Project Description

Market development – Project development market segment in industrial construction

Industrial and commercial buildings are the focus of the energy and climate transition. Companies are required to develop energy-efficient, resilient and climate-neutral production and logistics sites. At the same time, requirements for security of supply, cost stability and CO₂ reduction are increasing.

Project developers in industrial construction must therefore increasingly integrate energy infrastructure and building planning: from photovoltaics on hall roofs to waste heat recovery, battery storage and heating networks through to digital control and monitoring solutions.

Here are the specific challenges:

  • Ensuring security of supply in the face of rising energy prices.

  • Integration of renewable energies (PV, wind, waste heat, geothermal energy) in production and storage locations.

  • Use of industrial waste heat, process heat and cooling in combination.

  • Need for scalable and standardizable solutions that adapt to changing production profiles. Design of flexible energy systems with battery storage and power-to-heat/power-to-cold.

  • Implementation of legal requirements (GEG, EU taxonomy, climate neutrality obligations of large companies). Coordination of many stakeholders: Operators, municipalities, grid operators, investors.

Developments and trends

  • Legal pressure: industrial companies must submit transformation plans for climate neutrality (by 2045); EU taxonomy requires proof of sustainable infrastructure.

  • Social pressure: customers, investors and the public are demanding climate-neutral supply chains and CO₂-free locations.
  • Economic pressure: energy prices and CO₂ levies are rising, security of supply is a critical location factor.

  • Technological trends: Waste heat utilization (process heat in local heating networks), large-scale PV systems on industrial sites, battery storage, hydrogen integration, AI-supported energy management.

  • Funding landscape: Programs from BEW, BAFA and KfW (e.g. waste heat recovery, EEW module 4, industrial heating networks) offer subsidies of up to 40-55 %.

  • Best practices: Industrial parks that make waste heat usable for neighborhoods, PV+storage combinations for self-generated electricity, smart factory concepts with a digital twin.

EXAVY services

EXAVY develops and finances turnkey infrastructure projects that combine local energy and digital transformation.

  • Project development & financing

    • Development and financing of energy solutions for industrial districts: large-scale PV systems, waste heat networks, battery storage, e-mobility hubs.
    • Integration of subsidies and development of contracting models to relieve the burden on developers.
  • Technology integration

    • Digital energy management for optimizing loads, self-consumption and grid services.
    • Integration of waste heat sources and grid-friendly battery systems.

  • Digital platform solutions

    • Monitoring, billing and visualization of energy flows for investors, residents and partners.
    • Real-time data to optimize efficiency and carbon footprint.
  • Participation and operator models

    • Flexible models: EXAVY takes over the entire energy infrastructure or participates.
    • Long-term operating and service contracts ensure stability and quality.

Benefits for project developers

  • Compliance with legal requirements and stakeholder satisfaction, development of energy campus and prosumer modelsmodels

  • Planning security, competitiveness and technological edge: Long-term supply and service contracts with guaranteed prices and services for state-of-the-art solutions ensure long-term competitiveness and sustainability.

  • Financial relief: EXAVY assumes investment and operating risks for the energy infrastructure.

  • Sustainability & CO₂ reduction: meeting statutory climate targets and improving the environmental footprint.