Posts by Evan Thomas

This week, M. A. Mortenson Companies, Inc. signed a carbon credit pre-purchase agreement with Virridy Carbon LLC to enable project capital investment in programs in Rwanda, Kenya, and the United States. The deal will ensure the emissions avoidance of at least 50,000 tonnes CO2 equivalent, generated by either Virridy’s water security projects in eastern Africa…

Partnership Focused on Ensuring Reliable Water Sources for Communities Facing Climate Change with Carbon Credit Revenue BOULDER, CO — August 29, 2022 — Virridy, dedicated to improving the management of environmental resources through technology, today announced a partnership with the Millennium Water Alliance and the University of Colorado Boulder to ensure that people facing the…

BOULDER, CO — June 8, 2022 — Virridy, dedicated to improving the management of environmental resources through technology, today announced it has closed $5.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate the development and adoption of its satellite-connected sensors for managing water, energy, and agricultural resources. The round was led by Accord Capital, with participation…

Published in Water Research, June 2022 We designed and validated a sensitive, continuous, in-situ, remotely reporting tryptophan-like fluorescence sensor and coupled it with a machine learning model to predict high-risk fecal contamination in water (10 colony forming units (CFU)/100mL E. coli). We characterized the sensor’s response to multiple fluorescence interferents with benchtop analysis. The sensor’s…

Millions of people living in the drought prone Horn of Africa face persistent threat from a lack of safe, reliable and affordable water year-round. The arid regions of Kenya are experiencing increasing frequency and severity of drought conditions. Virridy’s satellite connected sensors are monitoring millions of people’s water supplies in the region on a daily…