Irish-based Clevernet, which was founded in 2020 by Shane Deasy , Russell McQuillan, Kieran McCrea and Gareth Morgan, has been working with some early adopters in implementing the technology in buildings across the UK and Ireland. Photograph: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography
The Ecco platform, which stands for energy, carbon, clean air optimisation, uses a mixture of wireless technology and software to monitor and control energy usage and carbon emissions to help the owners of commercial buildings reach their sustainability targets. Early tests have shown a 10 per cent decline in energy intensity in buildings across the Clevernet portfolio, while the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by the buildings fell by a similar amount.
“That transformed our business and it exploded from there as we got all these inquiries and started getting involved with a lot of large organisations,” he said.