<p>几年前，Selina Tobaccowala 的女儿开始在家里留下便利贴，告诉大家 “关掉灯” 等等。</p>
<p>Tobaccowala 刚刚将她的最后一家初创公司 Gixo 出售给 OpenFit，并在寻找新的挑战。她告诉 TechCrunch：“我看到孩子们，想，‘让我看看在可持续性和气候方面是否有什么可以做的。’” 她认为，应该有比单纯关灯更重要的事情。</p>
<p>没有气候科学或硬件工程的背景，她不知道从何开始。因此，Tobaccowala 转向了她熟悉的领域：调查。</p>
<p>“鉴于我对调查的热爱，我调查了大量的客户，” 曾担任 SurveyMonkey 总裁和首席技术官的 Tobaccowala 说。</p>
<p>她发现人们在降低公用事业账单方面感到困惑。</p>
<p>“当我们与消费者交谈时，我们听到同样的事情一遍又一遍：他们收到那封邮件，上面写着 ‘嘿，你花的钱比邻居多’，” 她说。“他们对该怎么办感到无从下手。”</p>
<p>Tobaccowala 联合创办了 HomeBoost，帮助人们进行家庭能源评估。该公司是 TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 的 Startup Battlefield 200 的一部分。</p>
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<p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/homeboost_team.jpg/query-dz02ODA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/homeboost_team.jpg/query-dz02ODA"/></p>
<p>Tobaccowala（右二）和 HomeBoost 团队。<strong>图片来源：</strong> HomeBoost</p>
<p>HomeBoost 的评估过程开始于向客户邮寄一个 BoostBox，这是一个小工具包，里面包括一个红外相机、一个黑光灯和一个链接到应用程序的链接，该应用程序引导客户完成整个过程。当人们在家中走动时，红外相机显示冷（或热）空气渗入他们家中的位置；黑光灯则告诉人们哪些灯可以升级。</p>
<p>利用扫描数据，该应用程序会自动生成一份报告，建议最具成本效益的升级方案，包括根据个人居住地的补贴。</p>
<p>在美国许多地方，公用事业公司提供类似的服务。公用事业公司为了减少最终用户的能源使用，通常与能源审计师合作，对人们的家进行调查，以识别减少消费的方法。但 Tobaccowala 表示，这些服务的质量可能非常不均衡。</p>
<p>“我们与一些已经进行过家庭能源评估的消费者交谈，他们感到 ‘他们所做的只是试图向我推销升级的 HVAC’，” 她说。</p>
<p>Tobaccowala 表示，HomeBoost 应用程序比审计师更便宜、更快捷，并帮助人们在这个过程中感到更有掌控感。</p>
<p>HomeBoost 向客户收取 99 美元，这大约是传统面对面评估费用的四分之一。它还与公用事业公司合作，公用事业公司为客户承担部分或全部费用。该初创公司已与 Central Hudson、Omaha Public Power District，以及最近的 Avista 签署了协议。例如，Omaha Power 为费用支付 19 美元以外的全部费用，而 Central Hudson 如果房主从公共图书馆借出 BoostBox，将承担全部费用。</p>
<p>但并不是每个房主都想自己完成调查过程，也并不是每个审计师都是强势推销员。Tobaccowala 表示，专职审计师可以花费 2 到 10 小时对家庭进行调查、整理数据和编写报告。为此，HomeBoost 开发了一个专业版应用程序，允许他们服务更多客户。</p>
<p>该公司还在测试一个功能，将房主与可以执行报告中列出的升级的承包商联系起来。对于承包商来说，这是另一个新的商业来源，并且使他们在进入家中之前就能获得项目的信息。</p>
<p>通过将消费者、公用事业公司和承包商聚集在一起，Tobaccowala 希望 HomeBoost 最终也能在气候方面取得成效。她说：“这是一个非常独特的情况，大家都希望降低公用事业账单，而这最终会改善气候。”</p>

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<p>HomeBoost 由 Selina Tobaccowala 共同创立，旨在通过一款 DIY 能源评估应用帮助房主降低公用事业费用。该应用使用 BoostBox 工具包指导用户，该工具包包括红外相机和紫外线灯，以识别能源低效问题。HomeBoost 收费 99 美元，远低于传统评估的费用，并与公用事业公司合作以补贴成本。该应用还将房主与承包商连接，以进行升级，通过协调消费者、公用事业和承包商的利益，促进能源效率和气候改善</p>

<p>A few years ago, Selina Tobaccowala’s daughter started leaving post-it notes around the house, telling everyone to “turn off the lights” and such.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>几年前，Selina Tobaccowala 的女儿开始在家里留下便利贴，告诉大家 “关掉灯” 等等。</p>
</div><p>Tobaccowala had just sold her last startup, Gixo, to OpenFit and was looking for a new challenge. “I saw the kids and thought, ‘Let me see if there’s something there on the sustainability and climate side,’” she told TechCrunch. “There had to be something more than like turning our lights off.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Tobaccowala 刚刚将她的最后一家初创公司 Gixo 出售给 OpenFit，并在寻找新的挑战。她告诉 TechCrunch：“我看到孩子们，想，‘让我看看在可持续性和气候方面是否有什么可以做的。’” 她认为，应该有比单纯关灯更重要的事情。</p>
