Green solutions company Integris opens global HQ in Second Ward

                                                                Content from Houston Business Journal by Ford Gunter

Companies looking for ways to go green and cut costs now need look no further than Houston’s Second Ward.

Integris Energy Partners Inc., which offers commercial and industrial solutions for reducing carbon emissions and electricity consumption, opened its new global headquarters on July 1 in a 14,000-square-foot warehouse on Roberts Street, near the intersection of Navigation and York. The facility is located between downtown and the Houston Ship Channel.

“Since (June 24) we have 32 Houston-based projects that we’re bidding on,” says Sidhartha Sen, co-founder and managing partner of Integris. “That’s huge. It shows that Houston is ready to become a leader in the industry.”

The story of Integris goes back to New Delhi, India, and Hamburg, Germany, where Sen and a few partners ran a small eco-friendly consulting shop that was acquired by San Francisco-based Nexant Inc.

“We were unsatisfied so we rolled ourselves back out and took a lot of the people with us,” Sen says. “We had to figure out where to lay our hat.”

Sen and another Integris co-founder are from the Houston area.
“Houston made a lot of sense,” he says. “If there’s going to be a rebirth in energy management, Houston’s the place to do it.”

In May, Sen and company essentially acquired a “cool roof” installer, Integris Roofing Solutions, borrowed the name and expanded the operation.