Updraft Energy
Sustainability commitments are easy to announce but hard to implement.
Supporting innovation in climate and sustainability. Together, let's build programs and partnerships that deliver results.
Trusted by institutions and partners advancing campus sustainability
Focus areas
Climate Initiatives
Fleet electrification, energy systems, clean energy procurement, emissions and decarbonization strategy.
ExploreProgram Design
Helping leadership design, develop, and implement institution-wide sustainability programming.
ExploreRecognition, Classifications & Awards
Identifying, pursuing, and winning recognition for the work you are already doing.
ExploreAdvancement & Innovation
Aligning students, faculty, donors, nonprofits, and industry around our most pressing opportunities.
ExploreTestimonials
Updraft has been a valuable partner, consistently bringing rigor and clarity to complex sustainability questions. They translate technical work into something we can act on with confidence, and their follow-through has helped us rapidly move initiatives from idea to execution.
Recent work
Helping build the classification for sustainability leadership in higher education
Updraft supported CU Boulder, the Carnegie Foundation, and ACE in building a new national elective classification.
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What bidirectional charging actually requires
A primer on EV market trends, bidirectional charging architectures, and the technology and utility considerations that determine feasibility.
Read the fact sheetTurning a concept into a funded education center
Updraft supported a research university to secure $10M in funding and establish a new center for sustainability education.
Read the case studyWhy Updraft
Some work can't wait.
Tell us what you're trying to accomplish, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right partner.
Expertise you can deploy rapidly.
Program design, operations support, and framework development.
Our model adapts to your process.
Experience across education, government, industry, and nonprofits.
Systems built to outlast the project.
Every deliverable is designed for your team to run after we're gone.
About Updraft
We're an advisory firm with demonstrated experience in higher education sustainability.
Major partnerships, multi-million dollar advancement initiatives, and university-wide programs. Our name comes from migratory birds that fly in V formations; every leader makes it a little easier for the next.
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