Announcing the Cleantech Investment Showcase Companies

TZOA is the developer of technology that helps residential heating & cooling (HVAC) contractors manage their customers’ homes using sensors, scientific information, and software. Our product Haven uses artificial intelligence to automate contractor services such as HVAC maintenance contracts, air quality inspections, thermal comfort analysis, fault detection and diagnosis (FDD). Usually these are spot checks services but we have developed an IoT product called Haven that offers continuous real-time monitoring, analytics and alerts. Our company has leased a 5000 square foot office in Gastown that includes software development, an electronics lab, and a manufacturing area. Our employees previously worked at Teradici, Avigilon, Cooledge, Telus, Conversion Works, MistyWest, Creation Technologies and Dorigo, and we have several PhDs and BASc from UBC and University of Calgary. Our customers include large multi-billion dollars companies and we have signed distribution agreements nation-wide.
 

We are a building technology company that has created an advanced manufactured building system for mid- to high-rise construction and is now developing a digital design platform to connect architecture and engineering with smart manufacturing (Industry 4.0) to deliver projects in a timelier, coordinated and more cost-effective manner. Our mission is to deliver buildings that enable people to ‘Live Better’ and in the process to create: (1) Economic Value – higher quality, future proofed buildings delivered in a predictive and more cost-effective manner; (2) Community/Societal Impact – expedited/streamlined delivery of turnkey building solutions to meet the housing demands of the 21st century; and, (3) Environmental Benefits – improved building performance and optimization of energy and natural resource consumption during both manufacturing and building operations.

Ecotagious combines big data with social psychology to help utility customers meet their demand savings, energy efficiency and customer retention targets. Its SaaS-based offering drives conservation by providing utilities’ residential customers with appliance-level feedback. This feedback is generated from Ecotagious’ proprietary smart meter data analytics that disaggregate hourly smart meter data into major appliance loads.With customers in Canada, the US and ANZ, Ecotagious’ solution is delivering best-in-class results to customers around the World. And by partnering with other software solution providers with existing utility customer bases, Ecotagious is able to reduce typical sales cycles and reach more utility customers in order to drive rapid growth with a sticky solution.

We engineer beautiful products made of 100% recycled chopsticks. ChopValue Manufacturing Ltd. is a product development and design startup that creates innovative materials with recycled chopsticks as resource. By setting an example on how to create impact on value added product design, ChopValue developed a novel process that turns recycled chopsticks into high performance design products with a story that everyone can relate to.

Clir is an affordable software that provides a complete solution to understanding the performance of renewable energy power plants with clear actionable items to maximise renewable project returns. Clir Renewables is developing and marketing a ground breaking new product to the renewable energy sector. Clir is providing a renewable energy asset management and reporting software platform that will create a step change in the renewable power industry, particularly in wind farms, boosting operating performance and thereby improving revenues. At this stage of evolution of clean energy options, financial performance is increasingly a key variable. Augmenting system performance can render more proposals viable.

The world’s most advanced loss reduction and grid monitoring platform. A very scalable and affordable approach to grid monitoring, energy balance, and analytics. We harness the power of IoT, Big Data, and AI to bring True Grid Intelligence to the energy market. True Grid Intelligence (TGI) is a unique platform that takes a smarter approach to finding issues on the distribution grid. TGI brings together a variety of cutting-edge technologies to address non-technical losses and allow utilities to audit and monitor their distribution network in real-time.

Low cost passive cooling technology for high-value temperature sensitive products. CryoLogistics is a privately held BC-based company that has developed a natural, passive refrigeration system for transporting high-value temperature sensitive food, pharmaceutical and health science products by land, sea and air.