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It all started with a moment of urgent realization during the pandemic. Experts expected  global emissions to drop by nearly 40% as travel and manufacturing slowed, yet data from space showed a much smaller decrease, only 8-9%. For Thalo Labs’ Founder, Dr. Brendan Hermalyn, this was a wake-up call.

Frustrated with the slowness of the energy transition, Dr. Hermalyn wanted to get back to sustainability and do more. With a career spent in advanced sensing, he has held positions at  University of Hawaii and NASA Ames, led Skybox Imaging’s space imaging group (acquired by Google), led Waymo’s camera program, and GM/Cruise’s autonomous vehicle hardware program. Now, it was time to bring that expertise closer to home.

In 2021, he returned to his native New York City to start Thalo Labs, determined to drive immediate action. Today, Thalo’s mission is clear—to accelerate decarbonization in our cities by targeting emissions directly at the source: our buildings

With decades-old tech and lagging emissions regulation, the built environment continues to waste vast amounts of money and emissions. Thalo aims to close this tech gap with advanced sensing and analytics that can reduce inefficiencies, cut emissions, and drive a meaningful impact on climate.

We’re here to accelerate decarbonization in the cities we know and love, so future generations can love them just as much as we do.