Matt Golden, Principal
Matt Golden is an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand side resource.
As founder of Recurve Inc, he helped create the leading developer of tablet based energy auditing software for the home performance industry based on real world experience gained from conducting energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve is venture funded through investments from Rockport Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming Efficiency First, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. Matt served as founding Chairman, and is currently Chair of the Policy Committee. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt serves on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the Building Performance Institute (BPI), National Home Performance Council, California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA), and is Chairman of the Home Performance Resource Center. He is also a member of the DOE State Energy Efficiency Action Committee, charged with developing a long-term road map to achieve our national energy efficiency goals.
Matt played a key role building consensus amongst the advocacy community and advising national policymakers in the crafting of Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP), legislation that was included in the American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. Later, working with the White House and the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Matt was instrumental in developing Home Star, a $6 billion bipartisan jobs initiative that passed the House in 2010. Home Star was supported by a broad coalition representing over 3,000 companies and organizations, including small businesses in all fifty states, Fortune 500 retailers and manufacturers, labor and social justice groups, and a broad coalition of environmental and energy advocates.
Matt was recognized by the Building Performance Institute as the 2009 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry, and was awarded the One-Change Catalyst Award for his nonprofit leadership. He speaks extensively on market transformation in the energy efficiency industry and has authored articles in Forbes, Home Energy Magazine, and GreenTech Media, and published influential policy papers such as “Taking on the Tool-Belt Recession” co-written with the Center for American Progress. Matt has been featured in numerous stories in publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Economist and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Matt Golden combines frontline experience with both State and Federal policy and has dealt extensively in the regulatory and utility arenas. In addition, Matt has a technical understanding of building science and consumer markets gained from over six years as a practitioner of energy efficiency retrofitting running a growing small business.
Prior to founding Recurve, Matt worked as a management consultant for Ernst & Young, founded Travelkey.com an internet travel technology company, and worked in the solar industry designing and selling projects for commercial and residential customers. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign relations from Georgetown University and is a licensed California contractor.
As founder of Recurve Inc, he helped create the leading developer of tablet based energy auditing software for the home performance industry based on real world experience gained from conducting energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve is venture funded through investments from Rockport Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming Efficiency First, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. Matt served as founding Chairman, and is currently Chair of the Policy Committee. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt serves on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the Building Performance Institute (BPI), National Home Performance Council, California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA), and is Chairman of the Home Performance Resource Center. He is also a member of the DOE State Energy Efficiency Action Committee, charged with developing a long-term road map to achieve our national energy efficiency goals.
Matt played a key role building consensus amongst the advocacy community and advising national policymakers in the crafting of Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP), legislation that was included in the American Clean Energy and Security Act that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. Later, working with the White House and the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Matt was instrumental in developing Home Star, a $6 billion bipartisan jobs initiative that passed the House in 2010. Home Star was supported by a broad coalition representing over 3,000 companies and organizations, including small businesses in all fifty states, Fortune 500 retailers and manufacturers, labor and social justice groups, and a broad coalition of environmental and energy advocates.
Matt was recognized by the Building Performance Institute as the 2009 recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry, and was awarded the One-Change Catalyst Award for his nonprofit leadership. He speaks extensively on market transformation in the energy efficiency industry and has authored articles in Forbes, Home Energy Magazine, and GreenTech Media, and published influential policy papers such as “Taking on the Tool-Belt Recession” co-written with the Center for American Progress. Matt has been featured in numerous stories in publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, LA Times, USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Economist and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Matt Golden combines frontline experience with both State and Federal policy and has dealt extensively in the regulatory and utility arenas. In addition, Matt has a technical understanding of building science and consumer markets gained from over six years as a practitioner of energy efficiency retrofitting running a growing small business.
Prior to founding Recurve, Matt worked as a management consultant for Ernst & Young, founded Travelkey.com an internet travel technology company, and worked in the solar industry designing and selling projects for commercial and residential customers. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign relations from Georgetown University and is a licensed California contractor.
