it – Matt Golden! Get an update on current national and state trends in public policy, including HOME STAR, utility data access, ARRA funded programs and California state financing recommendations for programs in wake of PACE. The session will also cover how contractors can get involved in upcoming program opportunities. Other presenters include Stephen Cowell of CSG,, Rick Gerardi of WellHome, and Kara Saul-Rinaldi of the National Home Performance Council.

A Hard Look at Software: The End Users’ Perspective (Panel)
Chris McClellan will be discussing how software can help you streamline your business operations while increasing sales and improving quality of service through real-life examples of how users have successfully integrated various software solutions into their day-to-day operations. Chris will be joined by Skye Dunning of Building Performance Specialists and Elise Brown of Evergreen Home Performance.

Selling Home Performance: Where Mastic Meets the Sheet Metal
Jason Bowers, Recurve Local Operations General Manager, will be teaching contractors how to increase close rates and sell larger work scopes, along with Casey Murphy of ICF International and Eric Howarth of EGIA.

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Don’t forget to come visit us for a software demo, to enter our contest (we’re giving away THREE tablets!) or just to say hello on Wednesday & Thursday during the tradeshow hours. We’ll be holding down Booth 601.

Matt Golden named Top Cleantech Mover/Shaker for 2nd Year in a Row

by Shana Fong on February 4, 2011
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We are honored that Recurve founder Matt Golden has been named to RoseRyan’s list of Top 25 Cleantech Movers and Shakers in Northern California. Matt joins the ranks among luminary figures such as Shai Agassi of Better Place, Elon Musk of Tesla, and KR Sridhar of Bloom Energy.

This is the second year in a row that Matt has been named to this illustrious list. For more, check out the full list here.

Recurve Named to Prestigious Inc 5000

by Shana Fong on September 21, 2010
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The results are in: we are honored to be named to the Inc. 5000 list, ranking #24 in Top Energy Companies, #39 in San Francisco, and #682 overall.

The Inc. 5000 list was based on revenue growth from 2006 to 2009 and had to meet certain qualifications, such as being privately held and for-profit.

Perhaps as a harbinger of things to come, Inc. Magazine remarks about their list:

More encouraging are the companies sprouting in industries such as health (32, compared with 15 in 2000), energy (16, compared with three in 2000), and education (six, compared with one in 2000). These sectors represent teeth-grindingly tough issues, on which entrepreneurial zeal and fresh thinking are sorely needed.

Recurve Software Update

by Adam Winter on July 16, 2010
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When we presented Recurve home performance software at the 2010 ACI Conference, we introduced a next generation application.

  • Recurve offers one-of-a-kind home performance software built for contractors, by contractors.
  • The software has a no-nonsense interface that’s easy to learn and can be used anywhere (with or without an Internet connection)
  • Recurve users get audits done faster and they collect more valuable data than they did without the software
  • High quality, personalized reports help homeowners understand why they should retrofit their home
  • Recurve’s solution engine creates scope items that calculate the price of the work and the building performance improvement caused by each one

In case you haven’t seen it, check out our software demo: http://software.recurve.com/demo

Since we introduced Recurve software at ACI, our developers have been hard at work on additions to the software that will allow our users to:

  • Show estimated annual dollar savings for each solution package
  • Comply with local and national rebate programs
  • Calibrate audit findings to the homeowners utility bills, to draw a comprehensive detailed picture of how the home’s appliances use energy

Interested in learning the latest on Recurve Software? Register for our next webinar on August 11 at 9-10AM PDT: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/487007865

Recurve Makes List of Top 50 VC-funded Greentech Startups

by Shana Fong on March 8, 2010
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Greentech Media’s analysts, editors, and reporters put together a list of 50 top venture-funded greentech startups – and Recurve made the cut! Here’s what the folks at Greentech Media had to say about us:

Recurve: Formerly Sustainable Spaces. They do energy efficiency retrofits. Recurve is assembling a dynamic software package that will allow contractors large and small around the world cut down the time, cost and errors in conducting retrofits. A lot of the employees come from Google—you can’t say that about other construction companies. In fact, a number of large contractors are testing it out now. Co-founder Matt Golden is also one of the driving forces behind the $6 billion Cash for Caulkers program recently introduced by Obama. Recurve’s next policy initiative: funding retrofits by getting them classified as carbon credits.

Check out the full list here.

Recurve Ranked Third Most Innovative Energy Company in the World by Fast Company

by Shana Fong on February 18, 2010
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Today, Recurve was named 3rd among Fast Company’s 2010 ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Energy … an honor that cements its place among other top energy innovators like First Solar and Silver Spring Networks.

Check out the full article on Fast Company here.

Bay Area’s Top 25 Movers and Shakers in Cleantech

by Shana Fong on February 11, 2010
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Recently, RoseRyan compiled a list of 25 Northern California cleantech leaders, based on informal polling at key cleantech events in 2009. Matt Golden, president and founder of Recurve made the illustrious list, along with others such as Steve Westly, Chuck Reed (mayor of San Jose), and Richard Swanson (founder of Sunpower). Check out the rest of the list here.

From Sustainable Spaces to Recurve

by Shana Fong on November 30, 2009
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What do people typically do in their daily lives to help the environment? What produces more carbon emissions, cars or homes? What does the public think of Cash for Caulkers? Why did we change our name from Sustainable Spaces to Recurve?

Check out this video for answers to those questions and more: http://vimeo.com/7782900

Welcome to our brand new blog

by Shana on November 8, 2009
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We’ve wanted to have a blog for a long time … but held off until we officially changed our name from Sustainable Spaces to Recurve.  So here you go.  Our brand new blog – the Recurve Reverb.

Inquiring minds want to know why the new name?

Sustainable Spaces was a great name and served us well for 5 years.  Many people had problems spelling “Sustainable” and/or remembering our full name.  Our new name improves on the old by being shorter, easier to spell, and easier to remember.