Capa Strategies, Llc

Name

Capa Strategies, Llc

Legal name

CAPA Strategies, LLC

Website

https://capastrategies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Adaptation Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Adaptation & Resilience Planning Platforms (CAPEX Prioritization, Cost–Benefit, NBS) (EUABALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ), Downscaled Climate Projections & Scenario Analytics (CMIP, SSP/RCP, Regionalization) (EUABALAB), Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF)

Keywords

• Climate adaptation consulting
• Urban heat mapping
• Environmental monitoring services
• Community resilience planning
• Hazard assessment consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Climate Adaptation Consulting Services: Tailored consulting services including research design, decision-support tools, implementation guidance, and hazard assessments. Project-based engagements with government and institutional clients.
2. Heat Watch Program Partnership: Multi-year partnership with NOAA-NIHHIS Center of Collaborative Heat Monitoring, supporting heat monitoring campaigns across communities with ongoing collaboration through 2028.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CAPA Strategies provides data-driven climate adaptation and hazard resilience services including community-based environmental monitoring (Heat Watch, Air Quality Monitoring), spatial analysis and data visualization (Land Cover Assessment, Extreme Heat Projections, Neighborhood Heat Modeling, Health & Social Assessment), and community engagement and social research (Community Surveys, Intervention Guidebooks, Jurisdictional Scans, Hazard Adaptation Consulting). Its flagship Heat Watch program uses proprietary mobile sensors and machine learning to produce hyperlocal 10-meter resolution temperature and humidity maps and has been deployed in 120+ communities globally since 2018.

Product overview

CAPA Strategies is a climate adaptation planning and analytics company offering a comprehensive suite of services organized around three main categories: Environmental Sensing & Monitoring (including Heat Watch and Air Quality Monitoring), Spatial Analysis & Data Visualization (including Land Cover Assessment, Extreme Heat Projections, Neighborhood Heat Modeling, and Health & Social Assessment), and Community Engagement & Social Research (including Community Survey, Intervention Guidebook, Jurisdictional Scan, and Hazard Adaptation Consulting). The core Heat Watch program serves as the flagship offering, having been implemented in over 120 communities since 2018. CAPA also produces the Heat Watch Sensor hardware for mobile temperature and humidity data collection. Services are available both individually and as integrated modules within the Comprehensive Hazard Action Planning program, with outputs including reports, spatial data assets, interactive StoryMaps, and actionable recommendations for heat mitigation and adaptation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Heat Watch: A community science program that empowers communities to map and mitigate urban heat islands using mobile sensors for precision mapping at 10-meter resolution.
• Air Watch
• Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring (CCHM)

