Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOCH20251111016
- Term of Validity
- 12 November 2025 - 12 November 2026
- Company's Country
- Switzerland
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- France
- United Kingdom
- Portugal
- Italy
- Spain
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General information
- Short Summary
- The Swiss company commercializes the homonymous world’s first geothermal panel. Patented, designed in Switzerland, and made in Italy, their technology is the only available technology allowing to harness geothermal heat without the need to bore the ground. It can be seamlessly deployed in any existing or new building. The technology works with water- and air-based building energy systems and enables a 24/7 energy supply. They are looking for partners for commercial agreement.
- Full Description
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Background and problem:
Buildings are among the largest energy consumers worldwide, responsible for roughly 40% of global energy use. The challenge is that much of this demand is still met by non-renewable sources, leading to significant CO₂ emissions. In cities such as New York and Chicago, building operations alone account for over 70% of total urban emissions. Importantly, even in an increasingly electrified world, the bulk of building energy consumption is not electrical but thermal—used for space heating, cooling, and hot water. Depending on the country, this thermal demand can represent 40–80% of a building’s monthly energy bill. While electricity can be converted into heat, directly harnessing renewable thermal energy is far more efficient. Geothermal systems offer a compelling solution to this challenge. However, their adoption has historically been hindered by a critical limitation—traditional systems require drilling into the ground, a costly and invasive process that restricts deployment in dense urban environments and existing buildings.
The offered technology:
The geothermal solution is a flexible heat exchanger made of aluminium alloy, which enables to transform any underground structure, such as building basements, subterranean parking garages, and tunnels, into sources of renewable geothermal energy. The heat harnessed by the technology can be used for space heating and cooling, as well as hot water production in buildings. Such a geothermal panel can be seamlessly deployed in contact to the underground surfaces of any existing or new buildings and infrastructures for the sake of the heat exchange. The technology circulates a water-glycol mixture and is connected through a heat pump to water- or air-based building energy systems.
The main innovation:
The main innovation lies in being the first geothermal technology that does not require to bore the ground. Thanks to its thin and flexible design, the technology can be attached to any flat or curved underground surface. It can also harness about 5 times more thermal power per unit surface area (i.e., daily average of 100 W/m2) compared to traditional geothermal technologies, such as horizontal boreholes (i.e., 20 W/m2).
Technology application and desired collaboration:
Following several successful implementation projects in new and existing building energy systems, the Swiss company is looking for partners to expand its portfolio and diversify its use cases. Specifically, they are interested in partnering with any residential, commercial, or industrial building owners or operators, as well as infrastructure owners or operators (e.g., parking garages and tunnels), interested in enhancing their energy systems and decarbonizing their energy operation.
Beside the desired collaboration above, they are also open for (funded) research & development cooperation.
Provided services and products:
As a part of the partnership, they would have the capacity to assess the techno-economic and environmental promise of the installation, develop a detailed design of the system, provide all the system components for installation, implement them in the building/infrastructure, and monitor them during their operation.
Information requests from the partner:
The partner would be to provide the information needed to assess the feasibility of the system and perform its design, the space required to implement the system, and the agreement to install and monitor it over time. - Advantages and Innovations
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- Modular, prefabricated panels that harness shallow underground and waste heat without drilling, with clear advantages over traditional geothermal systems:
- Enables geothermal energy capture without any drilling or ground excavation, unlike conventional geothermal which requires invasive, costly drilling operations. This reduces installation disruption and cost significantly.
- Panels are thin, flexible, and modular, allowing installation on vertical walls of underground urban spaces like parking garages and tunnels. This contrasts with bulky conventional ground loops needing horizontal or deep vertical boreholes.
- Proven scalable: a Paris pilot generated 70 MWh of renewable thermal energy annually, powering 25% of hot water needs for 72 housing units, and cutting CO₂ emissions by 15 tons/year, demonstrating effective urban decarbonization impact.
- Rapid, cost-effective installation within weeks due to prefabrication and minimal site preparation, compared to months of drilling and construction for traditional geothermal systems.
- Provides 24/7 local, renewable heating and cooling access with zero direct CO₂ emissions, supporting sustainability and compliance with regulatory decarbonization targets in dense cities.
- Uses recyclable materials and has a minimal physical footprint, enhancing environmental sustainability and reducing maintenance needs relative to other solutions.
- Integrates easily with existing heating systems and heat pumps in both new and retrofit building projects, expanding applicability in urban environments where space and infrastructure are constrained. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequality
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- IPR granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The specific area of activity of the partner:
1) Owners or managers of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings or infrastructures.
2) Energy contractors or energy companies dealing with the entities mentioned above and interested in integrating the technology in their portfolios.
The tasks to be performed by the partner sought:
In case of (1), the provision of space to deploy the technology and the agreement to install and monitor it over time.
In case of (2), the willingness to integrate the technology into a broader energy system, or to offer it as the sole system that would be responsible for the energy supply. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10
- University
- SME 11-49
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 04002008 - Cooling technologies
- 04005001 - Geothermal energy
- 04002006 - Heat exchangers
- Market keywords
- 09008004 - Other utilities and related firms
- 06003005 - Geothermal energy
- 08005 - Other Industrial Products (not elsewhere classified)
- 09007002 - Manufacture of construction materials, components and systems
- Sector Groups Involved
- Construction
- Renewable Energy
- Targeted countries
- France
- United Kingdom
- Portugal
- Italy
- Spain
