ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS LTD

What ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS LTD does

Zero Emission Buildings Ltd is a UK-based consulting engineering firm founded in 2024 by John Humphries, a building services engineer with nearly 20 years' experience spanning energy, sustainability and MEP design. The company is structured as a private limited company headquartered in the United Kingdom, operates under the trade name 'ZEB' and is founder-owned with no disclosed institutional capital, parent entity or subsidiaries. Its sole employee and operator is the Founding Director, who is the named point of contact for all client engagement.

Name

ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS LTD

Legal name

Zero Emission Buildings Ltd

Website

https://zeb-uk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Zero Emission Buildings Ltd is a UK consulting engineering firm, founded in 2024 by John Humphries, delivering full-lifecycle building decarbonisation services — decarbonisation plans, portfolio analytics, MEP design and project advisory — to clients across all sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Decarbonisation Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Decarbonization Strategy & Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) Advisory (EUABAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

GHG Accounting & Net-Zero/Decarbonization Planning (Scopes 1–3) (EUAHAJAC), Net-Zero Target Setting & SBTi/Net-Zero Standard Support (EUABAKAA)

Keywords

• Building decarbonisation
• Energy efficiency consulting
• Sustainable engineering
• Carbon reduction services
• Building performance analytics

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: The company provides consulting engineering services for building decarbonisation projects including decarbonisation planning, building analytics, engineering design, and project delivery advisory. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for technical consulting engagements across the project lifecycle.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Zero Emission Buildings Ltd (ZEB) is a UK-based consulting engineering firm founded in 2024 that delivers building decarbonisation and energy efficiency services. The firm provides Decarbonisation Plans, Building & Portfolio Analytics, Engineering Design, and Project Delivery for property owners and operators seeking to reduce building-related carbon emissions.

Product overview

Zero Emission Buildings Ltd operates as a unified consulting engineering service providing decarbonisation solutions for the built environment. The company offers four integrated service pillars: Decarbonisation Plans (strategic pathway planning with techno-economic assessment), Building & Portfolio Analytics (energy modelling and performance analysis), Engineering Design (full MEP design and specification), and Project Delivery (technical advisory through construction and verification). These services work together to guide clients through the complete lifecycle of building decarbonisation projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Decarbonisation Plans

Quantifiable outcome

• 19% of the UK's carbon footprint comes from the energy needed to heat, cool and power buildings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cundall: Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a strong sustainability and building decarbonisation practice serving UK institutional clients. Overlaps directly with ZEB on decarbonisation planning and MEP design services, though at significantly larger scale.
• Carbon Trust: UK-based advisory organisation helping businesses and public sector clients decarbonise, with overlap to ZEB on corporate/built-environment carbon strategy, target setting and net-zero planning.
• Elementa Consulting: UK-based independent building services and sustainability consultancy delivering energy strategy, MEP design, and decarbonisation advisory to public and private sector clients. Closely comparable to ZEB on service scope, client type and consultancy scale.
• Max Fordham LLP: UK engineering consultancy specialising in building services, MEP design and low-carbon/zero-carbon building solutions. Direct competitor in decarbonisation advisory and MEP design for institutional and university clients.
• Etude: UK boutique consulting engineer focused on building services, low-carbon design and decarbonisation strategy across education, commercial and public sectors. Directly comparable service offering and client base to ZEB.

Broad incumbents

• Hoare Lea: Major UK MEP engineering consultancy offering sustainability strategy, energy modelling and decarbonisation design as part of a broader building services portfolio. Broader incumbent with overlapping service lines to ZEB.
• Buro Happold: Global engineering consultancy with substantial UK presence providing sustainability, MEP and net-zero carbon advisory across large-scale developments. Adjacent incumbent with overlapping decarbonisation capabilities.
• WSP Built Environment: Global engineering professional services firm with a UK net-zero buildings and sustainability practice. Competes with ZEB on decarbonisation strategy for institutional and commercial clients but from a much broader service portfolio.
• Stantec (UK Buildings): International engineering consultancy with significant UK building decarbonisation and energy services capability following the Hydrock acquisition. Large-incumbent competitor offering broadly overlapping services to ZEB.

Emerging players

• AES Sustainability Consultants: UK-based smaller sustainability consultancy offering energy and carbon strategy services to building owners and developers. Comparable in scale to ZEB and overlapping on the consulting/strategic end of building decarbonisation work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zero-emission-buildings-ltd

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 →

Frequently asked questions about ZERO EMISSION BUILDINGS LTD