GridPoint Inc.
04/22/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2026 08:27
GridPoint Celebrates Earth Day 2026
As Earth Day 2026 arrives, we pause to reflect on what the past year has made possible-and what the year ahead is asking of us. At GridPoint, our mission has always been grounded in a simple belief: that the buildings where America works, shops, eats, and banks can be part of the solution to one of the defining challenges of our time. Every site we bring online, every kilowatt-hour we help avoid, and every ton of emissions we help eliminate is a step toward a more sustainable, more resilient energy future.
This year, that mission feels especially meaningful. The energy landscape is changing faster than at any point in recent memory, and with that change comes an extraordinary opportunity. The organizations that invest in intelligent, efficient operations today are the ones that will lead the transition to what comes next-protecting their businesses, their customers, and the environment in the same set of decisions.
A Year of Meaningful Impact
We're proud to share that GridPoint is nearing $1.5 billion in cumulative customer energy savings, delivered across more than 20,000 commercial buildings nationwide. Those savings represent real electricity not consumed, real emissions avoided, and real value created for the operators who place their trust in us.
The environmental impact behind that number is substantial. Federal data indicates that up to 30% of energy used in commercial buildings is wasted due to inefficiencies that remain invisible without real-time insight. When our customers eliminate that waste across hundreds or thousands of sites, the aggregate effect is the kind of decarbonization that actually moves the needle-progress measured not in pledges, but in daily operations.
GridPoint's Impact to Date · Earth Day 2026
The New Economics of Sustainability
The context around Earth Day has shifted since last year-and that shift only deepens the importance of the work.
U.S. electricity prices rose more than 6% in 2025, outpacing inflation, and are projected to keep climbing through 2026. In 2025, electric utilities requested $18.23 billion in aggregate rate increases to fund transmission upgrades, reliability investments, and the accommodation of massive new loads. Grid demand from data centers is expected to rise 22% in 2025 alone and to nearly triple by 2030. In some regional markets, commercial electricity rates have jumped as much as 29% year-over-year.
For the multi-site operators we serve, these numbers make efficiency more valuable than it has ever been. Sustainability used to sit alongside ESG reporting and long-horizon commitments. Today, it sits at the center of how operators plan, invest, and compete. The business case and the environmental case have converged-and that convergence is one of the most encouraging developments we've seen in years. When doing right by the planet is also the most direct path to protecting margin and building resilience, sustainable operations become something every organization can commit to with confidence.
What Intelligent Energy Management Actually Delivers
Our platform is built on a simple premise-that the buildings where America works, shops, eats, and banks generate enormous volumes of energy data, and that data, used well, reveals exactly where waste is happening and how to eliminate it.
Across our customer base, that has translated into real-time visibility across every site, automated optimization of HVAC, lighting, and refrigeration, portfolio-wide standardization that turns one-location wins into enterprise-scale results, and the grid-facing capability to aggregate demand flexibility from networked buildings-capacity the modern grid increasingly needs.
The outcomes extend well beyond the utility bill. Operators see improved occupant comfort, stronger equipment performance, fewer truck rolls, better food quality and safety through real-time monitoring, and simpler regulatory and audit readiness. What begins as an energy strategy evolves into a foundation for more resilient, efficient operations.
"Earth Day is a reminder of why we do this work. At GridPoint, we've always believed that the path to a more sustainable future runs directly through the buildings where the everyday economy operates-and that helping our customers succeed is how we make that future real. What makes this moment especially exciting is that the business case for sustainability has never been clearer. When cutting costs and cutting emissions are the same decision, every operator has a reason to act. The $1.5 billion we're approaching in customer savings reflects what's possible when that alignment takes hold, and we're energized by the opportunity to scale that impact in the years ahead." - Derek Booth, CEO of GridPoint
Looking Ahead
The energy transition is one of the defining projects of our generation, and we feel privileged to play a role in it. As AI, electrification, and digital infrastructure continue to reshape demand, the need for smarter, more efficient buildings will only grow. We see that not as a challenge to brace against, but as an invitation to raise the bar-for our technology, for our customers, and for the collective impact we can have together.
On Earth Day 2026, we're grateful for what our customers have accomplished and inspired by what's still ahead. Sustainability is a journey, and the progress of the past year gives us every reason to believe the next stretch of that journey will be even more meaningful. Rising costs and rising stakes are clarifying the work, and we intend to meet this moment the same way we've approached every step so far: by turning data into decisions, decisions into savings, and savings into lasting environmental and financial impact.
Sustainability and financial performance aren't competing priorities. In 2026, they're the same priority-and that alignment is what gives us confidence in the road ahead.
About GridPoint
GridPoint is a recognized leader in energy management technology that decarbonizes commercial buildings and drives grid modernization. GridPoint's technology platform is deployed in 20,000+ commercial buildings across multiple industries, optimizing energy and sustainability goals for commercial enterprises and electric utilities at the same time. GridPoint's platform leverages data analytics, machine learning, and intelligent automation to deliver unprecedented visibility into complex building operations, reducing energy costs, maximizing decarbonization, and increasing resiliency-building by building. Networked together, buildings with GridPoint Intelligence™ aggregate the reliable and instantaneous capacity that power grids increasingly require. GridPoint's intelligent energy network of buildings is driving grid modernization and accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future.
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