Hara All News Channel http://www.hara.com/news.html Tue 26 Jul 2011 10:45:00 -0800 Businesses faced with rising energy bills have been urged to consolidate their energy-efficiency efforts and develop a long-term plan to save money and curb energy use across their operations. http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/firms-urged-to-develop-durable-energy-plan-249374 Tue 05 Jul 2011 15:30:00 -0800 Amit Chatterjee can credit working in Silicon Valley on an assembly line during high school as the instance when he first developed his entrepreneurial spirit. He worked for a company that produced racks for semiconductor equipment and he drilled thousands of precision holes on the assembly line. The experience instilled in him a pride in work and a drive for success ― no matter what the task. http://www.sbnonline.com/2011/07/sustainable-growth/?full=1 Tue 05 Jul 2011 13:30:00 -0800 There are many in the US and around the world who believe you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, you only need Peter Schwartz to determine whether the skies ahead will prove fair or foul. http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energias/renovables/index/pag/interviews/colleft/colright/interviews/tip/articulo/pagid/16203/botid/54/#slidepre_3 Fri 01 Jul 2011 20:00:00 -0800 Each year, leaders and innovators converge on the Aspen Ideas Festival to think big. But just where do great ideas come from? Sandy Speicher, Director of Design for Learning at IDEO, Amit Chatterjee, CEO of Hara, and artist Eric Fischl explain where they find inspiration. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137503808/from-muses-to-music-where-ideas-come-from/ Mon 27 Jun 2011 17:30:00 -0800 One of Silicon Valley’s most exclusive clubs inducted 11 new members on Saturday night. For 25 years, Ernst & Young has been picking from among the cream of the entrepreneurial crop, designating the Entrepreneur of the Year in various categories. http://allthingsd.com/20110627/larry-ellison-has-one-and-now-11-more-entrepreneurs-do-too/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 18:30:00 -0800 Energy Efficiency Winner: Hara draws a road map to reduce energy use http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/feature/cleantech-awards.html Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 General Electric, the huge global conglomerate, has entrepreneurial aspirations. On Thursday, the company announced $63 million of investments in 10 home energy companies as part of its so-called ecomagination Challenge. The initiative, announced last July, is a $200 million commitment to invest and develop partnerships with promising clean technology start-ups. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/g-e-invests-in-10-home-energy-start-ups/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 General Electric announced the second round of winners of its Ecomagination Challenge: Powering Your Home on Thursday. The 10 winners of the home energy technology competition will receive a collective $63 million. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/general-electric-announces-more-ecomagination-winners/ Thu 23 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0800 GE, Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort Capital and Carbon Trust Venture Capital Partners will invest in $63 Million in 10 home energy technology companies, as part of the company’s $200 million “GE ecomagination Challenge.” As we wrote last year, the initiative is meant to help spur advances in green technologies. http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/23/ge-kleiner-perkins-and-others-to-put-63-million-in-10-home-energy-tech-companies/ Tue 21 Jun 2011 11:30:00 -0800 Accepting the award for Best Sustainability Report last month at the annual Ceres conference, Nike's Hannah Jones said that it was time to move from environmental to value reporting. In her speech, she made a compelling case for why sustainability reporting is moving from an off-balance sheet activity to being core data for manager, investor, and customer decision-making. In other words, sustainability is becoming vital performance data for modern corporations and organizations. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/21/from-environmental-to-value-reporting/ Fri 17 Jun 2011 14:30:00 -0800 A broad new range of software is emerging in response to companies’ need for operational and process-level sustainability management, according to a report by AltaTerra. The report, Enterprise Sustainability Management Solutions: Reference Architecture and Buyers Guide, says that IT for sustainability, energy, and environmental resource management is developing rapidly. The market is complex, with software on several different levels, and a mix of established players and new entrants are offering both broad and specialized platforms. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/06/16/sustainability-software-expands-at-operational-process-level/ Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 I’ve written often about the energy and carbon management software marketplace, and the potential for consolidation that exists as more businesses start including this in their operations mix. One big player, TRIRIGA, has already been snapped up by IBM, a deal that recently closed. Now, another big player, Hara, this week has scored another $25 million and a management coup in the form of its new chairman, ex-Oracle President and COO Ray Lane. