B. & S.U. BERATUNGS- UND SERVICE- GESELLSCHAFT UMWELT MBH

Their core work

B.&S.U. is a Berlin-based environmental consultancy specializing in helping local authorities design and implement energy and climate policies. They support municipalities in meeting Covenant of Mayors commitments, running energy-saving competitions, and building community engagement around CO2 reduction. Their practical focus is on translating EU-level climate targets into concrete local action plans, including energy community development and citizen engagement campaigns.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

B.&S.U. started with a hands-on focus on energy-saving contests and competitions targeting public sector employees (Save at Work, COMPETE4SECAP). Over time, they moved toward deeper policy implementation work — quality management for local climate plans and aligning municipal commitments with EU frameworks (IMPLEMENT, CoME EASY). Their most recent project, SHAREs, marks a shift toward citizen-driven energy communities, prosumers, and grassroots communication, suggesting a move from top-down municipal support to bottom-up community energy models.

B.&S.U. is moving from advising public authorities on policy compliance toward enabling citizen-led energy communities — a strong fit for the EU's Clean Energy Package priorities.

How they like to work

B.&S.U. primarily joins consortia as a participant (4 out of 5 projects), contributing specialized municipal engagement expertise rather than leading large research efforts. They coordinated one project (Save at Work) early on, demonstrating leadership capability within focused, practical initiatives. With 38 unique partners across 19 countries, they are well-networked across Europe despite being a small SME — indicating they are a trusted, easy-to-work-with partner that different consortia actively recruit.

Broad European network spanning 38 partners across 19 countries, built entirely through Coordination and Support Actions in the energy sector. Their reach across nearly half of EU member states is impressive for a small Berlin-based consultancy.

What sets them apart

B.&S.U. occupies a specific niche: they are the bridge between EU energy policy and municipal implementation. While many consultancies advise on strategy, B.&S.U. focuses on the practical tools — competitions, certification schemes, communication campaigns — that actually get local authorities to act. Their exclusive focus on CSA (Coordination and Support Action) projects means they bring engagement and dissemination expertise, not lab research, making them ideal for consortia that need to reach cities and citizens.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Save at Work
  Their only coordinator role — an energy-saving competition for public authorities that established their core methodology of gamified engagement for municipal energy goals.
• SHAREs
  Most recent and forward-looking project, pivoting to energy communities and prosumer engagement — signals their strategic direction toward citizen energy.
• IMPLEMENT
  Directly tied to Covenant of Mayors quality management and CO2 reduction certification, demonstrating their deepest policy implementation expertise.