Lauritzen Inc.
Since 2006 Lauritzen Inc. has been combining microprocessor controllers and internet communication technologies to improve the efficiency of renewable energy systems. Lauritzen technology is adaptable to a wide spectrum of energy systems including solar, wind and traditional production methods. Lauritzen Engineering initially provided microprocessor design services to Silicon Valley technology companies. Starting in 2005, the firm changed focus and began developing products within the renewable energy sector. Renewable energy was a familiar territory to Mr. Lauritzen, who in 1977 led a high school student project that built a trough-based solar thermal collector.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Renewable Energy
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
Mission Statement
Our expertise is technology, and we have chosen our careers because we thrive on technology. Our passion is providing leading edge commercial hardware and software solutions with emphasis on remotely managed control systems.
What We Do
By using highly integrated microprocessors, coupled with internet technology, reliable remote control of many different types of energy systems can be realized.
We are currently shipping products that control anywhere from a single axis stand-alone tracker, to a commercial field of multiple axis trackers. Our real time monitoring and reporting systems make certain that your systems are working at peak efficiency no matter what the operating conditions.
Core Values
We love what we do, and we care about our customers, vendors and the environment. We endeavor to source and manufacture all of our products locally to the maximum extent possible. We stand by our products, and will see to it that our mistakes are identified, repaired, and incorporated into a process so they will not reoccur. Honesty, accountability, reliability and integrity are our business principles.
Who We Are
Mogens Lauritzen was born in Denmark. While studying at University of New Hampshire in the early 1980s, he became alarmed about the prospect of global warming, and began pestering his relatives with dire forecasts of rising sea levels. During the 1990s, Lauritzen was busy experimenting with solar flat plate thermal systems, and added a solar PV system to his home at the dawn of the new century. It was out of those efforts that Lauritzen identified a need for better feedback methods in remote/distributed energy systems which in turn led to the remote controlled Thor™ Solar Thermal Control system.
Prior to founding Lauritzen Inc., he worked as a manager and consultant at Silicon Valley companies designing micro-processors. Mogens holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from University of New Hampshire, is a licensed C-10 and C-46 contractor, and is the holder of 3 US patents. Now that he is done with the Bugatti, during his idle (ha) time, Mogens enjoys windsurfing, racquet & winter sports, and hiking in the California outdoors.
Phil Hunter has a BSEET from DeVry Institute of Technology, and is a VMware Certified Professional. Prior to working at Lauritzen, he has worked as both a Solaris and RedHat Linux administrator and supported all kinds of computer systems as both a hardware and software technician.
Phil has long been interested in alternative energy and green technology. Recent projects have included running his lawn mower on hydrogen and experimenting with high voltage electrostatic agricultural sprayers. Fortunately, these experiments are not being done in proximity.
Ben Fredrickson is a recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (Go Bears!) with a double major in Math and Computer Science. As our intern, he works on a wide variety of projects including web sites, perl scripts, and our pic based controllers.
Ben’s hobbies include robotics, and he has worked with both OpenCV and ROS.
Brett Houtz is an undergraduate Math major and Computer Science minor at University of California at Santa Cruz. As a summer intern, he has worked on updating and developing this website.
Brett loves working with math and making small coding projects in his free time.