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  • Viboo raises 1.5 million Swiss francs

    Viboo raises 1.5 million Swiss francs

    Viboo has successfully completed a seed financing round. A total of 1.5 million was raised from investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Swisscom Ventures and Rainmaking Impact, the spin-off of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) informs in a statement. “The round was oversubscribed, reflecting the strong investor confidence and interest in the company’s potential to decarbonise buildings,” it says.

    Viboo has developed a platform for optimal energy use in buildings. The predictive-control-as-a-service platform works with self-learning algorithms that use weather and building data, as well as occupant preferences, to optimise indoor energy use. The funds raised in the financing round will be used to commercialise the platform. Here, viboo plans to focus on commercial buildings during the upcoming heating season.

    “The platform and the algorithms are a real revolution for existing and also older buildings,” Gregor Haidl, Senior Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds, is quoted as saying in the announcement. “The results of the last heating season show that viboo can make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of buildings.”

  • viboo saves heating energy with a learning algorithm

    viboo saves heating energy with a learning algorithm

    viboo has developed an algorithm to save heating energy. According to a press release , the spin-off of the Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute ( Empa ) can also heat older buildings with around a quarter less energy. The user comfort remains the same or even improves.

    Researchers Felix Bünning and Benjamin Huber developed the idea while working in Empa's Urban Energy Systems Lab. Based on weather and building data, the control algorithm can calculate the ideal energy consumption of a building several hours in advance. The first experiments in NEST , Empa and Eawag 's research and innovation building in Dübendorf, reduced energy consumption by 23 percent. The researchers worked together with the thermostat manufacturer Danfoss . In comparison, the Danfoss Ally thermostat saved only twelve percent.

    In March 2022, the two researchers founded viboo together with Matthias Sulzer, Senior Researcher at Empa, to bring the solution to market. In the next heating season, the company will carry out further test projects, apart from with Danfoss also with other manufacturers such as ABB and Schneider Electric .