Land is limited...
Plan for tomorrow, today

From forest carbon to solar and housing, estimate risk-adjusted returns with the help of machine learning

Our world is small, resources are finite, and land ownership is fragmented. Transform site, parcel, and property data into a forecast - because site selection determines each project's costs, returns, and impact. With intelligence on suitable land for carbon, energy, and real estate development projects, our users discover the best use for every acre.

predict the future
A map depicting the opportunity cost of deforestation in the northeast US in terms of CO2 equivalent by 2050.
A map depicting the opportunity cost of deforestation in the northeast US in terms of CO2 equivalent by 2050.

Intelligence You Can Trust

14+ Million
sites assessed for
carbon and development
$100s
per acre for
eligible landowners
5 to 40
year window of
risk : return assessment
17+ Million
avoidable metric tons of CO2
in at-risk Eastern US forests
A graph showing forest growth and carbon sequestration over time. 3 scenarios are shown in lines on an x-y axis: a business-as-usual scenario of deforestation, a conservation scenario, and an improved forest management scenario.

Our users measure additionality

Launch and support premium nature-based solutions for climate change, using AI that measures additionality for every carbon project to protect at-risk forests.
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Our users plan climate-smart communities

Use data to settle land use debates about sustainable development, zoning, permits, and conservation, aligning growth of local communities today with their future legacy.
your choices
A digitized map of the energy grid, including solar farms, transmission lines, nearby substations, wind farms, and streets and housing. Colored in greyscale to highlight building and infrastructure electrification.
A Black-throated Green Warbler with nest building materials sitting on the log of a forest in the northeast US. Photo courtesy of Greg Sanda.

Our users stay ahead of the market

Visualize connected property networks, link fragmented parcels, access up-to-date land use data, and beat your competition to land where market values meet your returns.
your landscape

Land Use Intelligence

Transparent AI

Don't just guess... Stay one step ahead of the competition. Justify carbon and conservation projects with specific and logical risk factors, more accurately pre-qualify landowners for your next forest carbon or community solar campaign, and settle land use debates with data.

Balance Competing Priority Metrics

Decisions that permanently affect open space - from real estate development to conservation - come with trade-offs. Select project sites with multiple impact dimensions, including climate, food, and energy. Upstream Carbon will evaluate land based on your objectives, so that you don't have to combine different raster or vector data files. Plus, you keep the data.

Neighbors Matter

Upstream Carbon goes beyond parcels. Have you ever needed to measure patterns of Current Use program enrollment in a farming corridor, account for landscape connectivity to conservation land, or had your planning frustrated by small, fragmented properties? Us too, so we designed the system to understand the neighborhood - not just the parcel.

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