5 Powerful Insights on the Future of Energy: Entering Climate Week 2025
The future of energy is one of the defining issues of our time. As we work together to facilitate a healthier, more sustainable planet, the way that we consume energy, the sources we use to generate electricity, and how we coordinate our consumption are all evolving rapidly. There are challenges we need to address to ensure a clean energy future and opportunities to reduce waste and help businesses and the economy thrive in the long term.
Someone who has a lot of insight into the future of energy is Budderfly founder and CEO Al Subbloie. He invented the model we use every day to make energy efficiency and sustainability accessible to more than 8,000 businesses and facilities across the U.S. without requiring a huge upfront investment. As a leader in the clean tech space, he’s been interviewed on countless podcasts, panels, and articles sharing his thoughts about how the industry can best move forward.
Al is speaking at NYC Climate Week 2025 in a fireside chat with clean energy leader Jigar Shah on Tuesday, September 23. It’s going to be an exciting conversation , and you can register to attend Climate Week in person or online.
In advance of Climate Week, we thought we'd share some of our favorite quotes from Al about the future of energy to get inspired about what’s possible and how we’re working with our customers to change the energy landscape.
On the importance of the mid market
“In 2025, the evolving political landscape will change the momentum of our energy transition. Almost immediately, we will see states and private businesses take on greater responsibility as federal incentives face uncertainty. This shift will also prompt a more strategic approach to how we deploy energy solutions, with a deeper focus on creating both environmental and economic benefits. Energy efficiency will be a cornerstone of this—not just because it’s the ‘right thing to do’ but because it delivers undeniable ROI [return on investment]. As a result, I expect the next wave of energy efficiency will be powered from the middle market up. These organizations will increasingly turn to new innovations that boost their bottom lines, align with customers’ growing sustainability demands, and help us advance our climate goals.” (Power Magazine)
On profiting sustainably
“Sustainability and profitability are not only compatible, they’re mutually beneficial. By transforming how customers approach their energy infrastructure, we’re helping them preserve capital, reduce their carbon footprint, and build more resilient communities.” (Budderfly Surpasses $250M in Revenue Run Rate)
On the importance of energy innovation
“The notion of innovation, especially in the energy market, has such an important role, because we face a massive challenge here to attack the carbon challenges that we have in in the world right now, and we're behind. There's no other way, in my opinion, to drive the type of carbon reduction, that this planet needs in such a short period of time to get that done.” (Why We Have a Testing Lab in Our Warehouse)
On the growing value of energy savings
“Why do we care about energy efficiency? Because the price of utility power is constantly going up. And that means the value of energy savings becomes greater over time. So large businesses and small businesses all understand the value of energy savings.” (Latitude Media)
On the impact of building efficiency
“There's a huge effort to reduce carbon across the board obviously. EVS are going there, though you know they have their challenges, there’s the renewables craze, and then there's building efficiency. Building efficiency tends to be the more boring of those three, as you know, but I happen to think the economics are effective... There’s a huge effort right now for the world to reduce carbon and get more efficient, but there's a lot of friction in the machine and I think it still running way slower than it than it honestly should be. And at Budderfly we created a model that reduced the friction. The benefit is getting to a better outcome a lot more efficiently and quicker again for the benefit of the planet” (Sustainable Tech Partner Podcast)