Chris Van Lith
Production Of A Large Solar Installation On Barn Roof (Schimmel)
Woudenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolChris Van Lith is a seasoned founder and energy technologist with 18 years of experience delivering community-scale sustainable energy projects, from large rooftop solar installations to heat pumps, EV charging and neighbourhood energy hubs. He has led and scaled ventures in environmental tech and geospatial open-source software, having served as Managing Director of ClairTech and B3Partners before founding Circulectric to focus on integrated home and building energy solutions. Chris combines technical depth from a chemical engineering master's with hands-on project delivery—structuring resident-financed cooperatives and tools like YEP that translate technical options into practical financial and sizing advice for homeowners. He currently chairs and operates multiple cooperative initiatives in Woudenberg, where he organizes collective purchasing, shared solar ownership, and district aquathermal heating pilots. Unusually for an energy entrepreneur, he pairs R&D and operational management experience with community governance roles (chairman/treasurer), enabling both technical design and broad local participation.
18 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Owner-Directors' Programme, Owner-Directors' Programme at INSEADMaster’s Degree, Chemical Technology, Master’s Degree, Chemical Technology at Technische Universiteit EindhovenGymnasium Bernrode
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (86)
strava10
bag10
brk10
dm9
gis9
geo9
wfs8
wps8
home-assistant-integration8
geoserver8
geofence8
attribute8
orientdb7
tms7
gpx7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
B3Partners/gisviewerConfig
Jun 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:9 releases, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
suitegis
B3Partners/b3p-gisviewerConfig
Jun 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:9 releases, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
javasuiteback-endgis
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