Founding CEO, REConomics, LLC (2009 - Present)

In this capacity, Mr. Grulke has developed and filed patents for twenty-four renewable energy technologies that  have been proposed and implemented in a variety of community based projects to generate both energy and Renewable Energy Credits.

REC income has been used to reduce the cost of renovations and new construction projects, provide down payments to assist with the purchase of affordable housing, generate a positive cash flow to reduce overhead and add amenities that would otherwise been cut out of the budget, and to help citizens pay for shared community assets without raising taxes. Integrating energy efficiencies and renewable energy technologies into new and existing facilities has also been used to provide self funding construction projects for the Homeport Hampton Roads, Tidewater Fibers, Eggleston Enterprises, Oatey Company (Cleveland, Ohio), and the Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast.

Grulke was embedded with the NAVY for six months developing energy projects and has some of the highest eROI scores in the country on projects that will save the NAVY $3.4 Million a year on their energy bills. Mr Grulke worked on the design of the NAVY’s first Net Zero building and several other innovative projects for the NAVY. 

Mr Grulke developed eight of the projects for the Department of Energy’s Innovations in Manufacturing Initiative and the project participants will benefit from a collective annual income of close to $10 Million. Mr. Bruce Grulke is currently developing an Energy App for REVIT (BIM software) for sustainable design and facilities planning.