Energy and automation
My own home runs as a testbed: solar panels, a home battery and an electric car are steered every fifteen minutes on dynamic electricity prices. Everything is in production, and everything is monitored.
Clear thinking for a greener energy system.
Claro Verde is the independent practice of Jan-Pieter van den Heuvel, based in the Netherlands. I work where energy, automation and AI meet: from smart control of solar, batteries and electric vehicles to software that helps communities organise their energy transition.
Get in touchWhat I work on
Software for small organisations
Working platforms for questions that are too small for a software agency and too specific for an off-the-shelf package. Delivered, secure and transferable.
How I work with AI
The software is written by AI, under my direction. That makes it fast and affordable. My work is in the process before and the checks after: sharpening the goal, deciding where a human must stay in charge, and enforcing that in the software itself.
- Limits in code.
What the system is not allowed to do, it cannot do. Not an instruction, but a lock on the door.
- An independent reviewer.
A second model with a fresh view and one task: find errors and gaps.
- Proof before going live.
Trial runs, fault injection and a security audit before real data goes in.
- A human on the final call.
Where the impact is large or irreversible, a person decides.
From practice
Neighbourhood portal for a Dutch municipality. A platform that lets a volunteer-run neighbourhood initiative organise the energy upgrade of almost 500 homes: a map of homes, contact history and reporting for the municipality. From design to security audit in ten weeks. Live with real resident data and mandatory two-step verification.
- almost 500homes
- 10 weeksfrom design to security audit
- 1point of contact
What I'm exploring
In December 2026 and January 2027 I am in Indonesia, and possibly Singapore, to learn how the energy transition takes shape there: solar and batteries, cooling and heat, automation. I would be glad to meet people who work on this, to compare notes and see where we can help each other.
About
I have worked as a technical consultant for more than ten years, on advisory and implementation projects for large organisations in the Netherlands and abroad. Alongside that I volunteer as an energy coach in my own neighbourhood. Claro Verde brings the two together: clear (claro) and green (verde). It is a one-person practice by choice.
Contact
Would you like to meet or exchange ideas?