What Ecosystem does

Ecosystem Energy Services Inc. (operating as Ecosystem) is a private, for-profit integrated engineering and construction firm founded in 1993 and headquartered in Quebec City, Canada, with 101–250 employees and staffed offices in eight North American cities (Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, New York, Boston, Columbus, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.). The company specializes in modernizing the energy infrastructure of existing buildings — deep energy retrofits, building electrification, and decarbonization — serving institutional, commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher-education, K–12, municipal, and special-collections clients across Canada and the United States. Its portfolio of 40+ documented major projects spans heat pump and hybrid ASHP/condensing boiler installations, geothermal heating and cooling, heat recovery chillers, thermal energy storage, electric boiler integration, LED retrofits, and building automation systems, with delivered outcomes including 80% GHG reductions (ITCoB, NYC), 5,050 tCO2e annual reductions (Lakeridge Health), and 44% energy-use-intensity reductions (Georgetown Northeast Quad).

Ecosystem's core technology is operational rather than productized: an integrated design-construction delivery model in which a single partner executes scoping, design, construction, and commissioning under a fixed-price contract with contractually guaranteed energy savings, GHG reductions, construction costs, and government incentives, with payment partially held back until measurement and verification confirms outcomes. Projects range from approximately $1.4M to $43M in capital value (UC Davis Phase Two) and are funded through a mix of client capital, utility incentives (Con Edison Clean Heat, NYSERDA Low-Carbon Pathways, LCEC), IRA tax credits, and government subsidies. The company has no software product, API, or platform; revenue is generated entirely through professional services and integrated project delivery under multi-year contracts.

The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, executed by business development managers in each regional office, supplemented by referral partnerships with NYC Accelerator, NYSERDA, Con Edison, and similar programs, plus an active thought-leadership and case-study content engine. Strategic partnerships with ENGIE (multi-campus), Con Edison (UTEN pilot at Rockefeller Center), and large institutional anchors (UC Davis, Georgetown, Ohio State) drive both pipeline and capability expansion. Andre Rochette serves as CEO. The company has not disclosed external funding rounds, ownership structure, or revenue.

Name

Ecosystem

Legal name

Ecosystem Energy Services Inc.

Website

https://ecosystem-energy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ecosystem Energy Services is a private, Quebec-based integrated engineering and construction firm (founded 1993, 101–250 employees) that delivers fixed-price, outcome-guaranteed deep energy retrofits, building electrification, and decarbonization projects for institutional, commercial, healthcare, higher-education, industrial, and municipal clients across Canada and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Engineering and Construction Services

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (33341), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Chillers, Boilers & Central Plant Operations (BPABACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE) (EUAMAFAJ), Repowering, Augmentation & Retrofit Integration (Capacity Expansion) (EUAEAEAL)

Keywords

• Building energy retrofits
• Decarbonization services
• Heat pump installation
• Energy performance contracting
• Integrated engineering construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Quebec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Integrated Energy Performance Project Delivery: Ecosystem generates revenue through fixed-price, outcome-guaranteed contracts for deep energy retrofit and decarbonization projects in the built environment. Projects range from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars, with guaranteed energy savings, GHG reductions, construction costs, and government incentives. The integrated model covers all phases — scoping, design, construction, and commissioning — with payment structured around verified outcome delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ecosystem delivers integrated engineering and construction services for deep energy retrofits and decarbonization of existing buildings. Under a single-partner, outcome-guaranteed delivery model, the firm manages all project phases — scoping study, design, construction, and commissioning — at a fixed total project cost with contractual guarantees on energy savings, GHG reductions, construction costs, and government incentives. Core technical capabilities include heat recovery chillers, geothermal heating and cooling, thermal energy storage, electric boiler integration, LED lighting retrofits, building automation systems, and hybrid air-source heat pump / condensing boiler systems.

