What ClearlyEnergy does

ClearlyEnergy, Inc. is a Maryland-based private software company founded in 2012 that provides SaaS platforms and analytical services for building energy benchmarking, compliance tracking, and residential energy modeling. The company's primary customers are state and local government jurisdictions implementing building performance standards (BPS) and energy benchmarking ordinances, with secondary customer segments including financial institutions (lenders and mortgage backers using automated energy modeling for portfolio carbon accounting), homeowners and home energy assessors, and real estate professionals. ClearlyEnergy is an 80% women-owned certified small business (WBENC) and operates with a small team of approximately 20 employees combining climate policy expertise and software engineering capability.

The company's core technology is the BEAM (Building Energy Analysis Manager) platform, a cloud-based SaaS product that aggregates building energy benchmarking data, performs automated compliance tracking for jurisdiction-specific BPS policies, and integrates with the EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. BEAM includes a Building Optimizer that models proposed efficiency measures against policy objectives, system lifetimes, decision sequencing, constraints, penalties, and budget restrictions. Complementary products include the Automated Energy Model (AEM), a proprietary residential energy cost and emissions model validated across thousands of homes in 27 states with 58–91% correlation rates by fuel type; Remotely, a smartphone-based virtual home auditing app approved as a U.S. DOE Home Energy Score software provider; HELIX, a home energy labeling data platform operated for NEEP across a 12-state region; the Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump List, a database of over 100,000 products from 100+ brands maintained for NEEP; and Energy Burden Analyses. The infrastructure stack runs on AWS with MongoDB Atlas, Sanity CMS, Drata for compliance management, and (beginning December 2025) Tiger Cloud for Postgres, with security controls aligned to SOC 2 and NIST SP 800-53.

ClearlyEnergy generates revenue through enterprise software licensing of BEAM to government jurisdictions on annual subscription terms, supplemented by professional services and consulting for climate policy development and program implementation. Additional revenue comes from AEM licensing to lenders for portfolio-level Scope 3 carbon accounting and energy burden analyses. Distribution is primarily direct enterprise sales to state and local government, augmented by channel partnerships with regional efficiency alliances (NEEP, SEEA, MEEA, SWEEP, NEEA), the U.S. DOE and EPA, and national laboratories (Lawrence Berkeley, Pacific Northwest). The company has documented over 50 BEAM partner jurisdictions across the United States, including major cities (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston) and several states, with revenue predominantly tied to government-sector procurement cycles.

Name

ClearlyEnergy

Legal name

ClearlyEnergy, Inc.

Website

https://clearlyenergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ClearlyEnergy is a Maryland-based software company providing SaaS platforms (BEAM, Remotely, AEM) for building energy benchmarking, compliance tracking, and residential energy modeling, serving state and local government jurisdictions, financial institutions, and homeowners across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Energy Compliance Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy Management & Monitoring (Submetering, Dashboards, Analytics) (BPABAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Energy Management & Demand Flexibility Software (BEMS, Optimization) (EUAFAGAK), Customer Energy Engagement (In-Home Displays, Portals, Usage Insights) (EUADAFAH), Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS) (HSAPAPAA)

Keywords

• Building energy benchmarking
• Energy compliance software
• Residential energy modeling
• Home energy labeling
• Climate policy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. BEAM Software Licensing: ClearlyEnergy provides its proprietary BEAM platform to state and local jurisdictions for building energy benchmarking and performance standards compliance tracking. Revenue is generated through software licensing arrangements with government clients.
2. Professional Services and Consulting: The company provides climate policy analysis, program management, technical assistance, and implementation support to states, jurisdictions, and organizations for energy efficiency projects and policy development.
3. Energy Model API Services: The Automated Energy Model is licensed to lenders and mortgage backers to assess energy burden and greenhouse gas footprint of loan portfolios, including residential mortgages and commercial building loans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ClearlyEnergy develops and licenses proprietary software platforms for building energy benchmarking, building performance standards (BPS) compliance tracking, and residential energy modeling. Its flagship BEAM platform aggregates building energy data and performs automatic compliance tracking for jurisdictions, while the Automated Energy Model (AEM), Remotely virtual home auditing app, and HELIX home energy labeling platform serve residential energy, lending, and real-estate disclosure use cases. The company also provides climate policy analysis, program management, and technical assistance.

