What nemo does

nemo (legal entity: nemo - we care 4 energy ag) is a privately held Swiss engineering consultancy headquartered in Kleinandelfingen (Canton Zürich) with a secondary office in Aesch BL (Canton Baselland). Founded in 2016 and led by Nicole Hilgendorf, the firm delivers building technology planning (HLKSE+GA per SIA 112), energetic operational optimization (eBO), and official cantonal energy certification (GEAK and GEAK Plus) for clients including SBB, Flughafen Zürich, Schulthess Klinik, KSF Kantonsspital, Energie 360°, and several municipal and educational bodies. Service delivery emphasizes Low-Tech building concepts — designs that minimize technical complexity while using building mass for thermal storage, ground-source heat pumps for heat, and earth regeneration for cooling — with a particular focus on summer comfort in sensitive-use buildings such as schools, hospitals, and retirement homes.

The firm's product layer sits on top of its consulting practice: e3m is the proprietary energy monitoring platform that captures, verifies, and records measurement data with automatic alerting on rising consumption, deployed alongside the e3m Box hardware that reads data independently of existing BMS. The nemo-cloud platform extends e3m into integrated infrastructure management for technical managers, facility managers, energy managers, and property administrators — combining asset management, energy monitoring with plant visualization, and utility cost billing (Nebenkostenabrechnung) in one stack. A multi-vendor ecosystem of building automation partners (PentaControl, Asenta, BASE, SAUTER) allows the platform to be deployed across heterogeneous GA environments.

Commercial structure is primarily professional services — quote-based, multi-year consulting engagements — supplemented by subscription recurring revenue from the e3m/nemo-cloud SaaS line. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales via personal consulting relationships, with no disclosed digital marketing or channel partners. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the firm operates with no external institutional funding, keeping it under private founder ownership.

Name

nemo

Legal name

nemo - we care 4 energy ag

Website

https://nemo-ag.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

nemo (nemo - we care 4 energy ag) is a Swiss engineering consultancy that delivers Low-Tech building technology planning, energy certification, operational optimization, and its proprietary e3m/nemo-cloud energy monitoring platform to enterprise, healthcare, education, and public-sector building operators across German-speaking Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Energy Consulting & Engineering Services

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

HVAC Controls & Optimization (Smart Thermostats, VAV, Chillers/Boilers Controls) (BPABAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Underground & Geothermal Thermal Storage (ATES/BTES/CTES, Borehole Fields) (EUAFANAG)

Keywords

• Building energy consulting
• Energy monitoring software
• HVAC planning services
• Building technology engineering
• Low-tech building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Andelfingen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Energy Consulting Services (GEAK/GEAK Plus): Building energy certificate services including GEAK and advisory reports with possible renovation measures (GEAK Plus) for property owners.
2. Operational Optimization (eBO): Energetic operational optimization services focusing on energy efficiency, operational safety, comfort, and reduction of maintenance costs.
3. Building Technology Planning (HLKSE): Technical planning services covering heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and plumbing (HLKSE) as well as building automation (GA) from concept to implementation.
4. e3m Energy Monitoring: Energy monitoring software-as-a-service with infrastructure management capabilities including asset management, energy monitoring, visualization, and utility billing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

nemo ag provides energy consulting and technical building services planning for the Swiss market, covering GEAK/GEAK Plus energy certification, energetic operational optimization (eBO), and HLKSE+GA planning for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and sanitary systems. The company also develops and sells its proprietary e3m energy monitoring platform (with e3m Box hardware and nemo-cloud infrastructure management), delivered as a subscription SaaS solution. Its specialization is Low-Tech building concepts leveraging ground-source heat pumps and earth regeneration cooling for sustainable, low-maintenance buildings.

