Ento and 4B Consulting receive EUDP funding to advance intelligent energy management
Ento, in collaboration with 4B Consulting, has secured funding from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) to develop a new AI-powered energy management platform for large building portfolios as well as big production facilities.
The project, titled Next‑gen Energy Management (NEM), aims to make energy optimisation more accurate, scalable, and accessible – without requiring additional hardware installations.
What is the NEM project?
The NEM project will develop a platform that combines public building data, simulated energy data, and existing meter and sensor data. The goal is to improve how building energy performance is understood and managed through the use of advanced machine learning models.
Key features of the platform include:
- Prediction of energy labels using AI models trained on a combination of public and simulated data
- Identification of Significant Energy Users (SEUs) across building portfolios
- Continuous monitoring of energy performance over time
- Recommendations for where sub-metering or additional data collection could deliver high value
The solution will be piloted in selected buildings to validate and refine its capabilities in real-world environments.
Moving beyond fragmented energy data
Today, the analysis of metered energy consumption, energy labels, and SEU insights often happens in isolation. NEM bridges these silos, delivering a solution designed to support energy professionals – particularly those working within ISO 50001 frameworks – in making faster, more informed decisions based on the data they already have access to.
This project builds on Ento's existing AI and energy mapping capabilities and combines them with 4B Consulting’s practical expertise in operational energy management and compliance across large building portfolios.
What are the next steps?
With funding secured, Ento and 4B Consulting will begin development of the core AI components of the NEM platform, followed by pilot testing in real building portfolios. The aim is to create a solution that delivers measurable results – for both climate impact and the bottom line.
To learn more about the project, feel free to reach out to the Ento team.