Product overview

Ecosystem is an integrated engineering and construction services company specializing in energy performance and decarbonization projects for the built environment. Rather than offering a software product or platform, the company delivers end-to-end project services including energy audits, design, construction, and commissioning. Ecosystem serves multiple market sectors including commercial and residential real estate, healthcare, higher education, K-12, municipalities, and industrial facilities. The company's core offerings center on heat pump systems, building electrification, geothermal solutions, heat recovery chillers, LED lighting retrofits, and building automation systems. Projects typically involve guaranteed outcomes for energy savings, GHG reduction, and cost performance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Integrated Energy Performance Project Delivery End-to-end fixed-price, outcome-guaranteed deep energy retrofit and decarbonization project delivery service for institutional, commercial, and industrial building owners across North America. Payment is partially held back until measurement and verification confirms outcomes.
• Heat Recovery Chiller Systems Heat recovery chiller system design, integration, and installation that ties into existing hot water and chilled water networks to deliver simultaneous heating and cooling while reducing GHG emissions.
• Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems Lake- and ground-source geothermal system design and deployment for hospitals and large facilities, providing low-carbon heating and cooling with deep GHG and operating cost reductions.
• Industrial Heat Pump, Electric Boiler, and Thermal Energy Storage Integration Electrification and decarbonization service combining industrial heat pumps, electric boilers, and thermal energy storage to displace fossil fuel use and shift consumption to off-peak, lower-carbon hours.
• Hybrid Air-Source Heat Pump and Condensing Boiler Systems Hybrid air-source heat pump and condensing boiler system design and installation that provides redundancy, operational flexibility, and resilience for building electrification, particularly in northern climates.
• Building Automation Systems and Centralized Control Optimization Digital control system design, deployment, and post-construction optimization for HVAC systems that deliver recurring energy savings through elimination of thermal combat, peak demand management, and network temperature optimization.
• LED Lighting Retrofits LED lighting retrofit design and installation delivered as part of integrated energy performance projects for hospitals, commercial buildings, and institutional facilities.
• Ventilation System Replacement and Rooftop Unit Modernization Roofing unit and ventilation system replacement service including chilled water with heat recovery, variable frequency drives, and ventilation optimization to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption in commercial buildings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% GHG emissions reduction at International Tailoring Company Building (NYC)
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Con EdisoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Con Edison on the Utility Thermal Energy Network (UTEN) pilot project at Rockefeller Center in New York City. The project captures waste heat from a central chilled water plant and distributes ultra-low temperature hot water to nearby buildings. Ecosystem is working alongside WSP and Con Edison on this pioneering urban thermal energy network, which may reduce the need for costly electric distribution upgrades as cities electrify.
• ENGIEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcosystem collaborates with ENGIE on multiple campus energy performance projects, including Georgetown University (hot water hub approach with heat recovery chillers achieving 44% EUI reduction), The Ohio State University (Ohio Stadium project), and broader university decarbonization initiatives. The partnership deploys Ecosystem's integrated delivery model within ENGIE's campus energy management portfolio.
• ENGIE Georgetown UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPilot project in partnership with ENGIE at Georgetown University deploying a nodal heat recovery chiller strategy. The 'hot water hub' approach clusters buildings and installs heat recovery chillers to capture waste heat from cooling processes and convert it into useful heating energy, delivering 44% EUI reduction at the Northeast Quad.
• WSPminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWSP participated alongside Ecosystem and Con Edison in discussions on lessons learned from the Rockefeller Center Utility Thermal Energy Network pilot, contributing engineering and planning expertise for the complex urban waste heat recovery project.
• NYC AcceleratorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNYC Accelerator is a city-sponsored program that connected Ecosystem with the International Tailoring Company Building co-op board to develop an initial project scope. The Accelerator program serves as a referral and program support channel for energy efficiency projects in New York City.
• Con Edison Clean Heat ProgramminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCon Edison's Clean Heat Program provided incentives for the ITCoB building electrification project in NYC, supporting adoption of heat pump technology and building decarbonization.
• NYSERDA Low-Carbon Pathways ProgramminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNYSERDA's Low-Carbon Pathways Program provided incentives supporting the ITCoB project, contributing to the overall $9.3M incentive package that made the Local Law 97 compliance project economically viable.
• Renewable Thermal Collaborative / IHP Collective / Greenline InsightsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcosystem's Managing Director of Innovation Adam Shelly contributed insights to a joint study by the Renewable Thermal Collaborative and IHP Collective (with Greenline Insights), titled 'Powering American Industry: The Economic Opportunity of Industrial Electrification.' The study forecasts significant economic growth from industrial electrification and defines enabling policies.
• UC Davis (Big Shift Program)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-phase partnership with UC Davis on the Big Shift infrastructure program, which reconfigures how heat is produced, stored, and distributed across hundreds of buildings on the 5,300-acre campus. Phase Two includes thermal energy storage, cascading heat recovery, and a 2.25-million-gallon hot water storage tank, with $43M investment and $16M IRA tax credit.
• IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEcosystem Project Director Trevor Smith was featured in IREM's national podcast series 'From the Front Lines' discussing how integration helps reduce risks associated with live construction and the value of the integrated design-construction approach.
• Low Carbon Economy Challenge (LCEC) FundminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGovernment-funded program providing grants to support Lakeridge Health Oshawa's decarbonization project. The LCEC fund required project completion by March 31, 2025 and achievement of annual GHG emissions reduction of 3,530 tCO2e or more.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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