Product overview

ClearlyEnergy offers a portfolio of software solutions organized across three business segments: Buildings, Homes, and Climate Solutions. The core Buildings platform is BEAM (Building Energy Analysis Manager), a proprietary compliance tracking and benchmarking platform that aggregates energy data, performs automatic compliance tracking for building performance standards, and includes built-in CRM and optimization tools. The Homes segment centers on the Automated Energy Model (AEM) for residential energy estimation and the Remotely virtual home auditing app (official DOE Home Energy Score software provider), supported by Energy Mortgages and Carbon Accounting services for lenders. The Climate Solutions segment includes the HELIX database for NEEP populating real estate listings with home energy information, the Cold Climate ASHP List database, and Energy Burden Analyses. These products work together to provide end-to-end energy transparency from individual homes to commercial building portfolios, enabling compliance with building performance standards, residential energy disclosure, and carbon accounting across the finance and real estate industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BEAM (Building Energy Analysis Manager): Proprietary software platform that aggregates benchmarking data and performs automatic compliance tracking for building performance standards and benchmarking policies.
• Remotely
• Automated Energy Model (AEM)

Products and services

• Building Energy Analysis Manager (BEAM) Cloud-based SaaS platform that aggregates building energy benchmarking data, performs automatic compliance tracking based on jurisdiction-specific benchmarking or building performance standards policies, and includes built-in CRM, building optimizer, and ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager connectivity. Licensed to state and local government jurisdictions.
• Remotely Virtual home auditing tool using smartphone technology including augmented reality spatial measurements to facilitate residential energy audit data collection. Enables certified assessors to generate official U.S. DOE Home Energy Scores.
• Automated Energy Model (AEM) Proprietary residential energy modeling system that generates automated estimates of home energy costs, consumption, and emissions for large portfolios of real-estate assets. Used in home energy labeling programs and by lenders and mortgage backers to assess portfolio risk.
• HELIX (Home Energy Labeling Information eXchange) Secure data platform that populates real estate listings with home energy information including U.S. DOE Home Energy Scores, HERS ratings, Energy code information, solar PV, scorecards, and weatherization data across NEEP's 12-state region.
• Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump List Database software developed and maintained by ClearlyEnergy for NEEP that lists high-performing cold climate air source heat pumps, including over 100,000 products from more than 100 brands with supplemental sizing and visualization tools.
• Energy Mortgages Product enabling homeowners to package home upgrades within 15-, 20-, or 30-year mortgages or home equity lines of credit. ClearlyEnergy helps lenders screen candidate homes and generates required pre- and post-improvement Home Energy Score documentation.
• Carbon Accounting and Disclosure for Lenders Service helping lenders measure the greenhouse gas footprint of their loan portfolios including residential mortgages, commercial building loans, and auto loans, with emissions breakdowns by loan type, scope level, and reporting aligned with Principles for Carbon Accounting Financials.
• Energy Burden Analyses Analysis service providing energy burden and greenhouse gas footprint assessments of homes in financial institution portfolios, serving as preliminary data for greenhouse gas disclosure and shaping pilot programs aimed at reducing energy burden in underserved communities.
• Vermont Home Energy Profile (VHEP) Program leveraging HELIX efficient home registry combined with tax assessor, real-estate, permitting, and home inspection information and the Automated Energy Model to generate home energy consumption, cost, and CO2 estimates for prospective home buyers and homeowners in Vermont.
• Residential Energy Disclosure Programs ClearlyEnergy manages both voluntary reporting and compliance residential energy disclosure programs in partnership with state and local jurisdictions, adding transparency to home energy costs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cambridge achieved 94% compliance rate in tenth year of benchmarking reporting
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