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/carbon-and-energy-software-developer-scores-ex-oracle-exec-as-chairman/17419 Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 Hara, which provides environmental and energy management software, said Wednesday that it has landed $25 million in Series C venture funding. Ray Lane, managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, will become chairman of Hara’s board of directors. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/hara-lands-funding-from-energy-heavy-hitters-ray-lane-as-chairman/16403 Wed 18 May 2011 17:45:00 -0800 Businesses buying energy management software will increasingly demand one-stop-shop services to measure all four pillars of their environmental impact: energy, water, waste and carbon emissions. http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2072001/hara-hails-gbp15m-funding-round Wed 18 May 2011 10:45:00 -0800 A few years ago regulation of carbon emissions in the U.S. felt imminent, prompting businesses to consider how they would account for their carbon footprints. In response a flurry of software companies formed to help with this type of accounting. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/05/18/no-carbon-law-in-sight-software-start-ups-tackle-energy-management/?mod=google_news_blog Wed 18 May 2011 10:45:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and nonexecutive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc. http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/company-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105171040dowjonesdjonline000239&title=kleiners-ray-lane-steps-down-from-four-boards-to-chair-hara Wed 18 May 2011 09:45:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and non-executive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc., VentureWire has learned. http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/05/17/the-daily-start-up-kleiners-ray-lane-shifts-board-seats/ Wed 18 May 2011 09:15:00 -0800 Start-up Hara said today it has secured $25 million from venture and corporate investors to further develop its software for managing corporations' energy and environmental footprint. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20063895-54.html Wed 18 May 2011 06:25:00 -0800 Large corporations often turn to software-as-a-service providers to help with managing sales and the supply chain, but Hara Software Inc. believes the next frontier is deploying the business model to help monitor and manage energy use. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110517-709863.html Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Large corporations often turn to software-as-a-service providers to help with managing sales and supply chain, but Hara Software Inc. believes the next frontier is deploying the business model to help monitor and manage energy use. https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?ProductIDFromApplication=32&aid=DJFVW00020110517e75h0005m&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Raymond Lane, a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and non-executive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., is stepping down from four boards of directors as he takes on the chairmanship of energy management software start-up Hara Software Inc. https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?ProductIDFromApplication=32&aid=DJFVW00020110517e75h0005l&r=Rss&s=DJFVW Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Getting ahead in the race to be the leading resource and carbon management software company will take cash to scale. On Wednesday morning, energy software startup Hara plans to announce it has raised another $25 million in a Series C round from new strategic investors including the collaboration of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips (called Energy Technology Ventures), as well as the investing arm of Japanese conglomerate Itochu, called Itochu Technology Ventures. Focus Ventures and Navitas Capital were also new investors in the round. http://gigaom.com/cleantech/hara-raises-25m-from-ge-nrg-conocophillips-itochu/ Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Hara Software Inc. said on Tuesday it has raised $25 million in a third round of funding today, led by Focus Ventures. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/17/energy-consulting-startup-hara-gets-25m.html Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Before companies can do anything about reducing their impact on the environment, they need to measure the damage they are doing. Energy management startup Hara helps them track their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/hara-25-million/ Tue 17 May 2011 17:25:00 -0800 Hara, a maker of energy and environmental management software, has raised $25 million in new funding from investors including a joint venture of GE, ConocoPhillips, and NRG Energy. Ray Lane was named board chairman. