Optiml wins the PropTech Innovation Challenge European Final 2024

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced that Optiml, a provider of an AI-powered SaaS solution that empowers asset managers, investors,  and their consultancies decarbonize their existing building stock, is the overall winner of the inaugural PropTech Innovation Challenge (PIC) 2024.  The winner was revealed during the C Change Summit in Barcelona.

Read the press release here.

In-Country Winner: Germany

Voltfang produces environmentally friendly and profitable battery storage systems from 2nd-life batteries for SMEs and industry. With our sustainable storage, excess energy, especially renewable energy from PV systems, can be stored. Our energy storage system helps to cut unnecessary load peaks and enables intelligent use of electricity. This increases the self-sufficiency of our customers and allows for significant cost reduction as well as a reduction in the ecological footprint.
We offer comprehensive testing, data analysis, and monitoring of the storage modules to ensure safety and a long lifespan of our storage systems.

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In-Country Winner: Iberia (Spain & Portugal)

CoCircular has developed a Saas technology (360º advisor ) that enables our clients (construction companies, developers, real estate funds, companies, renewable energy companies, etc.) to have 100 digitised, circular and traceable waste management, guaranteeing the recovery of more than 70% of the waste required by the new waste law (we currently achieve 91% for our clients). Our technology has mapped most of the waste management companies and qualified them according to criteria such as quality, sustainability and proximity. We also accompany our customers with a consultancy service to design the waste separation protocol and monitor the entire process, certifying the percentage of waste that becomes secondary raw material and advising them all along the journey. The tool not only significantly reduces the time and associated costs of waste management, but also provides multiple metrics of positive environmental impact, which is of great benefit to our customers in meeting the most demanding international environmental certifications and improving their sustainability and circular economy strategy.

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In-Country Winner:  the Nordics

Net Zero Build is a Proptech startup offering an AI-driven platform designed to streamline and automate the sustainable building certification process. The solution empowers real estate companies to achieve higher sustainability levels in their assets, effectively reducing Scope 3 emissions and advancing the industry’s sustainability goals by addressing multiple aspects of the building design, construction, and operation. Their platform streamlines the adoption of these certifications, making them more accessible and cost-effective for the real estate industry.

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In-Country Winner: United Kingdom and Ireland

Symphony Energy is a leading climate tech innovator, offering the industry’s first breakthrough technology proven to achieve Paris Proof 2050 energy efficiency targets. Their scalable and cost-effective solutions are designed to optimise HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems in both new and existing buildings.

By overcoming the limitations of current best practice, their technology enables significant advancements in energy efficiency, accelerating the attainment of both EU and national climate targets that would otherwise be out of reach.

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In-Country Winner: France

ISOL’ en Paille, a company which produces and sells local bio-based insulation blocks made from straw for building construction. A collective and circular project, the low-tech solution focuses on the environmental transition of buildings, enabling the use of ecological insulation products without reinventing standards or developing new construction systems. The second stage of the project is to develop a commercial network coupled to an industrial process in order to produce locally the same products for local projects.

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In-Country Winner: Poland and Czech Republic

Rebench is the circular platform to manage, resell, and buy company’s furniture. With a marketplace and inventory platform connected, we help companies reduce costs & waste by unlocking the value of their items.

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In-Country Winner: Switzerland

Optiml, a tech spin-off from ETH Zurich (+5 years research, own models & algorithms) providing an AI-powered SaaS solution that empowers asset managers, investors, and their consultancies decarbonize their existing building stock. The software provides scalable decarbonisation & investment strategies and actionable renovation plans on component level (timed & costed) for building and portfolios (all asset classes), that ensure adhering to net zero goals while meeting business requirements (e.g., returns).

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• View their pitch deck here.
• Learn more here.