French smart thermostat champion Qivivo, is experiencing exponential growth with its range of connected thermostats, made in France, launched in 2014. With the backing of Saint-Gobain, Go Capital and BPI, Qivivo aims to become the number 1 operator for energy management in the connected home.
Qivivo, the French specialist in connected solutions for controlling and optimizing energy consumption, announces that it has raised 900,000 euros in funding from Saint-Gobain, world leader in housing, Go Capital, an investment fund specializing in innovative companies, and BPI (France's public investment bank). The funds will enable Qivivo to accelerate the company's development nationwide, and finance its R&D projects.
A unique smart thermostat solution with learning and diagnostic capabilities
The Qivivo thermostat is the fruit of over 2 years of research and development. It is inspired in particular by the automotive sector to optimize household energy consumption. Qivivo Thermostat is manufactured in France and distributed to the consumer market. In addition, a specific offer for the B2B2C market has been developed, enabling rapid deployment in a French market that is 90 % managed by professionals.
The smart thermostat made in France for the French market
The services offered by Qivivo are combined in a single, upgradeable product, an intelligent connected box, and a simple, accessible application from which the various tools are managed. With this solution, Qivivo enables significant savings by reducing heating bills by up to 40 %, and increases comfort in the home through accessible, scalable technology at low cost. The thermostat controls heating autonomously, without any programming, and optimizes energy consumption with a real learning capacity, taking into account lifestyle, thermal characteristics of the home and all weather factors.
Like the diagnostics carried out on sensor-equipped professional buildings, Qivivo Thermostats democratize measurement-based diagnostics by collecting millions of data points per household, in a fully automated way to facilitate home energy renovation. "In its drive to predict the best way to control heating, Qivivo has developed real expertise, which echoes our own work, in diagnosing individual housing. They have automated for private individuals what was until now reserved for large-scale constructions. QiDiag technology opens up new prospects for the energy renovation market. says Gérald Fafet, Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Recherche.
A product designed for a market of over 30 million households
While Qivivo is marketed in a number of consumer outlets, the smart heating specialist is focusing on professional installation channels, which account for 90 % of the market in France, and is targeting 30 million households, not just geeks or early adopters. By relying on professional distributors such as Cedeo, Brossette and CDL Elec, as well as tradesmen, maintainers and low-income housing associations, Qivivo is truly democratizing access to the connected thermostat and making it a mass-market product. In France, more than 500 professional outlets already offer the Qivivo range. A strategic agreement has also been signed with France's leading network of independent maintenance companies, Axenergie, a cooperative of 93 companies employing over 700 technicians. " Whether in terms of ease of installation, user-friendly support or dedicated service, Qivivo has developed a product that meets our expectations. Qivivo Thermostat technology also represents a major advance in the field of heating management, bringing greater control over energy costs in the home. It's a partner with whom we're building a long-lasting, effective relationship". says Gilles Merkel, Chairman of Axenergie.
A range adapted to multi-family housing
Qivivo is currently carrying out tests in social housing in the Angevine region (Podeliha, Maine et Loire Habitat). The aim of this operation is to carry out a full-scale test of a service adapted to people living in collective housing, and especially social housing: simple, effective regulation, which operates almost without user intervention and at lower cost, combined with building diagnostics to optimize renovation work. Thanks to solutions designed for the reality of France's housing stock, over 4 million households in collective housing are likely to benefit from Qivivo.
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