by Shane Henson — September 28, 2011—AlwaysOn, a producer of conferences for venture investors and entrepreneurs of emerging private companies, 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. These companies may be of particular interest to facilities managers since their products and services are transforming the building materials and energy products FMs use and leading towards greater sustainability in all facilities.
According to AlwaysOn, the organization’s editorial team, along with partners at Morgan Stanley, SAP, KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, Goldman Sachs, Technology Partners, Bridge Bank, Sheppard Mullin, Silicon Valley Bank, NEA, and industry experts across the globe scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 200 private companies that are transforming the world into a safer, more efficient, and environmentally friendly place, while at the same time creating high-growth businesses that offer huge upside potential for investors. Companies were selected based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
This year’s overall winner was C3. Based in San Mateo, California, C3 is a newly emerged stealth software company that deploys enterprise solutions to manage energy and emissions for entire business organizations. The software then measures, mitigates, and monetizes energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in commercial buildings. In addition to adding to the environmentally friendly footprint of the organization, C3’s solutions help organizations maximize their profitability and increase their cash flow by optimizing their enterprise-wide energy strategy, reducing expenses based on energy waste, and bringing their carbon footprint ever closer to zero.