</div><p>Without a background in climate science or hardware engineering, she wasn’t sure where to start. So Tobaccowala turned to something she knew well: surveys.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>没有气候科学或硬件工程的背景，她不知道从何开始。因此，Tobaccowala 转向了她熟悉的领域：调查。</p>
</div><p>“Given my love of surveys, I surveyed a ton — a ton — of customers,” said Tobaccowala, who used to be president and CTO of SurveyMonkey.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“鉴于我对调查的热爱，我调查了大量的客户，” 曾担任 SurveyMonkey 总裁和首席技术官的 Tobaccowala 说。</p>
</div><p>What she found was that people were struggling to figure out how to lower their utility bills.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>她发现人们在降低公用事业账单方面感到困惑。</p>
</div><p>“When we talked to consumers, we heard the same thing over and over again: They get that email that says, ‘Hey, you spend more money than your neighbors,’” she said. “They were sort of stuck with what to do about it.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“当我们与消费者交谈时，我们听到同样的事情一遍又一遍：他们收到那封邮件，上面写着 ‘嘿，你花的钱比邻居多’，” 她说。“他们对该怎么办感到无从下手。”</p>
</div><p>Tobaccowala co-founded HomeBoost to help people conduct their own home energy assessments. The company was part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Tobaccowala 联合创办了 HomeBoost，帮助人们进行家庭能源评估。该公司是 TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 的 Startup Battlefield 200 的一部分。</p>
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<div class="lb-trans"><p>波士顿，马萨诸塞州 |2026 年 6 月 23 日</p>
</div><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/homeboost_team.jpg/query-dz02ODA" alt="" original-src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/homeboost_team.jpg?w=680"/></p>
<p>Tobacowalla (second from right) and the HomeBoost team.<strong>Image Credits:</strong> HomeBoost</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Tobaccowala（右二）和 HomeBoost 团队。<strong>图片来源：</strong> HomeBoost</p>
</div><p>HomeBoost’s assessment process begins by mailing customers a BoostBox, a small kit that includes an infrared camera, a blacklight and a link to an app that takes customers through the process. As people walk around their homes, the infrared camera shows them where cold (or hot) air is seeping into their homes; the blacklight tells people which lights could be upgraded.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>HomeBoost 的评估过程开始于向客户邮寄一个 BoostBox，这是一个小工具包，里面包括一个红外相机、一个黑光灯和一个链接到应用程序的链接，该应用程序引导客户完成整个过程。当人们在家中走动时，红外相机显示冷（或热）空气渗入他们家中的位置；黑光灯则告诉人们哪些灯可以升级。</p>
</div><p>Using data from the scans, the app then automatically generates a report which suggests the most cost effective upgrades, including rebates based on where the person lives.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>利用扫描数据，该应用程序会自动生成一份报告，建议最具成本效益的升级方案，包括根据个人居住地的补贴。</p>
</div><p>In many parts of the country, utilities offer a similar service. Utilities, which are incentivized to reduce end users’ energy use, often work with energy auditors to survey people’s homes to identify ways to trim their consumption. But the quality of those services can be very uneven, Tobaccowala said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在美国许多地方，公用事业公司提供类似的服务。公用事业公司为了减少最终用户的能源使用，通常与能源审计师合作，对人们的家进行调查，以识别减少消费的方法。但 Tobaccowala 表示，这些服务的质量可能非常不均衡。</p>
