Ampotech has been selected as one of 10 global energy startups named finalists in the Building Energy Challenge 2020, a highly competitive international program focused on accelerating the adoption of smart building and energy efficiency solutions. Organized by New Energy Nexus and co-sponsored by ADB Ventures, the initiative attracted more than 130 applications from 32 countries, highlighting the growing global momentum behind smart building technologies.

Ampotech’s selection reflects its strong capabilities in delivering data-driven, IoT-enabled solutions that support smarter, more efficient buildings. As Southeast Asia continues to experience rapid urbanization and rising energy demand, smart building solutions are increasingly critical to improving operational efficiency, reducing energy consumption, and supporting long-term sustainability goals.

Accelerating Smart Building Adoption Across Southeast Asia

The Building Energy Challenge was designed to connect innovative early-stage companies with corporations operating in commercial real estate and energy-intensive industries. Its primary objective is to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency and smart building solutions across Southeast Asia—one of the fastest-growing regions in the world.

Through a structured program that includes one-on-one matchmaking sessions, pilot project opportunities, and direct engagement with ADB Ventures and other strategic investors, the challenge helps bridge the gap between technology providers and real-world deployment. For smart building innovators like Ampotech, this creates a valuable pathway to scale solutions that have proven impact in real operational environments.

The program also directly supports ASEAN’s regional energy goals, including targets to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020 and 30 percent by 2025. Smart building technologies play a vital role in achieving these targets by enabling better visibility, control, and optimization of energy usage across commercial and industrial facilities.

Why Smart Building Solutions Matter Today

Buildings account for a significant share of global energy consumption, especially in urban environments. Without smart building systems, building owners and operators often lack the insights needed to understand how energy is being used—or wasted—across assets, equipment, and spaces.

Smart building platforms address this challenge by combining connected hardware, real-time monitoring, and advanced data analytics. These technologies allow organizations to move from reactive facility management to proactive, data-driven decision-making. The result is improved operational efficiency, reduced energy costs, enhanced occupant comfort, and measurable sustainability outcomes.

Ampotech’s inclusion in the Building Energy Challenge underscores the relevance of its smart building approach in tackling these challenges at scale.

Ampotech’s Role in the Smart Building Ecosystem

Founded in Singapore, Ampotech is a technology company focused on enabling smart building operations through connected hardware and data analytics software. Its solutions are designed to help building owners, facility managers, and enterprises gain actionable insights into energy usage and asset performance without complex or disruptive installations.

By leveraging IoT-enabled monitoring devices and cloud-based analytics platforms, Ampotech supports smarter energy and facilities management across a wide range of building types. This smart building approach allows organizations to identify inefficiencies, detect anomalies, and optimize performance across their operations.

Ampotech’s technology is particularly well-suited for existing buildings, where retrofitting must be cost-effective, scalable, and minimally invasive. This makes the company’s smart building solutions highly relevant in Southeast Asia, where much of the building stock is already operational but increasingly under pressure to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.

Building Energy Challenge: A Platform for Real-World Impact

What distinguishes the Building Energy Challenge from many innovation programs is its strong emphasis on real-world deployment. Rather than focusing solely on pitching or theoretical use cases, the program facilitates direct collaboration between startups and industry partners to test and validate smart building solutions in operational settings.

For Ampotech, participation in the challenge provides opportunities to demonstrate how smart building technologies can deliver tangible benefits—such as reduced energy consumption, improved system performance, and better decision-making—for commercial property owners and energy-intensive businesses.

The program also offers valuable exposure to investors and development institutions, including ADB Ventures, that are actively seeking technologies aligned with sustainability and climate impact objectives.

About New Energy Nexus

New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit organization dedicated to supporting clean energy entrepreneurs around the world. The organization provides access to funding, accelerator programs, and global networks to help startups bring impactful energy and smart building innovations to market.

Originally founded in California, New Energy Nexus now operates programs across China, India, Southeast Asia, and East Africa, playing a key role in fostering regional clean energy and smart building ecosystems. Through initiatives like the Building Energy Challenge, New Energy Nexus helps bridge the gap between innovation and adoption.

About ADB Ventures

ADB Ventures was established by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in January 2020 as a venture investment arm focused on supporting companies that deliver impact-driven technology solutions. These solutions are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and address pressing challenges across Asia and the Pacific, including climate change, energy efficiency, and sustainable infrastructure.

By co-sponsoring the Building Energy Challenge, ADB Ventures demonstrates its commitment to advancing smart building and clean energy technologies that can deliver measurable environmental and social benefits at scale.

Driving the Future of Smart Buildings

Ampotech’s selection as a finalist in the Building Energy Challenge 2020 represents a meaningful milestone in its journey to advance smart building innovation across Southeast Asia and beyond. It reinforces the company’s mission to make buildings more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable through accessible, data-driven solutions.

As governments, investors, and enterprises increasingly prioritize sustainability and operational efficiency, smart building technologies will continue to play a central role in shaping the future of the built environment. Through programs like the Building Energy Challenge, Ampotech is well positioned to contribute to this transformation—helping organizations unlock smarter energy use, better performance, and long-term value from their buildings.