Closer engagement with the customers. That was the motivation driving E.ON, the major energy supplier, to team up with the startup Anyware Solutions. The corporate’s Danish division and the entrepreneurs launched their first service in October. A ’smart adaptor’ that monitors light, sound, temperature, and humidity in private homes. The data is visible for the user in an app, advising them on where they can reduce heat consumption or improve the indoor climate.

“It breaks from the traditional customer relation with an energy company, which does not go far beyond receiving a bill and paying it,” says Morten Bremild, Co-founder