Products and services

• Heat Watch Flagship urban heat island mapping program that engages communities to collect high-resolution temperature and humidity data using mobile sensors, producing 10-meter resolution maps. Heat Watch campaigns have been conducted in over 120 communities globally since 2018, supporting municipal climate resilience planning.
• Air Quality Monitoring Particulate matter monitoring service using mobile and stationary sensors to measure PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations. Identifies pollution hot-spots and areas facing prolonged exposure to poor air quality for municipal and public health clients.
• Land Cover & Canopy Assessment Analysis service that generates summaries of heat by land cover, tree canopy, or land use to examine trends and opportunities for land development and zoning policy influence. For urban forestry and planning clients.
• Health & Social Assessment Vulnerability characterization service analyzing the relationship between heat exposure, socio-demographic data, and health indicators (cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, asthma) at census tract level. For public health and planning clients.
• Extreme Heat Projections Future heat scenario analysis service that evaluates multiple CMIP6 projection scenarios (SSP245, SSP585) through 2100, analyzing changes in heat wave magnitude, duration, and seasonality. For municipal resilience and planning clients.
• Neighborhood Heat Modeling SOLWEIG model service at 1-meter resolution for mean radiant temperature analysis, including UTCI assessments for human thermal comfort evaluation, accounting for urban geometry, shadows, and surface materials. For urban design and planning clients.
• Community Survey Social research service that gathers insights into community experiences with natural hazards through survey design, platform setup, translation, distribution, data analysis, and report development. For community engagement and public health clients.
• Intervention Guidebook Best practices guidebook identifying hazard mitigation and adaptation strategies appropriate for specific regions, divided into community-scale and household-scale strategies. For municipal and community clients.
• Community-Informed Resilience Solutions Community engagement service that works with high-risk communities to increase hazard awareness and identify appropriate adaptation strategies through surveys, workshops, and focus groups. For municipal and non-profit clients.
• Jurisdictional Scan Systematic review service examining existing local plans, city/county code chapters, and policies to identify hazard adaptation levers and barriers to action. For municipal and planning clients.
• Hazard Adaptation Consulting Tailored consulting service providing research design, decision-support tools, and implementation guidance for hazard adaptation needs including decision support tools, data collection design, and sector-specific assessments. For government, institutional, and non-profit clients.
• Seasonal Energy Burden Research service assessing energy use behaviors and challenges in low-income households, using eGauge sensors to track residential energy use combined with qualitative household interviews. For utilities and community energy partners.
• Heat Watch Sensor Mobile air monitoring device capturing one-second resolution measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, and GPS. Designed for vehicle, bicycle, or moped mounting with wireless bluetooth transmission and solar guard insulation from solar radiation. Used within Heat Watch campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8.4°F temperature variation detected between nearby neighborhoods in Boise study, demonstrating hyperlocal precision
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• NOAA-NIHHIS (National Integrated Heat Health Information System)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Long-standing public/private partnership with NOAA's National Integrated Heat Health Information System. CAPA serves as implementation partner for the Center of Collaborative Heat Monitoring (CCHM), a NOAA Center of Excellence. Since 2018, this partnership has supported Heat Watch campaigns in 120+ communities, with commitment to 30 communities during 2025-2028.
• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with USFS on Urban & Community Forestry Strategies for Thriving Places initiative. Development of handbook to help practitioners identify, plan for, and mitigate green gentrification while advancing urban forestry goals.
• Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld Bank's GFDRR has funded multiple international CAPA projects including heat mapping in Bandung, Indonesia and Albania (Tirana, Shkodra, Vlora). Provides funding and strategic direction for expanding Heat Watch globally.
• City Plants / Urban Forest Equity Coalition (UFEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with City Plants and City of Los Angeles for Urban Forest Equity Assessment. CAPA developed equity-based system for prioritizing neighborhoods for greening and generated greening site designs for high-need neighborhoods.
• Pecan Street Research InstitutesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Pecan Street for seasonal energy burden research. Pecan Street provides eGauge sensors that track residential energy use in low-income homes across Portland, OR.
• Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration with ITB researchers and students for heat mapping assessment in Bandung, Indonesia. Student participants collected ambient temperature measurements and FLIR thermal imagery.
• Mystic River Watershed AssociationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Mystic River Watershed Association and Museum of Science Boston for 'Wicked Hot Mystic' campaign, engaging 80 volunteers to collect air temperature and air quality data.
• The Nature Conservancy of TexassupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT) collaboration leading the nation's largest heat mapping study. Collaboration includes Houston Advanced Research Center, City of Houston, and Harris County Public Health.
• City of Portland Bureau of Emergency ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContracted by PBEM to design and execute Home Forward Indoor Temperature Assessment following the 2021 heat dome event that resulted in 69 fatalities in Multnomah County.
• Multnomah County Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContracted for Tri-County Operations Assessment covering Clackamas-Multnomah-Washington region. Includes review of 15 planning documents, 39 stakeholder interviews, and workshop with 15 government staff.
• City of GreshamsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerContracted to examine policy conditions and establish foundation for local Heat Strategy, identifying 56 heat-related action items reframed into 15 summary strategies.
• Home ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal housing authority partnered with City of Portland PBEM to fund indoor temperature monitoring study across three public housing properties.
• Mahila Housing TrustsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Mahila Housing Trust and World Bank for women-led heat mapping campaign in Surat, India, integrating community data with global climate models.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with substantial climate resilience, environmental planning, and GIS capabilities serving US municipalities. It is comparable to CAPA as a broad incumbent competing for the same municipal resilience and climate adaptation RFPs.
• ICF International: ICF International is a major environmental and climate advisory firm with federal, state, and local government clients in resilience, energy, and sustainability. It is comparable to CAPA because it competes for the same government climate adaptation and community resilience consulting work.
• Ramboll: Ramboll is a global engineering and environmental consulting firm with a sizable climate adaptation and resilience practice serving municipalities and utilities. It is comparable to CAPA because both deliver climate adaptation consulting, though Ramboll operates at vastly greater scale across many practice areas.
• WSP: WSP is a global professional services firm with a climate resilience and adaptation practice serving public agencies on planning and risk assessment. It is comparable to CAPA as a broad incumbent in municipal climate adaptation advisory, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• The Trust for Public Land: The Trust for Public Land runs climate-focused programs like ParkScore and urban heat/canopy equity analyses for US cities, often partnering with municipalities on heat resilience. It is comparable to CAPA because both translate geospatial heat and canopy data into equity-prioritized municipal recommendations.
• American Forests: American Forests conducts urban tree canopy assessments, Tree Equity Score, and heat island mapping for cities. It is comparable to CAPA because both deploy community-driven urban heat and canopy analysis that informs municipal greening and resilience policy.
• Climate Central: Climate Central is a research-driven nonprofit producing climate science communications, risk analytics, and visualization tools used by municipalities, media, and the public. It is comparable to CAPA because both produce hyperlocal climate datasets and decision-support analytics for cities, even though CAPA focuses more narrowly on urban heat.
• ICLEI USA: ICLEI USA is a membership-based nonprofit that delivers climate mitigation and adaptation planning, resilience coaching, and technical assistance to US local governments. It is the closest direct peer to CAPA because it sells similar climate adaptation advisory services into the same municipal buyer.
• Pale Blue Dot: Pale Blue Dot is a climate adaptation and resilience consulting firm serving government and infrastructure clients on climate strategy and risk. It is comparable to CAPA because both operate as specialized adaptation consultancies translating climate science into planning deliverables for institutional clients.
• Kim Lundgren Associates / Kleinfelder: Kim Lundgren Associates (now part of Kleinfelder) is a climate action and sustainability planning consultancy that has supported over 200 municipalities with GHG inventories and climate adaptation plans. It is comparable to CAPA because both specialize in translating climate science into municipal action plans for similar buyer profiles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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