Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg

What Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg does

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg e.V. is a non-profit registered association (eingetragener Verein) headquartered in Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, that delivers free energy advisory and climate protection services across the 13 municipalities of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis. The organization operates with a small core team of 8 employees and is governed by a Vorstand (Horst Becker, Matthias Schmitz, Fabiano Pinto, Jörg Bambeck) and an Erweiterter Vorstand (Torsten Bölinger, Dr. Gabriele Jahn, Thomas Maffei, Regina Rosenstock). Its service portfolio is organised along five customer segments — private households, municipalities, schools/Kitas, churches/associations, and companies — with the citizen-facing Energieberatung delivered in cooperation with Verbraucherzentrale NRW. Productised offerings include 45-minute free individual consultations, the Energiesparchecks, the Sanierungsratgeber, the Energieeffizienz-Partner contractor network, and event formats such as Energie Dialog, Energie Kompakt, and Energie-Sprechstunde. Dedicated campaign vehicles cover the Solarkampagne (solar-rsk.de), Wärmewende (heat transition), Schlau Unterwegs (mobile youth education), and the LEADER-funded Servicestelle Energie und Wärmewende. For municipalities it provides Kommunales Energie-Management (KEM), Kommunale Wärmeplanung, and support for renovation of public buildings (Sanierung öffentlicher Liegenschaften).

The organization's underlying technology is essentially non-existent as a proprietary asset — it is a service-delivery organisation whose core 'product' is human advisory time, not software or hardware. The technology stack consists of a WordPress-based website (energieagentur-rsk.de), a Zoom platform for online events, and standard social media channels (Facebook, Instagram). There is no API, no mobile app, no AI capability, and no proprietary software product.

The business model is a classic publicly funded non-profit: revenue is derived almost entirely from grants provided by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) — explicitly described as the funding source that makes the private-household advisory services free of charge — supplemented by supplementary public funding instruments (LEADER programme) and membership fees. All advisory services are provided at no cost to end users. The go-to-market motion is event-driven: scheduled consultation appointments, public information events (Energy Dialogs, Energy Compacts), and energy walks delivered across the region, with marketing through the website, blog/news (Aktuelles) sections, email newsletter, and social media. The customer base spans private households (primary), the 13 communes of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, schools, churches, and local businesses, but the single principal revenue counterparty is the German federal government.

Name

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg

Legal name

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg e.V.

Website

https://energieagentur-rsk.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg e.V. is an 8-person non-profit energy advisory association in Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia, delivering federally funded free energy consulting, climate protection, and heat-transition services to households, municipalities, schools, churches, and businesses across the 13 communes of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation & Natural Resource Management Technical Assistance (BPADAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy Justice, Equity & Ratepayer Impact Analysis (EUAMANAN)

Keywords

• Energy consulting services
• Climate protection advisory
• Municipal energy planning
• Renewable energy consulting
• Energy efficiency consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Hennef

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant-funded advisory services: The organization operates as a non-profit association (e.V.) funded through public grants. Advisory services for private households are free of charge thanks to funding by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy). Revenue is derived from public funding and membership fees rather than commercial transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg e.V. provides free energy consulting and climate protection services to private households, municipalities, schools and Kitas, churches and associations, and businesses across the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia. Services include 45-minute individual energy consultations, municipal energy management (KEM), municipal heat planning (Kommunale Wärmeplanung), renovation of public buildings, renewable energy project support, and energy education programs. Advisory services for households are delivered free of charge through cooperation with Verbraucherzentrale NRW and funded by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie.

Product overview

Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg e.V. is a non-profit energy consulting organization operating as a single-service consulting model focused on providing energy advisory services. The organization offers consulting services for private households (in cooperation with Verbraucherzentrale NRW), municipalities, schools and kindergartens, churches and associations, and businesses. Key project initiatives include the Solarkampagne (solar campaign), Wärmewende (heat transition), Schlau Unterwegs (mobile energy education), and Servicestelle Energie und Wärmewende. The portfolio also includes advisory tools such as Energiesparchecks (energy saving checks), Sanierungsratgeber (renovation guide), and the Energieeffizienz-Partner network. For municipalities, services include Kommunales Energie-Management (KEM) and Kommunale Wärmeplanung (municipal heat planning). The organization operates various event formats including Energie Kompakt, Energie Dialog, Energie-Sprechstunde, and Energie-Spezial for public education on energy topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Energieberatung für Privathaushalte (Energy Consulting for Private Households) Energy consulting services for private households in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, delivered in cooperation with Verbraucherzentrale NRW certified advisors. Includes 45-minute individual consultations covering heating, renewable energy, building renovation, subsidies, and energy savings. Free of charge for citizens, funded by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie.
• Energieberatung für Kommunen (Energy Consulting for Municipalities)

Quantifiable outcome

• Free energy consultations for private households (funded by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Verbraucherzentrale NRWcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary cooperation partner for energy advisory services. Verbraucherzentrale NRW provides certified energy advisors (including Stephan Herpertz, Waltraud Clever, Thorsten Sonnet, Christina Wallraf) who deliver consultations under the cooperation with Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg. Services are funded by Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Energieagentur NRW: State-level energy agency for North Rhine-Westphalia. Operates an analogous Energieagentur model for the broader NRW region, supporting municipalities, businesses, and citizens on Energiewende topics — a direct super-regional peer of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis agency.
• Effizienz-Agentur NRW: NRW-based agency focused on resource efficiency and circular economy for businesses and municipalities. Shares the same state-level funding ecosystem and serves an overlapping municipal customer base, making it a structurally comparable peer.
• Verbraucherzentrale NRW: The primary cooperation partner of Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg, supplying the certified energy advisors who actually deliver household consultations. Operates the same consumer-facing energy advisory model across NRW and shares federal BMWK funding streams, making it the closest operational peer.
• co2online GmbH: Berlin-based non-profit that delivers federally funded energy efficiency and heating transition advice to German households. Closely comparable in mission, funding model (BMWK/BAFA-backed programs), and target audience to Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg's household-facing services.
• LandesEnergieAgentur Hessen (LEA Hessen): Hesse's state energy agency, providing energy consulting, Kommunale Wärmeplanung support, and climate protection programs for municipalities and citizens. Functions as a peer regional Energieagentur with the same federal/state funding architecture.
• eaD – Bundesverband der Energie- und Klimaschutzagenturen Deutschlands: The umbrella association of Germany's regional energy and climate protection agencies. Energieagentur Rhein-Sieg operates under this peer-network model and likely participates in the association; comparable peers operate as direct members serving their own Landkreise.
• KEA Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Baden-Württemberg: State energy and climate protection agency for Baden-Württemberg delivering municipal climate protection, heat planning, and energy consulting. Highly comparable operating model — regional nonprofit energy agency funded by state and federal sources.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena): Germany's national energy agency, operating at federal scale across energy consulting, building efficiency, and heat transition topics. While much larger and broader in scope, dena sets the national agenda that regional Energieagenturen implement, and competes for some of the same federal funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EnergieagenturRSK
• Instagraminstagram.com/energieagenturrheinsieg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/energieagentur-rhein-sieg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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