29 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDOE partnerships for BEAM platform development, DOE Home Energy Score software provider status for Remotely app, and collaboration on building energy policies. ClearlyEnergy is an official DOE Home Energy Score software provider.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)coreTechnology or IntegrationENERGY STAR partner enabling BEAM integration with EPA's Portfolio Manager. BEAM automatically pulls building data from ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager with tailored data quality checks.
• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner for multiple projects: HELIX database development and maintenance, Cold Climate ASHP List software development, and co-authored BPS climate impact reports. Long-term collaboration since 2015.
• Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational lab partnership contributing to BEAM platform development and building energy policy expertise.
• Pacific Northwest National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational lab partnership for building energy policy development and technical assistance.
• SlipstreamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChicago Energy Benchmarking support team partnership. Co-developed Utility Attribution Framework for BPS to help utilities understand their role in advancing benchmarking and building performance standards.
• Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional partnership for building energy policy expansion in the Southeast. ClearlyEnergy participates in SEEA Annual Member Meeting.
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional partnership for building energy policy expansion in the Midwest.
• Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional partnership for building energy policy expansion in the Southwest.
• Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional partnership for building energy policy expansion in the Northwest.
• SignetroncoreTechnology or IntegrationDevelopment partner for Remotely virtual home auditing tool, including augmented reality spatial measurement technology.
• NORESCOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate solution partner providing energy efficiency expertise and resources.
• Synapse Energy EconomicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate solution partner providing energy economics research and analysis expertise.
• Utility AdvantageminorGTM or Marketing PartnerClimate solution partner for utility engagement programs.
• Building Performance AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry association partnership for building performance standards ecosystem.
• Resilience Authority Annapolis and Anne Arundel CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate solution partner for resilience and building performance initiatives.
• City of BerkeleycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRemotely partner field testing the virtual home auditing tool for managing home retrofit programs and remote inspections.
• Green Building SpecialistsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRemotely partner using the app for energy audit data collection.
• Inclusive Prosperity CapitalminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRemotely partner for facilitating home energy assessments in underserved communities.
• SignetroncoreTechnology or IntegrationRemotely development partner for smartphone technology and augmented reality spatial measurements.
• NYSERDAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRemotely development partner providing funding and program support for virtual home auditing tool.
• Tiger CloudminorOthersSub-processor for Postgres database hosting starting December 2025.
• Amazon AWScoreOthersCloud infrastructure provider for ClearlyEnergy's SaaS platform.
• MongoDB AtlascoreOthersCloud infrastructure provider for database services.
• Sanity IOcoreOthersContent management system for ClearlyEnergy's website and platforms.
• DratacoreOthersCompliance management platform for SOC 2 and security controls.
• JAQ CorpcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerChicago Energy Benchmarking support team partner providing technical assistance to building owners.
• Shelton SolutionscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerChicago Energy Benchmarking support team partner providing support services.
• Community Office for Efficiency Resources (CORE)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNon-profit partner administering City of Aspen's benchmarking program, achieving 98% compliance rate.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Persefoni: Persefoni is a carbon accounting platform for financial institutions, directly comparable to ClearlyEnergy's AEM-based lender carbon disclosure service.
• Watershed: Watershed provides enterprise carbon accounting and climate disclosure, competing for the same lender and financial institution carbon reporting budget as ClearlyEnergy.
• Lucid (BuildingOS): Lucid's BuildingOS is a building energy benchmarking and data management platform used by jurisdictions to manage compliance, overlapping directly with BEAM's core offering.
• UtilityAPI: UtilityAPI provides automated utility data access for buildings and benchmarking programs — directly comparable to the utility data integration layer at the heart of BEAM.
• Measurabl: Measurabl offers ESG and energy performance software for real estate portfolios, comparable to ClearlyEnergy's commercial building benchmarking and carbon reporting offerings.
• Pearl Certification: Pearl Certification provides home energy and certification labeling for residential properties, directly comparable to ClearlyEnergy's HELIX and Remotely-driven home energy labeling programs.
• EnergyCAP: EnergyCAP is an energy and sustainability data management platform used by organizations to track consumption and benchmarking — a direct competitor for utility and building energy data management workloads.

Emerging players

• Wattcarbon: Wattcarbon is an emerging building decarbonization analytics platform focused on efficiency project tracking and verification — overlapping with BEAM's optimization and BPS workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadia: Arcadia is a larger clean energy data platform serving utilities and the broader energy ecosystem, providing an adjacent incumbent comparable to ClearlyEnergy's utility-data and benchmarking work.
• Uplight: Uplight is a customer energy engagement and utility program platform — a broader incumbent in utility-facing energy management software that overlaps with parts of ClearlyEnergy's portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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