diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2f4656..5f0bdd8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ nwx_cxx_api_docs("README.md" "${project_inc_dir}" "${project_src_dir}")
 cmaize_option_list(
     BUILD_TESTING OFF "Should we build the tests?"
     BUILD_PYBIND11_PYBINDINGS ON "Should we build pybind11 python bindings?"
+    BUILD_CPP_JOULES OFF "Enable energy usage tracking with CPP Joules library?"
     BUILD_CUDA_BINDINGS OFF "Enable CUDA Bindings"
     BUILD_HIP_BINDINGS  OFF "Enable HIP Bindings" 
     BUILD_SYCL_BINDINGS OFF "Enable SYCL Bindings"
@@ -67,6 +68,18 @@ if("${BUILD_PAPI_BINDINGS}")
     include(build_papi)
 endif ()
 
+if("${BUILD_CPP_JOULES}")
+    cmaize_find_or_build_dependency(
+        cpp_joules
+        BUILD_CPP_JOULES
+        URL github.com/rishalab/CPPJoules
+        VERSION main
+        BUILD_TARGET CPP_Joules
+        FIND_TARGET CPP_Joules::CPP_Joules
+    )
+    list(APPEND project_depends cpp_joules)
+endif()
+
 cmaize_find_or_build_dependency(
     cereal
     URL github.com/USCiLab/cereal
@@ -84,6 +97,10 @@ cmaize_add_library(
     DEPENDS "${project_depends}"
 )
 
+if("${BUILD_CPP_JOULES}")
+    target_compile_definitions("${PROJECT_NAME}" PRIVATE BUILD_CPP_JOULES)
+endif()
+
 # N.B. this is a no-op if BUILD_PYBIND11_PYBINDINGS is not turned on
 include(nwx_pybind11)
 nwx_add_pybind11_module(
diff --git a/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp b/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
index 7adb8c2..e39b5e7 100644
--- a/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
+++ b/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
@@ -14,16 +14,19 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "energy_monitor.hpp"
 #include <parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.hpp>
-
 namespace parallelzone::hardware {
 
 typename CPU::profile_return_type CPU::profile_it_(task_type&& task) const {
     profile_information i;
+    EnergyMonitor monitor;
+    monitor.start();
     const auto t1 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
     auto result   = task();
     const auto t2 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-    i.wall_time   = (t2 - t1);
+    monitor.stop();
+    i.wall_time = (t2 - t1);
     return std::make_pair(std::move(result), std::move(i));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/energy_monitor.hpp b/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/energy_monitor.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3053bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/energy_monitor.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 NWChemEx-Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+#ifdef BUILD_CPP_JOULES
+#include <cppJoules.h>
+
+namespace parallelzone::hardware {
+
+class EnergyMonitor {
+public:
+    using energy_type = long long;
+    bool is_active() { return true; }
+    void start() { m_tracker_.start(); }
+
+    void stop() {
+        m_tracker_.stop();
+        m_tracker_.calculate_energy();
+        m_tracker_.print_energy();
+    }
+
+private:
+    EnergyTracker m_tracker_;
+};
+
+} // namespace parallelzone::hardware
+
+#else
+namespace parallelzone::hardware {
+
+class EnergyMonitor {
+public:
+    bool is_active() { return false; }
+    void start() {}
+    void stop() {}
+};
+
+} // namespace parallelzone::hardware
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cxx/unit_tests/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp b/tests/cxx/unit_tests/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
index c5a86e2..d402234 100644
--- a/tests/cxx/unit_tests/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
+++ b/tests/cxx/unit_tests/parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "../../catch.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <numeric>
 #include <parallelzone/hardware/cpu/cpu.hpp>
 
 using namespace parallelzone;