• Swindon & Wiltshire Eco
• Wednesday April 10 2024
• Author Name: Peter Davison

AI tech startup and climate social enterprise join forces to give homes a green makeover

Social enterprise Action Net Zero has partnered with AI tech startup Propflo to help people make their homes more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

Bristol-based Propflo is a data-driven AI platform that supports lenders and property businesses to comply with energy efficiency regulations, meet their climate targets, and then support their customers.

It was founded by entrepreneur Luke Loveridge and scientist Dr Daniel Moyo, both advised by world-leading AI expert Mike Tipping.

Pam Barbato (pictured), founder of Action Net Zero – which is also based in the city – said: “This is a natural partnership for us as the Propflo platform provides homeowners across the country with a fantastic engagement and delivery tool, demonstrating how their homes can be invested in to benefit their lives, whether that’s retrofitting to reduce energy bills, improve thermal comfort, transitioning to green energy or increasing the value of their properties.

“We’re delighted to be creating a deeper relationship between Propflo and Action Net Zero to help accelerate people’s ability to green their homes and support net zero targets”.

Action Net Zero is currently working with a number of aligned partners to scale operations across the South West, which allows the organisation to support more residents and businesses on their net zero journey.

One key priority is to make it easier for homeowners to retrofit their properties, and Propflo’s innovative GreenVal energy efficiency digital tool will help them achieve this.

Making homes more energy-efficient

GreenVal was the first energy-efficiency one-stop-shop used by a mortgage lender, mortgage broker and estate agent with a reach of over 1.5 million homeowners.

It provides information to guide homeowners around retrofitting their homes, taking steps to be more energy efficient and, ultimately could add value to their homes if they ever wanted to sell their property on.

Luke Loveridge, founder and CEO of Propflo, said: “Action Net Zero is really forward thinking and now the first social enterprise to have such an advanced solution to support homeowners to retrofit their properties.

“Although we have expert knowledge and experience in the mortgage and property sectors, this partnership shows that our platform is flexible to meet the needs of a variety of organisations from social enterprises, local authorities, energy suppliers to retail.”

Pamela and her team have also supported Propflo by running a number of free online webinars on LinkedIn to support people in the property sector to get ahead of the green curve.

Propflo is one of a number of partnerships within the eco-system of Action Net Zero which was set up in 2020 by Pam to help educate, inform and inspire people around the climate crisis and connect them with solutions that are available both in the South West and further afield.