Helping Cut Energy Bills: Lake Oswego Company Gets Grant

NorthWrite of Lake Oswego is getting some recognition in terms of a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Energy.

The money will go to help the company "test and validate algorithms used to help small and medium sized commercial buildings cut their power bills."

What that means is they will test programs to make sure lighting, heating, and cooling systems are working the way they should.

It's part of the department's Small Business Vouchers pilot program.

The algorithms were developed at national labs.

NorthWrite will help get them ready for commercial use.