About us
ecop is a clean-tech company
We accelerate the heat transition and contribute to achieving the climate targets
ecop
ecop is a clean-tech company that makes a significant contribution to the heat transition.
We help industrial companies and heat manufacturers achieve climate targets, operate sustainably and save costs. We do this by enabling them to produce efficient, CO2-free, sustainable industrial heat and make them less dependent on fossil fuels. To do this, we use pioneering and future-proof technology.
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Source: Global Heat Demand in Industry. Solar Payback. Based on IEA statistics and calculations from IRENA. Graphical editing by ecop.
Our product is a revolutionary large heat pump for industry, which creates completely new fields of application for recycling waste heat.
Our employees, our network, our partners and investors are a valuable resource for us to pursue this goal.
development history
Awards
ecop and our technology have been awarded a number of prizes:
TRIGOS Award: Winner category climate protection (2023)
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Awards – Winner Innovators Award (2022)
The Business Booster Conference Lissaboa: 3rd place in pitching contest (2022)
Innovation Award of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET) (2022)
Mission Innovation Austria: Gold in the category “Tech Solutions” (2022)
European Environment Award of the European Commission (Winner The Process Award) (2018)
State Award for Environmental Technology (2018/19)
“Winners by Passion” of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (2017 and 2018)
Innovation Award of Upper Austria (2nd place)
ÖGUT Environmental Award (2017)
Mercur Innovation Award in the category “Green Economy” (2016)
Daphne Environmental Technology Award in Gold (2016)
EDISON Award (2012)
VIE Energy Globe (2010)
Team
Fabian Sacharowitz
CEO
Fabian led the DACH team at InnoEnergy and knows ecop well from this time. KIC InnoEnergy is involved in more than 180 European companies and is one of the largest investors in sustainable energy innovations. He was responsible for many acquisitions and asset management. Before that, he was a manager at KPMG, worked for the World Economic Forum and founded companies in the field of automation and digitalization. He holds a degree in law and physics.
Bernhard Adler
CTO & Founder
Bernhard is co-founder and Managing Director of ecop. After an HTL for mechanical engineering he studied mechanical engineering and mechatronics. Even before graduating, he founded ecop and concentrated as of that time on the company development. He is the inventor of the ecop technology and has written many publications on the topic of industrial, high-temperature and rotation heat pumps. Bernhard is married, has two sons, a daughter and lives near to Vienna.
Jens Brajer
Head of Operations
Jens is responsible for Operations and thus for the professional organization of our growth, especially in manufacturing processes and supply chains. He has held various positions at Zeiss and other companies and is an experienced generalist with proven competencies in building and scaling businesses and operational infrastructure.
Nora Casari
Head of Human Resources & Compliance
Nora heads up HR at ecop. In her previous position at Springtime, she helped shape the company’s tremendous growth and built up its entire HR department. At ecop, she is responsible for recruiting, onboarding, personnel development, and employer branding, and oversees the professionalization and scaling of the entire human resources department.
Michael Gruber
Head of Finance
As Head of Finance, Michael is responsible for important areas such as financial strategy and planning, controlling, liquidity management, compliance, and improving the associated processes. He knows the industry, has leadership experience, and has supported companies through periods of intensive growth in recent years. Issues such as capital increases, M&A transactions, and digitalization played a major role in this. He lives in Vienna and makes regular trips to his adopted home in northern Norway.
Caspar von Moy
Head of Sales & Business Development
Caspar brings extensive experience in international business development and company building. Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at HELIOVIS AG, a solar thermal technology provider. He is a co-founder and board member of several ventures and has a strong track record in technical sales, project development, and marketing. Caspar lives in Vienna with his wife and their three children.
Christian Rakusch
Head of Engineering
Christian is head of mechanical development at the Vienna location. He studied mechanical engineering with specialization in power engineering and production engineering. After various positions in metrology and at the university, he headed hydroelectric power projects in an international industrial company for several years, where he served as group leader for high-pressure turbines and as innovation manager. He is married, has one child and lives near Vienna.
Network and cooperation Partners
Networking and partnerships are important to us. Great goals require joint efforts. We are happy to be in close exchange with research partners, funding bodies, associations and clusters, industry partners and investors.
Funding agencies
Research institutions and associations
Industry and distribution partners
Investors
Advisory-Board
Axel Dickenbrok (Voting member)
Investment Director at EIT InnoEnergy.
Johannes Krahwinkler (Voting member)
Managing Director of FSP Ventures.
Thomas Pabst (Voting member)
President Energy at KSB SE & Co. KGaA, Board Member SEC-KSB Shanghai
DI Friedrich Papst (Observer)
Business Angel, until 2015 COO of mechanical engineering company Andritz AG, 10 years Supervisory Board Andritz China.
Hans Poser (Voting member)
Managing director of FinAdvice (sales partner and fundraising advisor).
Dieter Pott (Advisor)
Global Executive Officer Finance at KSB SE & Co. KGaA
Jerome Samson (Observer)
Observer, EIC Fund representative, Investment Officer, EIB