House of Energy

Name

House of Energy

Legal name

House of Energy e.V.

Website

https://house-of-energy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Transition Innovation Network

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Electric Power Generation (22111)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Development Management & Owner’s Engineering (Design Basis, Yield, Technical Due Diligence) (EUAMAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Microgrid Development, EPC & Integration (EUAMAJAB), Microgrid, DER & Building Electrification Energy Controls (Solar/Storage/EV Load Orchestration) (BPABAGAJ), Renewable Energy & Clean Tech Access (Off-grid, Energy Poverty Solutions) (BPAGALAE)

Keywords

• Energy transition network
• Renewable energy innovation
• Innovation cluster management
• Energy project coordination
• Energy think tank services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kassel

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: House of Energy operates as a non-profit association (e.V.) funded through membership fees from companies, research institutions, and other organizations in the energy sector.
2. Government Project Funding: Significant funding from Hessian Ministry of Economics, EFRE (European Regional Development Fund), and federal programs for specific innovation and energy transition projects such as Smart Grid LAB Hessen, E-Mobility-LAB Hessen, genesis, and others.
3. Training and Education: Revenue from the Innovationsmanagement Energie (IME) professional certification program conducted in partnership with University of Kassel. Standard fee: €3,950, reduced rate for members: €3,550.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

House of Energy is a non-profit innovation network and think tank (Denkfabrik) that connects energy companies, startups, research institutions, municipalities, and the Hessian state government to drive the energy transition. It operates networking platforms (Forum Startup+, Forum EnergieTransformation, Alumni-Netzwerk), coordinates funded innovation projects (Smart Grid LAB Hessen, E-Mobility-LAB Hessen, GemeinsamWaermer, CyberStress, genesis), delivers the Innovationsmanagement Energie (IME) professional certification with Universität Kassel, and runs an annual congress and recurring event formats.

Product overview

House of Energy is a non-profit think tank and innovation cluster for the energy transition in Hessen, Germany, operating as a networking and coordination organization rather than a traditional software product company. The core offerings include networking platforms (Forum Startup+ with 160+ startups, Forum EnergieTransformation, Alumni-Netzwerk), startup acceleration programs (genesis), professional certification (Innovationsmanagement Energie with Universität Kassel), funding programs (Innovationsförderung), and event series (annual House of Energy Kongress, Dialog, EnergieSalon, IdeenZirkel). The organization also publishes thought leadership through the Perspektiven and Aspekte publication series, and coordinates collaborative research projects funded by federal, state, and EU sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Forum Startup+: Platform for startups and small innovative companies in the energy sector to network within the House of Energy ecosystem.
• genesis
• Innovationsmanagement Energie (IME)

Products and services

• Forum Startup+
• Forum EnergieTransformation
• Alumni-Netzwerk
• genesis Green Energy Startup Acceleration
• Innovationsmanagement Energie (IME)
• Innovationsförderung (Innovation Funding)
• House of Energy Kongress
• Publikationsreihe Perspektiven
• Publikationsreihe Aspekte
• House of Energy Dialog
• EnergieSalon
• IdeenZirkel

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 160 startups registered in Forum Startup+ network
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, premium and minor.

• Prof. Dr. Peter BirknercoreOthers · 1 March 2016Appointed as Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) of House of Energy e.V. and serves as co-scientific director of the Innovationsmanagement Energie training program.
• Hessisches Wirtschaftsministerium (Hessian Ministry of Economics)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2015The Hessian Ministry of Economics founded House of Energy as a non-profit association and serves as the initiating partner. The ministry continues to support the organization and provides funding for innovation projects in the energy sector.
• Universität KasselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner providing academic backing and hosting House of Energy headquarters at Science Park Kassel. Collaborates on training programs and research projects.
• Science Park Kassel GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports House of Energy in the genesis accelerator project, helping with conception and implementation of the startup accelerator program.
• Fraunhofer IEE (Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey research partner collaborating on projects including SGLive for smart grid digitization and GemeinsamWaermer for micro heating networks. Fraunhofer IEE is also a planned partner for the Excellence Cluster Energie 2040.
• Entega AGpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner and founding member. Contributes to energy innovation network and project collaboration. CEO Marie-Luise Wolff served on the founding board.
• EAM GmbH & Co. KGpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner participating in the House of Energy innovation network and contributing to energy transition initiatives.
• Mainova AGpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner contributing to energy transition projects and networking activities within the House of Energy ecosystem.
• Städtische Werke AGpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner and municipal utility participating in House of Energy network activities and projects.
• Viessmann Climate Solutions SEpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner bringing climate solutions expertise to the innovation network and energy transition projects.
• Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei GmbH & Co. KGpremiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremium partner from industrial manufacturing sector contributing to energy innovation discussions.
• C/sells Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject collaboration in the SINTEG program, one of five showcase projects for intelligent energy. House of Energy coordinated Hessian participants in this four-year project examining regional flexibility markets.
• City of HofgeismarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the DISCO Interreg Europe project focused on advancing district heating and cooling solutions for waste heat utilization.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Agora Energiewende: Berlin-based think tank focused on the energy transition, producing policy analysis, publications and stakeholder dialogue. Closely comparable as a non-profit, government- and foundation-supported energy policy platform, though Agora is broader (national/EU scope) and more research-publication-oriented than House of Energy's project-coordination model.
• Energy Saxony e.V. Saxony-based energy technology cluster and network organization. Direct peer in role (regional cluster connecting energy companies, research, startups), comparable activities (delegations, events, project coordination), and a similar public-funded cluster structure — already referenced as a co-operation partner in House of Energy's PSE2026 delegation.
• Fraunhofer IEE: Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology, based in Kassel. Already a strategic research partner of House of Energy (SGLive, GemeinsamWaermer, planned Excellence Cluster Energie 2040). Comparable as a Kassel-based, publicly funded energy transition R&D and project organization, but research-output-focused rather than network-broker-focused.
• Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie: German research and policy think tank on climate, environment and energy. Comparable to House of Energy in being a non-profit, government-linked knowledge broker producing publications, events and project coordination for the Energiewende, though more research-output-focused than startup-network-focused.
• EIT InnoEnergy: EU-backed sustainable energy innovation network operating as a public-private partnership across Europe. Directly comparable to House of Energy as a multi-stakeholder innovation cluster connecting corporates, startups, research and policymakers — but at pan-European scale and with a for-profit structure that allows equity-style returns.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena): Germany's national energy agency, applying to House of Energy the way a federal-level incumbent relates to a state-level cluster: dena operates nationwide with broad Energiewende mandates (net-zero scenarios, energy efficiency), whereas House of Energy is a regional think tank with overlapping but narrower scope.

Emerging players

• Smart Energy Innovation District (various regional clusters): Generic placeholder for emerging regional energy innovation clusters in Germany (e.g., Energy Innovation Center Lower Saxony, Hamburg Energie Cluster). They compete with House of Energy for the same limited pool of state and EU innovation-cluster funding and corporate membership attention.

Others

• Science Park Kassel GmbH: University of Kassel's startup and innovation center, which houses House of Energy's headquarters and co-implements the genesis accelerator. Adjacent rather than competing — provides the physical and incubator infrastructure House of Energy operates within.

Regional players

• Cluster EnergieForschung NRW: North Rhine-Westphalia's energy research cluster. Direct structural peer as another German state-level energy innovation cluster, though operating in a different region and with a stronger pure-research framing than House of Energy's utility/startup bridge model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/house_of_energy
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HoE_Hessen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/house-of-energy-ev

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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