What EFICIA does

EFICIA, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Paris, develops and operates an intelligent energy management platform for commercial and tertiary buildings across France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The company's offering combines GTB (Gestion Technique du Bâtiment) building automation hardware, proprietary AI-driven scripting algorithms for real-time equipment optimization, and a 24/7 staffed Energy Center of human energy experts, delivering up to 40% energy consumption reduction while maintaining occupant comfort. The solution is hardware-agnostic and integrates with existing building equipment, addressing regulatory compliance with the French BACS decree (2025-2027), Tertiary decree, and European EPBD while facilitating access to CEE energy efficiency subsidies that can cover up to 40% of project costs.

The product surface is modular, comprising a free energy monitoring app (App Eficia) as a self-serve entry point, a Monitoring module for portfolio-wide data visibility, a GTB module for automated building control, and a Pilotage module for remote optimization with expert oversight. EFICIA reports managing approximately 20 million square meters across more than 3,500 buildings under multi-year subscription and managed-services contracts, with a GTM motion that combines expert-led Calendly-based appointment booking, inbound lead capture via white papers and blog content, and field installation teams for hardware deployment across multi-site portfolios.

EFICIA operates as a subsidiary of Hager Group, a diversified European industrial conglomerate, providing distribution, brand, and operational leverage. The company was led at time of data by founder Alric Marc as President, Director General and CEO, with Hippolyte Lalourcey as CTO. The customer base is distributed across building managers, facility operators, and commercial real estate owners, with no major anchor customer concentration disclosed. Revenue is not publicly reported; the company has raised approximately $2.6 million in a 2015 funding round led by Aster.

Name

EFICIA

Legal name

EFICIA

Website

https://eficia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Energy Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Building Software Platforms (IWMS/CAFM Integration, Digital Twin, Command Center) (BPABAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

C&I Energy Optimization, Peak Shaving & Demand Charge Management Software (EUAFAKAE), Remote Operations, Control Room & Digital O&M (Monitoring, Diagnostics) (EUAEAGAM)

Keywords

• Building energy management
• HVAC optimization
• Building automation systems
• Energy efficiency services
• Real-time energy monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. GTB & Energy Management Services (Pilotage): Core revenue stream from providing energy optimization and building management services to commercial and tertiary building operators. The solution combines hardware deployment (GTB installation), software monitoring, and 24/7 expert oversight, typically sold as an ongoing service contract with guaranteed energy savings outcomes (up to 40%). Revenue is recurring in nature as clients engage Eficia for continuous building performance management.
2. CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) Facilitation: Eficia helps clients access government-funded energy efficiency subsidies (CEE certificates), which can cover up to 40% of project costs. This serves as both a sales enabler and a potential revenue stream by facilitating client access to energy renovation financing.
3. Free App (Lead Generation): The Eficia app is provided 100% free to building managers and operators for energy monitoring. This functions as a freemium lead generation tool to attract potential clients into the paid service ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EFICIA provides an intelligent energy management platform for commercial and tertiary buildings, combining GTB (Building Management System) hardware deployment, proprietary AI-driven scripting algorithms, real-time data monitoring, and a 24/7 human Energy Center team that continuously optimizes HVAC, lighting, and other energy-intensive equipment. The solution is sold as an ongoing subscription-based managed service with outcomes-based energy savings guarantees of up to 40%, and is complemented by a free Eficia app for real-time energy monitoring.

Product overview

EFICIA offers a modular energy efficiency platform for commercial and tertiary buildings. The core offering consists of the free App Eficia for energy monitoring, complemented by three integrated modules: Monitoring (for data visibility), GTB (for building automation compliance), and Pilotage (for 24/7 remote control with AI-powered optimization). The platform is supported by the Energy Center Eficia, a team of energy experts available around the clock. The solution enables up to 40% energy savings while maximizing equipment performance and flexibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• App Eficia

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 40% reduction in energy consumption costs for managed buildings
• +4 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Deepki: Deepki is a France-based SaaS for real estate energy data and ESG/decarbonization—serving the same building owner/operator personas as EFICIA Monitoring, with a software-only approach that competes head-on for regulatory compliance and energy performance engagements.
• Planon: Planon is an IWMS/smart building software platform used by commercial real estate owners for building operations, energy monitoring, and sustainability—directly competing with EFICIA's modular software stack across European enterprise portfolios.

Broad incumbents

• Johnson Controls (OpenBlue / Metasys): Johnson Controls' OpenBlue and Metasys platforms target commercial real estate with energy analytics, building automation, and HVAC optimization—the same problems EFICIA solves, but with global scale and a services-led delivery model.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Desigo / Building X): Siemens Desigo/Building X offers building automation and energy optimization very comparable to EFICIA's GTB and Pilotage, with deep European installed bases and a wider product portfolio that bundles hardware, software, and services.
• Honeywell (Forge / Niagara): Honeywell Forge/Building Manager delivers enterprise energy and building analytics comparable to EFICIA's Monitoring/Pilotage modules, serving as a large incumbent competing for the same commercial property manager segment.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure / Building Business): Schneider EcoStruxure is a broad building and energy management platform covering electrical, HVAC, and lighting across commercial buildings—directly overlapping EFICIA's GTB/Pilotage scope, but at global scale and bundled with Schneider hardware.

Emerging players

• GridPoint: GridPoint delivers building energy management with submetering analytics and HVAC control, overlapping with EFICIA's Pilotage module on multi-site commercial portfolios—most active in North America, with limited European footprint.

Others

• EnerNOC (Enel X Way / Enel X): Enel X offers commercial and industrial energy optimization and demand management software with European operations, an adjacent competitor in the C&I energy optimization space where EFICIA's EUAFAKAE-style offerings also play.

Regional players

• Dalkia (EDF group): Dalkia provides French-focused building energy efficiency services and remote management, with comparable remote monitoring and optimization offerings for commercial and public-sector buildings—often a co-bidder or competitor to EFICIA in French tenders.
• ENGIE Solutions (Energy Services): ENGIE offers energy performance contracts and building optimization services across Europe—closely aligned with EFICIA's Pilotage outcomes-based model, but anchored to ENGIE's utility-scale footprint and not focused exclusively on tertiary buildings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EFICIA_

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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