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Zerofootprint is a cleantech software and services company based in Toronto, Canada. The mission of Zerofootprint is to develop software that makes environmental impact measurable, visible and manageable for corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. The company designs its product with the overriding intention to accurately determine its client's ecological footprint and to help them pursue the means to reduce it.

Background
Zero Footprint was founded in 2005 by Dr. Ron Dembo, a former Yale professor and CEO of the risk management software company, Algorythmics Inc. Initially operating as a non-for-profit organization, Zerofootprint evolved into a for-profit environmental software company with the mission to mitigate environmental risk and drive cost reductions through behavioral change. The company has built a diverse list of clients that includes the City of Toronto and Air Canada.

Current Projects
Zerofootprint is supporting reskinning technology by hosting reskinning awards that have attracted architects and environmentalists from around the world. Re-skinning is an architectural innovation that has been proposed to solve the problem of inefficient energy insulation. The process involves the addition of a retrofitted outer layer for buildings. These projects update older buildings to bring their carbon, energy, and water performance to sustainable levels, improving their aesthetics, and making them "smarter."

Eco-Schools USA has partnered with the Zerofootprint Foundation’s new school competition to engage students in a race to reduce energy use. The project enables schools to better understand the size of their carbon footprint and how it compares to other schools.

Charity
Zerofootprint continues to work in a charitable capacity with its sister organization the Zerofootprint Foundation. The foundation has operated with the mission to engage communities around the world to help reduce our global environmental footprint. Currently its focus has been funding grassroots community based partner organizations in neglected and war-torn communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.