Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis

What Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis does

Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis (doing business as Better Climate) is an independent consultancy headquartered in Moraga, California, founded in 2012. It provides science-based research and policy analysis on climate change mitigation through energy and water efficiency, covering technologies, policies (national, leading states, and cities), and behaviors (institutional and individual). The firm delivers project-based consulting services rather than software products, with no proprietary technology platform, API, or AI/ML components disclosed.

The company's core offerings include technical advisory on codes and standards, codes-and-standards advocacy at the federal and California level, residential demand forecast improvements for the California Energy Commission's Demand Analysis Office, and technical adviser roles on global energy efficiency programs. It serves government agencies at the federal and California state level — including the California Public Utility Commission, California Energy Commission, California Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the U.S. Department of Energy — as well as international organizations such as CLASP and environmental consulting firms including 2050 Partners and Aspen Environmental Group, often through subcontract relationships.

Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: the firm secures engagements directly with government clients and via subcontracts, and uses thought leadership at industry conferences (EEDAL, ACEEE Summer Study, ECEEE Summer Study, BECC, IEA workshops) as both credibility-building and client acquisition. The firm operates with a 1-10 employee headcount from a single PO Box address, has no disclosed funding history, and is founder-led based on the public contact ([email protected]). No pricing, revenue figures, or ownership structure are publicly disclosed.

Name

Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis

Legal name

Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis

Website

https://betterclimate.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Better Climate is an independent California consultancy providing science-based research and policy analysis on climate change mitigation through energy and water efficiency, serving government agencies (notably California state bodies and the U.S. DOE), international organizations (CLASP), and environmental consulting firms via project-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Climate Policy Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy & Water Efficiency Programs (Corporate Resource Management) (EUAHAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Renewable Policy & Regulatory Strategy (National/State/Local) (EUAMANAA), Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation & Natural Resource Management Technical Assistance (BPADAEAJ), Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPAIAMAD)

Keywords

• Climate policy consulting
• Energy efficiency advisory
• Codes and standards analysis
• Building decarbonization research
• Environmental consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Moraga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research and Policy Consulting Services: Provides science-based research and policy analysis consulting services to government agencies and organizations focused on energy efficiency, codes and standards, and climate change mitigation. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Independent consultancy providing science-based research and policy analysis on climate change mitigation through energy and water efficiency. The firm advises on technologies, policies (national, leading states, cities), and behaviors (institutional and individual), with engagements spanning codes and standards advocacy, residential demand forecasting, building decarbonization research, and technical advisory on global energy efficiency programs.

Product overview

Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis is an independent consultancy providing science-based research and policy analysis on climate change mitigation through energy and water efficiency. The company offers advisory services focused on technologies, policies (national, leading states, cities), and behaviors (institutional and individual). Services include technical advisory on codes and standards, codes and standards advocacy (federal and California), residential demand forecast improvements, and technical adviser roles on global energy efficiency programs. This is a consulting services firm rather than a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Policy Research and Analysis Consulting
• Codes and Standards Technical Advisory

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Guidehouse (formerly Navigant Energy): Large global consulting firm with a deep energy practice covering utilities, energy efficiency, and climate policy. Competes in the same government and utility advisory space as Better Climate, but with substantially larger teams and broader capabilities.
• CLASP (Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program): International organization focused on appliance energy efficiency standards and labeling. Better Climate serves as a technical adviser to CLASP; comparable in mission around global energy efficiency policy, though much larger and globally focused.
• Cadmus: Consulting firm with a substantial energy and climate practice serving utilities, regulators, and government agencies. Comparable in delivering energy efficiency and codes/standards advisory work, but at considerably larger scale than Better Climate.
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): Large independent clean energy research and consulting organization working on buildings, industry, and climate policy. Operates in overlapping energy efficiency and decarbonization policy space, but at far greater scale and with broader scope.

Direct peers

• Synapse Energy Economics: Energy economics and policy consulting firm providing analysis to utilities, regulators, and governments. Comparable in providing science-based analysis to inform energy efficiency and climate policy at the state and federal level.
• E3 (Energy + Environmental Economics): Specialist energy consulting firm focused on energy efficiency, demand response, and climate policy analysis. Direct competitor in the California energy efficiency consulting market with overlapping client relationships at the CPUC and CEC.
• Aspen Environmental Group: California-based environmental consulting firm that subcontracts to the California Energy Commission's Demand Analysis Office. Better Climate has performed subcontract work for Aspen, making it a direct comparable in California energy policy consulting.
• Resource Innovations: Energy efficiency and demand-side management consultancy working extensively with California utilities and the CPUC on efficiency programs. Highly comparable in the energy efficiency program design and evaluation space Better Climate serves.
• 2050 Partners: Environmental and energy policy consultancy that works on codes and standards advocacy at the federal and California level. Better Climate lists 2050 Partners as a client, indicating a closely overlapping niche and similar client base in energy efficiency policy.

Emerging players

• ACEEE (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy): Nonprofit research organization producing influential energy efficiency policy analysis and convening the major conferences (ACEEE Summer Study) where Better Climate presents. Operates as a research/advocacy peer in energy efficiency policy rather than a direct commercial competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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