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Urbio's clients use the platform for a wide range of use cases related to heat network planning:
Locate New Heating Network Sites: Identify the most profitable locations through a national analysis of heat demand and energy sources, with building-level accuracy.
Densify and Expand Existing Networks: Optimize Return on Investment (ROI) by identifying opportunities for connecting additional buildings and increasing efficiency.
Utilize Industrial and Data Center Waste Heat: Recover and redistribute surplus heat from industrial sites or data centers to neighboring buildings and districts.
Develop Municipal Heating Plans: Create comprehensive, compliant heating strategies for cities that promote decarbonization.
Conduct Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies: Evaluate the financial viability of heat network projects using detailed cost/benefit calculations.
Coordinate Multi-Stakeholder Projects: Facilitate collaboration among public utilities, local authorities/municipalities, developers, and investors on complex projects.
Acquire New Clients: Simplify client interaction and acquisition using a spatial Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool integrated within Urbio.
Utilize a Dynamic Online Geospatial Portal: Securely store your spatial energy data and benefit from intuitive GIS (Geographic Information System) functionalities for visualization and monitoring.
Urbio replaces fragmented processes (Excel, GIS, CRM, etc.) with a single integrated environment. No more need to export, juggle between applications, or manually merge files.
The following features make Urbio a benchmark tool for district heating network planning:
Intuitive digital twin – Plug-and-play integration of building and infrastructure data (e.g., energy demand, system sizing, building type) into a robust data management platform.
Scenario-driven approach – Change variables (energy sources, layout, renovation rate) and instantly compare the results.
Large-scale analysis – Filter and analyze nationwide datasets and simulate scenarios across thousands of buildings in minutes.
Integrated collaboration – Share and manage database versions and network scenarios across teams and stakeholders.
At Urbio, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition by enabling energy stakeholders to decarbonize buildings on a large scale. We are an impact software company specializing in thermal energy network planning, and we facilitate rapid, data-driven, science-based decisions in the face of the climate emergency.
Founded in January 2020 as a spin-off from EPFL's climate-tech ecosystem, Urbio was born within the Energypolis innovation hub in the Swiss Alps. Our international and multidisciplinary team brings together cutting-edge expertise in energy modeling, data science, machine learning, and human-machine interaction—combining cutting-edge research with practical industry knowledge.