</div><p>“We talked to a bunch of consumers who’d gotten home energy assessments done, and there this feeling that was like ‘all they did was try to sell me up an upgraded HVAC,’” she said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“我们与一些已经进行过家庭能源评估的消费者交谈，他们感到 ‘他们所做的只是试图向我推销升级的 HVAC’，” 她说。</p>
</div><p>The HomeBoost app is cheaper and faster than an auditor, and it helps people feel more in control of the process, Tobaccowala said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Tobaccowala 表示，HomeBoost 应用程序比审计师更便宜、更快捷，并帮助人们在这个过程中感到更有掌控感。</p>
</div><p>HomeBoost charges customers $99, which is about a quarter the cost of a traditional, in-person assessment. It is also working with utilities, which cover some or all of the cost for customers. The startup has signed deals with Central Hudson, Omaha Public Power District, and more recently Avista. Omaha Power, for example, pays for all but $19 of the cost, while Central Hudson will cover the entire cost if homeowners check out the BoostBox from a public library.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>HomeBoost 向客户收取 99 美元，这大约是传统面对面评估费用的四分之一。它还与公用事业公司合作，公用事业公司为客户承担部分或全部费用。该初创公司已与 Central Hudson、Omaha Public Power District，以及最近的 Avista 签署了协议。例如，Omaha Power 为费用支付 19 美元以外的全部费用，而 Central Hudson 如果房主从公共图书馆借出 BoostBox，将承担全部费用。</p>
</div><p>But not every homeowner wants to complete the survey process themselves, and not every auditor is a pushy salesperson. Dedicated auditors can spend between two and 10 hours surveying homes, collating data, and building reports, Tobaccowala said. For that, HomeBoost has developed a version of its app for professionals, allowing them to serve more customers.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但并不是每个房主都想自己完成调查过程，也并不是每个审计师都是强势推销员。Tobaccowala 表示，专职审计师可以花费 2 到 10 小时对家庭进行调查、整理数据和编写报告。为此，HomeBoost 开发了一个专业版应用程序，允许他们服务更多客户。</p>
</div><p>The company is also testing a feature that will link homeowners with contractors who can follow through on the upgrades outlined in the report. For contractors, it’s another source of new business, and it allows them to get information on a project before even setting foot inside a home.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该公司还在测试一个功能，将房主与可以执行报告中列出的升级的承包商联系起来。对于承包商来说，这是另一个新的商业来源，并且使他们在进入家中之前就能获得项目的信息。</p>
</div><p>By bringing consumers, utilities, and contractors together, Tobaccowalla hopes that HomeBoost can ultimately deliver on the climate front, too. “It’s a very unique situation where everybody’s aligned to actually lower the utility bill, which in the net result is improvement on the climate,” she said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>通过将消费者、公用事业公司和承包商聚集在一起，Tobaccowala 希望 HomeBoost 最终也能在气候方面取得成效。她说：“这是一个非常独特的情况，大家都希望降低公用事业账单，而这最终会改善气候。”</p>
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