Quick Builds
for energy efficiency.

Fast custom software, by the team behind ESPCalcs and ESPPortfolios. $5,000 to see your prototype working in 2 weeks. Production runs on the ESPLabs Platform.

Speed, Quality, Cost. Now you can have all three.

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How it works

Step 1

Understand

FREE · 30 min

A short call. We listen in your terms — what's not working, what you wish existed, what's been on your list for years.

You leave with a clear yes/no on whether we can prototype it.

Step 2

Prototype

$5,000 FLAT

A working prototype you can see work, not slideware, not a wireframe. The prototype itself becomes the specification for production. Typically 2 weeks.

The fee includes Prototype and Refine.

Step 3

Refine

We work with you to refine the prototype and add features, until it is exactly what you want.

You sign off on the refined prototype as the specification for production. We quote the flat-fee production build and ongoing ESPLabs Platform license.

Step 4

Deliver

Production build by ESPLabs Software Developers, running on the ESPLabs Platform alongside ESPCalcs, ESPPortfolios, and ESPProjects. Flat-fee build, ongoing annual license — both priced at the close of Step 3.

No surprises. You see both prices before you sign.

The cost ladder, stated plainly.

$0 To start a conversation. The 30-minute Understand call is free.

$5,000 flat For a working prototype. Refinement included; the prototype becomes the specification for production.

Known & fixed Production build. Priced at the close of Refine, signed only after you've approved the prototype.

Annual license Ongoing use of the ESPLabs Platform, priced alongside the production build.

Pay $5,000, see it work, then decide.

The Quick Builds platform is SOC 2 Type II compliant.

Why $5,000 buys a real working prototype in 2 weeks.

The pricing is downstream of the process — not a discount. Three reasons we can deliver a clickable, spec-grade prototype at this price point:

A purpose-built foundation

ESPCalcs, ESPPortfolios, and ESPProjects gave us battle-tested patterns — calculation engines, workflow, reporting. We've built those patterns into a new foundation purpose-made for fast custom work. Your Quick Build assembles on top of it. We don't start from a blank file.

Cutting-edge tools, deployed with discipline

ESPCalcs and ESPPortfolios were built by hand. We now use AI to accelerate that same software development work — but the discipline behind those products is the discipline we bring to AI on your build. Speed without slop, reliability without months of waiting.

Working prototype, not specs

Customers learn what they actually want by using something. Skipping the documentation marathon and going straight to a usable prototype is the single biggest time saving versus traditional development shops.

What we build

Examples, not a menu — your problem probably looks something like one of these.

Replacing error-prone spreadsheetsAutomated calculation, validation, and reporting where today you have a tab-explosion workbook nobody trusts.

Project tracking & contractor portalsShared workflow across customers, contractors, engineers, and program managers — replacing email chains and PDFs.

Compliance & incentive processingAutomating the paperwork-heavy parts of program operations so staff focus on the judgment calls.

Something we haven't listedIf your problem is recurring, painful, and software-shaped — we'll prototype it.

Automation as a strategic advantage

Automation isn't about technology — it's about empowering energy-efficiency professionals to run their programs more efficiently, accurately, and independently. Automate the manual work — calculator management, portfolio modeling, project workflows, and whatever else you keep wishing would run itself — and your organization can:

Cut operating, engineering, and consulting costs
Move faster and make better decisions
Improve customer and contractor experience
Capture more savings across your programs

Whether it's our products today or something we build for you next, automation turns cumbersome, consultant-dependent processes into streamlined operations you run yourself.

Why organizations choose us

Quick Builds are built by the people who built ESPCalcs, ESPPortfolios, and ESPProjects.
Real software product development to build “exactly what you want”.
Deep energy-efficiency domain expertise. We speak your language.
Track record: “Your products just work.” (Frequent customer feedback)

Stop accepting trade-offs.
See a working prototype of your solution — in 2 weeks, for $5,000 flat.

Speed, Quality, Cost. All three.