LSF Energy

What LSF Energy does

LSF Energy (LSF Énergie) is a privately held French company founded in 2000 by Jonathan Lumbroso, headquartered at 59 Avenue de la Grande Armée in Paris (75116). The company operates as a specialized mandatory (mandataire) within the French Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie (CEE) scheme, managing the full lifecycle of CEE dossiers on behalf of obligated energy companies (obligés) including Intermarché, ESSO, and SCAPED. Its service offering covers regulatory analysis, compliance verification, administrative management, CEE price negotiation, and payment disbursement, with committed compliance feedback within 24-48 hours and prime payment within 15-30 days. LSF serves four customer verticals: energy renovation professionals (insulation, heating, ventilation contractors), residential and tertiary building managers subject to the Décret tertiaire 40% energy reduction target, EU-ETS/ISO 50001-certified industrial sites, and electric vehicle distributors operating under the new TRA-EQ transport fiches introduced in February 2025.

Name

LSF Energy

Legal name

LSF Energie

Website

https://lsf-energie.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LSF Energy (LSF Énergie) is a French CEE (energy savings certificates) management specialist providing dossier processing, compliance, and financing intermediation for renovation professionals, building managers, industrial sites, and EV distributors across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Efficiency Certification Services

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Electric & Other Services Combined (4931)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAMANAF

Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) & Clean Energy Standards Compliance

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro & Geothermal)/Policy & Regulatory Consulting for Renewables

SECONDARYEUADALAO

DER Program Operations & Customer/Installer Enablement (Applications, Portals, Inspections)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Integration & Hosting Capacity

Keywords

• Energy efficiency certificates
• CEE mandate services
• Energy renovation financing
• Energy audit services
• EV subsidy management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CEE Mandatory / Mandataire Fees: LSF Energy acts as a mandatory (mandataire) for obligated energy companies, managing the sourcing, document verification, and payment disbursement of CEE certificates. Revenue is generated through fees for processing and managing CEE dossiers, with payment turnaround times of 15 days (or up to 30 days for other energy partners).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LSF Energy operates as a mandated intermediary (mandataire) for obligated energy companies (obligés), managing the full lifecycle of CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) certificates. It sources, verifies, and disburses CEE financing primes for energy renovation projects across residential, tertiary, industrial, and transport (electric vehicle) sectors. Its proprietary online platform Le Registre enables partners to create, track, and manage CEE dossiers with AI-powered compliance analysis and CRM connectivity.

Product overview

LSF Energy operates as a CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) mandate and financing expert, offering a unified platform-and-services portfolio. The core offering centers on Le Registre, a proprietary online CEE dossier management platform, complemented by Electric Vehicle CEE Subsidies platform (available via SaaS or API), and comprehensive Energy Audit Services. These products work together within LSF Energy's ecosystem: Le Registre serves as the central management hub with CRM connectivity, while the EV Subsidies platform provides specialized workflows for automotive dealers, and Energy Audits provide the foundational technical analysis that feeds into CEE dossier valorization across all sectors (residential, tertiary, industrial, and transport).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Registre: Online management platform enabling partners to create, track, and manage CEE dossiers independently with a personalized dashboard.

Products and services

• Le Registre (Online CEE Management Platform) Proprietary SaaS platform enabling energy renovation professionals, building managers, industrial clients, and EV distributors to create, track, and manage CEE dossiers independently with a personalized dashboard, batch conversation features, and AI-powered compliance analysis. Connected to partner CRM systems (Pixel, Qhare, Korp, Ical26) via API.
• CEE Dossier Management and Valorization Services End-to-end managed service for CEE dossier preparation including project analysis, regulatory compliance support, administrative procedures, CEE pricing negotiation, payment follow-up, and training on CEE regulations for renovation energy professionals.
• Electric Vehicle CEE Subsidies Platform SaaS and API-enabled platform for electric vehicle distributors and dealers to manage CEE subsidies for their customers, enabling eligibility checking, compliance document submission, and subsidy payment processing for all electric vehicle types including light vehicles, utility vehicles, quadricycles, trucks, and buses.
• Energy Audit Services Comprehensive energy audit services for production sites, warehouses, businesses, and residential buildings, including energy consumption analysis, heat loss source identification, optimization solution recommendations, and detailed technical roadmaps following NF EN 16247 standard.
• CEE Standardized Forms (Fiches CEE) Comprehensive catalogue of standardized CEE operation forms covering residential (BAR), building (BAT), tertiary, transport (TRA), and industrial (IND) sectors, including insulation, heating systems, ventilation, energy management systems (GTB), electric vehicles, and industrial equipment upgrades eligible for CEE subsidies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Compliance feedback within 24-48 hours for CEE dossiers
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EDF (Électricité de France): French state-linked electric utility and major CEE obligated party with extensive energy services portfolio. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose scale and brand could pressure niche players like LSF Energy if EDF chose to internalize CEE mandate operations.
• ENGIE: Major French and global energy utility with broad services including energy efficiency and renovation offerings. Comparable to LSF Energy because ENGIE participates in the CEE obligated ecosystem and could in principle disintermediate CEE delegated players; a much larger incumbent with overlapping capabilities.
• Dalkia: EDF subsidiary specializing in energy services for buildings and industrial sites. Comparable because it operates in adjacent energy efficiency services for tertiary and industrial clients - segments LSF Energy also serves - but at vastly greater scale and as an integrated utility services provider.

Direct peers

• Certinergy: French CEE scheme specialist offering energy savings certificate services to obligated companies and operations. Comparable to LSF Energy as a dedicated CEE compliance and dossier management player serving similar B2B obligated and installer segments.
• Hellio: One of France's largest CEE delegated operators and energy renovation enablers. Directly comparable to LSF Energy because both act as CEE mandataires for obligated companies, serve renovation professionals across residential/tertiary/industrial, and operate proprietary digital platforms for dossier management.
• Effy: French energy efficiency services platform that helps homeowners access CEE/MaPrimeRénov' subsidies and partners with obligated companies. Directly competes with LSF Energy in residential CEE dossier valorization and renovation professional enablement.
• Openergy: Smaller French CEE/energy efficiency services firm with overlapping mandate/valorization offerings. Comparable as a focused CEE pure-play operating in the same regulatory niche as LSF Energy, though at smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LSFEnergie

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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