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Charting a Course for Sustainable Innovation

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Nov 14, 2023

With 40% of
emissions being
used on buildings and 20% on
materials, the
guests delve into the short- and
long-term costs of going carbon neutral
and whether it is a realistic
goal
with today’s current economic
climate.
The
guests discuss how a
n increase in sustainability
pressure, paired with geopolitical instability and

labour
scarcity
are
a
handful of
the challenges that
accompany reaching net zero
targets. 
 

Emanuel
shares how the
EcoWork’s
product can help
tackle key issues around scarcity of labour and materials from
factories
,
whilst Mauricio discusses
the
trends
he has
seen with his portfolio companies in terms of increasing their
sales.
 

Previous episodes
mentioned
 

Regulation is actually
pushing
for a
lot of technology
adoption in terms of higher requirements, and these
requirements just make the processes much more complex, right? –
Mauricio 
 


So
they
really tackle the 80 percent renewable energy goal for 2030
and
they really decarbonize the
heating system with good and aggressive regulations. –
Emanuel
 

The construction sector invests 1
percent in R&D and the housing sector 0.
1%. So, they will not bring any
transformation towards
affordability and
decarbonization. – Emanuel
 

You do need regulators

t
o start
pointing the marketing to the right direction, but you also want to
keep
competitiveness and
ensure
a free environment
and a secure environment to make investments and to see the return
of these investments. – Mauricio
 

Investors and a lot of
stakeholders are questioning
whether this is the right moment to be investing in technologies or
an economic turn that will potentially slow down the piece of
adoption for technology – Mauricio
 

Previous episodes mentioned  

  • The
    use of
    circular building materials in helping companies reach net
    zero targets
     

  • The
    n
    eed for
    common standards across Europe
    , as well as the challenges that this
    would
    bring
    due to difference in
    buildings and needs
    for each
    country
     

  • The need for
    regulators to be
    very close to investors in sharing short
    term and
    long-term goals of decarbonisation and
    technology adoption 
     

  • How
    to
    position certain
    aspects of ESG to pitch
    to create sustainable competitive
    advantage for that company
    without changing the core of
    your business
     

  • Emmanuel
    shares some advice about the German market
    for founders looking to
    expand
     
     

  • The
    l
    ack of
    construction companies in Germany 
     

Emanuel
Heisenberg studied history and economics in Munich and Cambridge.
He has over 15 years of experience in setting up and developing
companies for renewable energies and ESCO and has contributed to
more than 50 energy projects. His international network
includes
numerous funds, utility companies, IPPs,
entrepreneurs, and research institutions. After founding a
contracting and geothermal energy company, he established

ecoworks
in 2019, introducing
the concept of serial renovation to Germany.
An initial pilot project in Hameln proved
challenging but was also a significant success. The renovated
buildings there have demonstrably achieved NetZero levels. In
addition to his role as CEO and founder, he is also active as a
speaker and expert in energy and climate policy,

advising
the German federal
government, companies, and private equity funds in the fields of
heating and energy efficiency. In 2020, together with journalist
Georg Diez, he co-wrote a book on the significance of technology in
reinventing democracy (Power

To

The
People:
How We Reinvent Democracy with Technology).


 

ecoworks
develops end-to-end
software and prefabricated elements to turn apartment buildings
with significant renovation backlog into attractive and
climate-neutral living spaces in just a few weeks. In this way, the
company is making a significant contribution to rapidly reducing
emissions in the building sector and the dependence on fossil
fuels.
ecoworks
is an innovation
leader in a market that will unleash enormous investment volumes in
the wake of national and European legislative initiatives and
rising energy and CO2 prices. Around 45 million residential units
in Europe
are
located in
buildings with the worst energy
ratings. In addition to regulation, these will be particularly
burdened by high CO2 prices, which will become mandatory for the
building sector soon. Comparable regulations are already planned or
in effect in parts of the US and Asia.
 

The
Berlin-based company developed the technology in Germany and is
currently bringing it to the mass market with several projects. The
company is considered one of the most innovative providers of
Climate Tech in the building sector
worldwide.
 

Mauricio is
GP and Founding Partner of
Zacua
Ventures, a global
Venture Capital fund focused

in
the
construction industry. Mauricio works closely with entrepreneurs in
the industry to support the adoption of
new technologies
and improve
productivity and sustainability on construction projects. His
background working in a large construction company first and at the
CVC of Cemex later taught him what is needed for a successful
implementation of technology and the right approach for startups
engaging large corporates.
 

Zacua
Ventures is
an

early stage
fund focused on the Built
Environment. With three GPs based in San Francisco, Madrid and
Singapore, the fund has a global focus and each of the founders
come with a proven
track record, having led 30+ investments in
the corporate funds in Cemex Ventures and
HILTI. 
 

The fund
has

raise
over
$55m USD, to invest in Pre-Seed to Series A startups that focus on
3
main
areas
in the
construction industry: Sustainability, Enhanced Productivity &
Safety and Urbanization Solutions.
 

Louisa
is the Co-Founder
of
LMRE, which has rapidly become the
market-leading global built environment recruitment platform and
search consultancy, specializing in finding the best strategic
talent for the most innovative organisations in
PropTech, ConTech, Smart Buildings, ESG, Sustainability and
Strategic Consulting with operations across North America, United
Kingdom, Europe, Asia-
Pacific and MENA. 
 

To promote the
industry she is so passionate about, Louisa set up the
Global podcast ‘The
Propcast’ where she hosts and invites guests from the built
environment space to join her in conversation about
innovation. 
 



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