Voices from energy, finance and policy on the future of property intelligence.
“Lightspark can enable Leading Banks to identify the most impactful opportunities for energy and carbon savings within their communities with greater precision.”
Chris Castro
former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Energy; Executive Director, Climate First Bank
“James and Lightspark have been deeply involved in the need for better data to help North American homeowners identify climate resilience and weather-related risks, future-proof homes, and save money on energy bills. By focussing on a deep data warehouse, they have developed a solution that will allow insurers, financial institutions and homeowners to make timely decisions to make the investments that will reduce risks and costs.”
Tamara Vrooman, O.B.C.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Vancouver International Airport; former CEO of Vancity; former Chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank
“Lightspark has developed a new ecosystem for banks, insurance companies and homeowners that can help decarbonize houses and future proof most people’s most valuable assets. That is an enormous business opportunity! The time to act on it is now!”
Dr Wal Van Lierop
Founding Partner, Chrysalix Venture Capital
“If we are really going to scale energy retrofits across North America, we need to use machine learning and AI to identify highest energy and carbon using buildings, develop retrofit programs, and support homeowners in making wise decisions. I've joined Lightspark as an advisor because their technology is best in class and can play a critical role in helping cities, utilities, homeowners, and others to reduce energy and carbon emissions in our existing buildings. We need to massively scale-up retrofits and use cutting-edge approaches – Lightspark will be key in doing that.”
Sadhu Johnston
former City Manager and Deputy City Manager, City of Vancouver; former Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago
“As defined in Scotiabank’s Net-Zero Pathways report, Scotiabank is committed to reducing home energy emissions through collaborations to improve home emissions data capture and to increase homeowners awareness and adoption of energy efficiency. Today, we are pleased to announce our partnership with Lightspark Software to roll this software out.”
Meigan Terry
SVP, Chief Sustainability, Social Impact and Communication Officers, Scotiabank