We turn thermal networks into data networks.
Thermal energy networks are among the most promising tools available for decarbonizing heating and cooling at scale, and the industry has almost no operational data on them yet. We work with early TEN deployments to help build that foundation, starting with how data gets collected, structured, and analyzed from day one.
~40%
of US building energy consumed by heating and cooling
3–5×
more efficient than conventional fossil fuel heating systems
0
standardized performance benchmarks available for new TEN project approvals
The data gap
Thermal networks are stuck in pilot purgatory.
The physics behind thermal energy networks are well understood, and early projects are producing real results. What's holding the category back is that regulators, utilities, and capital providers all need operational track records that don't yet exist before they'll approve the next project with confidence.
Without that record, each new TEN goes through the same uphill evaluation: feasibility studies built on assumptions, utilities with nothing to benchmark against, and investors unable to price risks they've never seen before. Strong engineering alone isn't enough to move an asset class forward.
This is an institutional problem rather than a technical one, and it has to be addressed at the origin, starting with the first projects being built today.
Our approach
Building the data foundation from the first deployment onward.
Jouler works with the first wave of TEN deployments as their data and analytics partner. We shape how operational data gets captured and structured from the start, do the work that turns that data into evidence, and act as the owner's data representative through design and commissioning so those decisions actually get built.
A data foundation for a new category doesn't come from studying a mature market. It gets built by working on the projects that are being built now, when the choices that shape the record are still being made.
How we work →What our work produces
See a thermal network, turned into data.
We built an interactive example showing what a fully analyzed thermal network looks like: 36 buildings, three geothermal borefields, and hourly performance across a full year. The network itself is simulated, but the analytical approach is the same one we apply to real projects.
36 buildings · 3 borefields · 8,760 hours
Launch interactive demo →We're building this with the first movers.
If you're planning a thermal network, or trying to work out whether one makes sense for your community, campus, or utility territory, we'd like to hear from you.
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