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2011/05/hara-raises-25-million-adds-ray-lane.html Fri 06 May 2011 13:30:00 -0800 Doctors and dieters use the body mass index - a number based on height and weight - to determine whether someone should lose or gain weight. Service provider Hara wants to help companies monitor their energy use in a similar way. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/2011/05/06/hara-gains-momentum-slowing-enegery-use.html Wed 04 May 2011 10:45:00 -0800 The developers behind Tic Tac-sized light bulbs powerful enough to illuminate a sidewalk, a solar project used to extract oil and other cleantech innovations took center stage Tuesday night at the inaugural Bay Area Energy Awards. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/03/energy-award-winners-named.html Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:00:00 -0800 One of the World's Leading Software and Technology Services Companies Deploys Hara EEM Globally to Manage and Monitor Energy Efficiency and Emissions http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_060911.html Wed, 18 May 2011 06:00:00 -0800 Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Named Board Chairman http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_051811.html Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:00:00 -0800 Hara to Help Global Leader in Electronic Components Drive Energy Efficiency and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_042111.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:00:00 -0800 Leading Organic Food Distributor to Use Hara EEM to Support its Longstanding Commitment to Sustainability Leadership http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_031711.html Thu 10 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0800 U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States, has selected Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) as it continues to reduce its energy and carbon emissions. http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_021711.html Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:00:00 -0800 Acknowledged in Groom Energy report for rapid customer acquisition and comprehensive solution for second straight year http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_020811.html Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:40:00 -0800 Global Enterprise Communications Leader Selects Hara to Manage and Optimize Sustainability and Energy Efficiencies http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_012611.html Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:00:00 -0800 Largest Enterprise Energy Management Solution Deployment Expected to Save Abu Dhabi 3 Billion USD Over 10 years and Defer the Construction of Several New Power Plants http://www.hara.com/news_pressreleases_adwea.html Wed 18 May 2011 18:00:00 -0800 Today we announced an exciting milestone for Hara, our series C funding and biggest round to date bringing the total raised to $45 million. This includes a powerful combination of strategic investors Energy Technology Ventures – a GE, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips joint venture – and ITOCHU, as well as existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), JAFCO and Nth Power and new backers Focus Ventures and Navitas Capital. http://www.hara.com/blog/2011/05/haras-next-stage-of-growth/ Fri 22 Apr 2011 17:15:00 -0800 First, a Happy Earth Day to all of our Hara community members. On the occasion of Earth Day we wanted to take a moment to reflect back on the last few months. In doing so, we’re pleased to share with our extended community the continued rapid momentum with the most important piece of our ecosystem, the leading organizations that are working with us to manage and optimize both their energy and resource usage – and their environmental impact. http://www.hara.com/blog/2011/04/earth-day-reflections/ Thu 10 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0800 Today Hara and HP announced a significant partnership that will enable organizations across industries, from retail and utilities to technology and consumer goods, to optimize their energy and resource utilization while minimizing environmental impact. The integrated offering features the Hara Environmental and Energy Management solution (Hara EEM), and HP’s Energy and Sustainability Management (ESM) solutions and services. http://www.hara.com/blog/2011/03/hara-and-hp-partner-to-drive-energy-and-sustainability-optimization/ Wed 16 Feb 2011 17:00:00 -0800 The buzzword in US politics and policy is once again bi-partisanship. With a divided Congress and a White House focusing on re-election, every responsible policy leader wants to be seen as reasonable, promoting programs and policies that can get broad buy-in for adoption. http://www.hara.com/blog/2011/02/a-bi-partisan-way-forward-on-energy/ Tue 04 Jan 2011 17:00:00 -0800 First, a happy new year to the entire Hara community. So what are you excited about for 2011? For us at Hara, it’s the emergence of a globally networked data system for energy management. http://www.hara.com/blog/2011/01/what-are-you-most-excited-about-for-2011/ Thu 16 Dec 2010 16:20:00 -0800 Amit, our CEO, and I returned this week from COP16, the global climate talks. The good news is that the Cancun meeting ended in a solid agreement with some considerable steps forward. The better news is that the business