Climate Ready Engineering

What Climate Ready Engineering does

Climate Ready Engineering (CRE) is a privately held Australian engineering services company headquartered in Marrickville that designs, installs, and maintains automated shading control systems for buildings. Its core technology integrates motorised shading hardware from multiple manufacturers (Somfy, Forest, Acmeda, Dooya, Nice, Becker, Vestamatic) with building management, AV, HVAC, lighting, and safety systems through protocols including Crestron, Dynalite, CBUS, and Lutron. The platform is organised into three automation tiers — High-End (overshadowing control, glare zone management, occupant-level micro-tailoring), Mid-End (suntracking and sensor-driven deployment using wind, brightness, radiation, and hybrid weather stations), and Simple (time-based scheduling) — supplemented by Override Control & Integration modules (wall switches, GUI with 2D/3D floorplan and facade render, BMS and AV integration) and an "upcycling" methodology that salvages existing shading infrastructure.

The company generates revenue through three streams: hardware sales and installation of shading control systems, professional electrical services for connection and programming, and recurring preventative maintenance and monitoring for facility management customers. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with Australia-wide electrical installation teams engaging architects, consultants, contractors, and facility managers on building projects, supplemented by a claimed global footprint targeting commercial offices, residential, hospitality, and large construction projects. Named enterprise clients include Lendlease, Dexus, Permasteelisa, Multiplex, Built, JLL, Wynn, The Crown Estate, Mace, AMP, Scentre, GPT, and others, with the November 2025 logo refresh signalling an apparent push into UK property and US hospitality.

CRE has operated for 47 years, employs 11–50 people, and discloses no patents, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no leadership changes. The company positions its systems as contributors to 6 Star NABERS ratings and as a sustainability-aligned retrofit pathway, but provides no public pricing, no revenue figures, and no AI/ML-specific capabilities; the "intelligence" in its offering is rule-based building automation rather than learned AI.

Name

Climate Ready Engineering

Legal name

Climate Ready Engineering

Website

https://climatereadyengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Climate Ready Engineering is an Australian engineering services company that designs, installs, and maintains automated shading control systems integrated with building management, AV, and HVAC systems for commercial, residential, hospitality, and construction clients across Australia and selected global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Automation / Shading Control Systems

NAICS

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

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Thermal Controls & Building Management Systems (HVAC BMS) (IMAHAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS) (HSAPAPAA), Building Management System (BMS)/Controls Maintenance & Commissioning (BPABACAE), HVAC Controls, Thermostats & Building Automation Installation (HSAOAGAJ)

Keywords

• Automated shading control
• Building management integration
• Facade engineering services
• Window automation systems
• HVAC and AV integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Marrickville

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Shading Control Systems: Sale and installation of automated shading control systems designed to integrate with building systems including BMS, AV, HVAC, Home Automation, and Guestroom Management Systems. Customised zones tailored to users within spaces.
2. Service and Maintenance: Preventative maintenance strategy to keep shading systems operating at peak performance. Includes monitoring of system position, motor status, temperature, and historical operation logs. Alert systems for failure detection.
3. Electrical Services: Electrical connection and programming of remote control and automated shading solutions for commercial projects and residential homes. Installation and programming services across various shading control systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Climate Ready Engineering (CRE) sells and installs automated facade shading control systems for commercial and residential buildings, offering High-End, Mid-End, and Simple Automation tiers. Its systems integrate with Building Management Systems (BMS), HVAC, lighting, AV (Crestron, Dynalite, CBUS, Lutron), and home/guestroom automation, and are supported by an in-house service/maintenance offering and Australia-wide electrical installation and programming teams.

