Our Story
Grid Edge was founded in 2017 by three friends and colleagues from Aston University’s Energy Research Institute – Dr Dan Wright, Dr Jim Scott and Tom Anderson.
‘Empower the customer”.
That was the simple vision that Dan, Jim and Tom started out with when they set out to change the way that people use energy. Having spent a decade researching new technologies to decarbonise our energy system at Aston University’s Energy Research Institute, they grew frustrated that too often “innovation” in the energy industry was done to customers, but not for customers; that too often customers were simply seen as passive consumers whose only role was to pay for energy and sit passively at the edge of the grid.
So they set out to change that.
Building on their legacy of ground-breaking R&D at Aston University, the three friends swapped the research laboratory for the Board room and founded Grid Edge in 2017 with a mission to put commercial energy consumers at the heart of our changing energy system, empowering them to become active and intelligent participants in the battle to combat climate change.
The company was awarded Tech Start-up of the Year in the Midlands by KPMG in 2019
Tom Anderson
Dr Dan Wright
Dr Jim Scott
Our Purpose and Values
We want to empower you to make better decisions, using data to see and use energy differently.
We mine high accuracy data from a building, apply artificial intelligence, and to turn it into meaningful, actionable insights to inform comfort, carbon and cost decision-making.
We love people with a passion for change and doing things differently. We love organisations with ambitious Net Zero ambitions. We love to collaborate with people who share our purpose.
We act with integrity, honesty and radical transparency. We take the quality and rigour of data seriously. We take your business seriously. We’re on your side of the meter.
We pride ourselves on providing a stable and inspiring place to work for our Grid Edge team. We want to inspire a diverse group of people to make a difference and be at the forefront of creating change rather than more of the same.
Use today to plan a better future. Make your buildings behave better. We save you money and cut carbon.
Our Awards
- V2G Innovation of the Year - 2020 Winner, Electric Vehicle Innovation and Excellence Awards (EVIES)
- KPMG Best British Tech Start Up — 2019 Winner (Midlands), Global Finalist
- RAC Cooling Awards – 2019 Winner Best Innovation
- EDF Energy Pulse Awards — 2018 Global Finalist
- MIPIM — 2018 Global Finalist: Best Property Industry Start Up Innovation
- UK Business Angels Association - 2017 Finalist Best Investment in I.o.T.
- Birmingham Technology Awards - 2016 Winner Best Start Up
- MEBC - 2016 Winner Best Low Carbon Innovation
- Association of Decentralised Energy - 2016 Best Innovation Project
Careers
Grid Edge is home to a fantastic team of Data Scientists, Software Engineers and Energy Industry professionals.
Want to join the team?
If you are an ambitious Data Scientist, Statistician or Software Developer and want to join a team working to change the way that people use energy, then get in touch!