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.
We have locations in Vienna and in Neuhofen an der Krems. The development center, equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, is located in Vienna, while production takes place in Upper Austria.
Our employees, our network, our partners and investors are a valuable resource for us to pursue this goal.
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.
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.
Gerald Zotter
Head of Product Management
Gerald is head of product management at ecop. He has more than 13 years of experience in developing heat pumps for various applications (domestic, industrial and automotive). He studied mechanical engineering at the TU Graz. He held various positions at AVL List GmbH, including Senior Global Product Manager. He has also been teaching at various Austrian universities of applied sciences for around 12 years and is a reviewer for the International Journal of Refrigeration.
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
DI Friedrich Papst
Johannes Krahwinkler
Managing Director of FSP Ventures.
Rainer Gehrung
Interims Manager, Senior Advisor and Investor in several companies.
Lucienne Krosse
Expert in heat pump technology, European Thematic Lead Smart Cities and Buildings and for energy efficiency in industry at EIT InnoEnergy.
Axel Dickenbrok (Observer seat)
Investment Director at EIT InnoEnergy.
Lukas Stühlinger (Observer seat)
Shareholder / Experienced in financing of high CAPEX RES investments.
Hans Poser (Observer seat)
Managing director of FinAdvice (sales partner and fundraising advisor).