community showed up in force and continued to forge the new ground needed to actually solve the problem. http://www.hara.com/blog/2010/12/the-cancun-agreements-more-than-meets-the-eye%E2%80%A6/ Thu 02 Dec 2010 15:15:00 -0800 A year ago, the world was hopeful that a global agreement would come out of the COP15 sessions in Copenhagen. With the United States joining the UN climate negotiations for the first time in almost a decade, all the players were at the table. Unfortunately, legislative gridlock ensued in the US and elsewhere, and the past year’s progress has been disappointing. http://www.hara.com/blog/2010/12/why-cancun-is-the-place-to-be-for-energy-innovation/ Fri 15 Oct 2010 17:45:00 -0800 Last week, my colleague Joel Riciputi and I were honored to attend the White House for the GreenGov Presidential Awards – a terrific celebration of the many ways the Federal government is leading the way on clean energy and conservation. http://www.hara.com/blog/2010/10/greening-the-government-%E2%80%93-hara-goes-back-to-the-white-house/ Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:00 -0800 Chicago IL - FAs the largest event of its kind held each year, the World Energy Engineering Conference (WEEC) multi-track agenda is designed to provide hands-on, up-to-the-minute information you can use right away to address the full spectrum of energy cost control opportunities and innovative energy supply options. Visit Hara in booth # 807. http://www.hara.com/news_events.html Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:00:00 -0800 This report analyzes the strategy of energy and environment software supplier Hara following the firm’s recent Series C funding and its recruitment of Ray Lane to the Board. The $25 million in funding together with strategic investors from the energy value chain will help align the Hara business with the emerging opportunity to provide strategic energy management. http://www.verdantix.com/index.cfm/papers/Products.Details/product_id/250/hara-aligns-with-strategic-energy-management-ecosystem/- Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:30:00 -0800 AltaTerra Research announced the release of its highly anticipated report today, entitled,Enterprise Sustainability Management Solutions: Reference Architecture and Buyers Guide.This solution research report describes key market drivers and trends, new operating processes and practices for Enterprise Sustainability Management (ESM), customer needs and segmentation, software vendor capabilities and profiles, and recommendations for implementing an effective enterprise IT architecture for sustainability. http://www.altaterra.net/news/66949/New-Report-Sees-Rapid-Growth-for-Enterprise-Sustainability-Management-Solutions.htm Wed, 18 May 2011 06:30:00 -0800 Software vendor Hara announced it raised an additional $25m, increasing the total capital raised to $45m. This fundraising further cements Hara’s leadership in the carbon and energy management software category that we call Enterprise Energy and Carbon Accounting (EECA). http://practicalsustainability.blogspot.com/2011/05/wow-hara-raises-25m-more-for-carbon-and.html Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:00:00 -0800 On December 7, 2010, Hara announced its largest carbon and energy software deal to date and its first customer in the Middle East. The deal with the government-owned Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) will see Hara's Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) software deployed across over 200,000 facilities. http://www.verdantix.com/index.cfm/papers/Products.Details/product_id/182/hara-wins-strategic-deal-with-abu-dhabi-utility/- Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:10:00 -0800 The global market for carbon and energy software is intensely competitive — buyers choose from over 100 suppliers. To help buyers save time, save money and reduce risk in their selection process this Verdantix Green Quadrant report compares the 28 software applications that pre-qualify as a potential fit for $1 billion revenue firms. http://www.verdantix.com/index.cfm/papers/Products.Details/product_id/174/green-quadrant-carbon-energy-management-software-2010-/- Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:30:00 -0800 Hara had continued its impressive market share and customer progress in the software category for managing carbon and energy, a category we call Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA). Backed by well-regarded investors and $20m in investment, Hara launched last summer and has taken this emerging market by storm. http://practicalsustainability.blogspot.com/2010/07/hara-continues-strong-momentum-in-2010.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0800 In June, Hara Software announced two manufacturing wins for Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) - Diebold and Hasbro. Earlier in May, Hara announced its Spring 2010 Release including enhancements to its functionality in forecasting and modeling, simplified reporting for Carbon Disclosure Project, EPA Climate Leaders and other programs and protocols, and automated integration to utility systems. Other manufacturing customers of Hara's include Apple (a relatively new addition) and Coca-Cola. http://idc-insights-community.com/posts/8d7ff3d58e