Product overview

Climate Ready Engineering offers a unified automated shading control platform with three automation tiers (High-End, Mid-End, and Simple Automation) that work together to provide scalable solutions from occupant-level customization to time-based scheduling. The platform is complemented by Override Control & Integration modules including Wall Switches, Graphic User Interface (GUI), BMS Integration, and AV Integration. Supporting services include Facility Management (preventative maintenance with monitoring and alerts) and Electrical Services for installation and programming. The systems integrate with Building Management Systems and support multiple motor brands (Forest, Somfy, Acmeda, Dooya, Nice, Crestron, Becker, Vestamatic) and AV protocols (Crestron, Dynalite, CBUS, Lutron). The core platform enables integration with building shading infrastructure while the overlay control modules provide user-facing management interfaces and third-party system interoperability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-End Automation Client-driven engineered shading control solution providing site-specific automation controls micro-tailored to each occupant's environment. Includes overshadowing control (shadows from adjacent buildings) and glare zone management (controlling sunlight penetration depth based on sun position and reflective glare).
• Mid-End Automation
• Simple Automation
• Shading Control Systems with Upcycling Ethos
• Facility Management (Service and Maintenance)
• Electrical Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Contributes to achieving 6 Star NABERS rating for sustainability and energy efficiency
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ForestcoreTechnology or IntegrationShading control system brand that CRE installs and programs for residential and commercial shading solutions. CRE's specialized electrical team is skilled in installing and programming Forest shading systems.
• SomfycoreTechnology or IntegrationMajor shading automation brand integrated by CRE for residential and commercial projects. CRE team trained and experienced in Somfy system installation and programming.
• AcmedacoreTechnology or IntegrationShading control system manufacturer partnered with CRE for installation and integration services.
• DooyacoreTechnology or IntegrationShading motor and control system brand integrated by CRE's installation teams.
• NicecoreTechnology or IntegrationHome automation and shading control brand partnered with CRE for shading solutions.
• CrestroncoreTechnology or IntegrationAV and building control system that CRE integrates shading controls with. Common AV protocol for commercial shading integration.
• DynalitecoreTechnology or IntegrationAV control protocol that CRE integrates shading systems with for commercial buildings.
• CBUScoreTechnology or IntegrationBuilding automation protocol that CRE integrates shading controls with.
• LutroncoreTechnology or IntegrationLighting and shading control brand that CRE integrates AV and shading systems with.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lutron Electronics: Global manufacturer of lighting and motorized shading control systems. Highly comparable to CRE as a shading-controls specialist, though Lutron manufactures its own shading hardware while CRE integrates third-party motors with custom automation logic.
• Crestron Electronics: Provider of AV and integrated building control systems including motorized shades. Directly comparable as a CRE integration partner active in the same AV-and-shading integrated-control category served by CRE's Override & Integration modules.
• Somfy: World-leading manufacturer of motorized shading and smart-home automation. Directly relevant as both a CRE partner and a comparable specialist in automated shading; CRE integrates Somfy motors and competes for the same automated-shading project scope.
• Hunter Douglas: Global manufacturer of window coverings including automated shading solutions. Comparable as a peer in the automated shading category CRE serves, though Hunter Douglas sells finished shading product while CRE sits at the automation/integration layer.
• Warema: European specialist in sun shading systems with associated automation and BMS integration. Directly comparable in the automated façade-shading category, competing with CRE on intelligent shading control for commercial buildings.
• MechoSystems (Mecho): US-based designer and manufacturer of motorized solar shading systems integrated with building controls. Comparable peer in automated commercial shading with similar focus on BMS-integrated intelligent shading.

Broad incumbents

• Johnson Controls: Global building technologies incumbent covering BMS, HVAC controls, and integrated facilities management. Comparable as a broad competitor with the scale to bundle shading controls into full building automation packages.
• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Major incumbent in building automation, HVAC, and energy management systems. Operates in the same overall BMS-integrated shading control space as CRE but at significantly greater scale, often competing on large commercial projects.
• Honeywell Building Technologies: Global incumbent offering BMS, HVAC controls, and integrated building management. Comparable as a broader competitor that can absorb shading controls into its wider building-management portfolio, putting pressure on specialist integrators like CRE at the high end.

Emerging players

• Automated Living: Integration specialist focused on smart-home and commercial automation including shading controls. Comparable as a smaller specialist competitor offering design, programming, and integration services in the same niche as CRE.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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