Product overview

nemo ag operates as an energy consulting and building technology planning firm offering a portfolio of services centered around energy efficiency and sustainable building design. The core product is the e3m energy monitoring and management platform (including the e3m Box hardware), which provides infrastructure management through the nemo-cloud by combining asset management, energy monitoring with plant visualization, and utility cost billing. Services include GEAK energy certificates (with GEAK Plus advisory reports), energetic operational optimization (eBO), and technical building services planning (HLKSE+GA) for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and sanitary systems. The company specializes in low-tech concepts that minimize technical complexity while maximizing energy efficiency and net-zero goals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• e3m: Energy monitoring tool for building energy management, infrastructure management, and utility billing
• nemo-cloud

Products and services

• e3m Energy Monitoring Platform Cloud-based energy monitoring and management platform that captures, verifies, and records all relevant measurement data as the foundation for continuous energy management. Features evaluation modules for energy consulting and controlling, active target value monitoring, and automatic alerts when energy consumption rises. For technical managers, facility managers, energy managers, and property administrators.
• e3m Box Data Collection Hardware Data collection hardware device that reads energy data independently from existing building technology, enabling simple and efficient data extraction for the e3m monitoring platform.
• nemo-cloud Infrastructure Management Platform Cloud-based infrastructure management platform combining Asset Management, Energy Monitoring & Plant Visualization, and Utility Cost Billing - enabling technical leads, facility managers, energy managers, and property administrators to access the same software.
• GEAK Building Energy Certificate (Gebäudeenergieausweis der Kantone) Official energy certificate for buildings assessing their energetic situation. Issued by certified GEAK Experts for property owners across Swiss cantons.
• GEAK Plus Advisory Report Building energy certificate with advisory report containing possible renovation measures and recommendations for improving energy efficiency of existing buildings.
• Energetic Operational Optimization (eBO) Energy-related operational optimization service focusing on energy efficiency, operational safety, comfort, and reduction of maintenance and service costs for existing buildings.
• Technical Building Services Planning (HLKSE+GA) Technical building services planning covering heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and sanitary systems (HLKSE) as well as building automation (GA) according to SIA 112 standards, from concept through implementation.
• Low-Tech Building Concepts Low-Tech building concepts designed to function with minimal but targeted technology, easy to plan, simple to operate, and nearly maintenance-free over decades, combining high-quality building envelope with strategic use of building mass as thermal storage.

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy requirement of modern solutions clearly below classical systems like underfloor heating or radiators, as is the required heating/cooling capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• e3mcoreTechnology or IntegrationProprietary energy monitoring platform providing the e3m tool for capturing, verifying and recording measurement data for continuous energy management. Used as foundation for nemo's infrastructure management services including asset management, energy monitoring, and utility billing.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ernst Basler + Partner (EBP): Swiss consulting firm active in energy, buildings, and climate strategy; comparable to nemo for energy consulting, decarbonization roadmaps, and building-performance advisory work in the Swiss market.
• Amstein + Walthert AG: Largest Swiss engineering firm specializing in building services (HLKSE) planning, energy consulting, and operational optimization; closely comparable to nemo across HLKSE+GA planning, GEAK-style certification work, and eBO.
• Drees & Sommer: European real-estate and building-services consultancy with strong energy and operational optimization practices; comparable to nemo's HLKSE planning, energy certification, and eBO services at a larger scale.

Others

• Belimo AG: Swiss-headquartered global manufacturer of HVAC actuators, valves, and sensors; adjacent supplier rather than direct competitor, but relevant to nemo's HLKSE+GA specification work and to the broader Swiss HVAC ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric: Global energy management and building automation vendor; overlaps with nemo on energy monitoring, asset management, and sustainability reporting workflows for facility and energy managers.
• EKZ (Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich): Canton Zürich utility with energy consulting, photovoltaics, and building-energy services; relevant peer for nemo's Swiss energy consulting and operational optimization work in the same geography.
• Sauter AG (SAUTER Building Control Schweiz): Swiss-headquartered building automation and HVAC controls incumbent; competes with nemo's GA/BMS scope and is also a listed nemo technology partner, illustrating the dual competitor-and-partner dynamic.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Global building automation, energy management, and HVAC controls vendor; competes at the platform level with nemo-cloud/e3m while offering much broader portfolio reach to enterprise customers.
• Honeywell Building Technologies: Global building management systems and energy-monitoring platform provider; comparable to nemo for facility managers seeking integrated energy/utility monitoring across multi-site portfolios.
• Energie 360°: Swiss energy and heat service provider offering district heating, energy consulting, and decarbonization solutions; comparable to nemo's district-heating-related projects and broader Swiss energy-services scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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