At EMPEQ™, we didn’t discover this problem in a lab—we lived it on rooftops, in boiler rooms, and across hundreds of job sites. Making field analysis of equipment and parts faster and more accurate isn’t just our mission—it’s personal.

Before founding EMPEQ, Herb Dwyer and Derek LaClair spent years auditing energy systems and building models for over $250 million in commercial efficiency projects. Herb would often be sweating under the sun, squinting at a 23-character serial number, scribbling notes on a legal pad. Meanwhile, Derek would be deep in an energy model, trying to decode Herb’s handwriting just to get the SEER rating of an AC unit.

Photos were on Herb’s phone. Specs were in Derek’s spreadsheet. Site notes? Scattered across paper. That disjointed process led to four separate trips to the same building—all just to gather the data they missed or got wrong the first time. That was the breaking point. If a better solution didn’t exist, they’d build one.