DEVELCO PRODUCTS AS

Their core work

Develco Products is a Danish SME that designs and manufactures IoT hardware — smart home sensors, energy monitors, gateways, and connected devices — used for residential energy management and demand response. In H2020 projects, they contribute the physical device layer: the sensors and communication hardware that enable buildings and neighbourhoods to monitor consumption, respond to grid signals, and shift energy loads. Their role is consistently as the technology supplier embedding smart hardware into larger energy community platforms. They bridge the gap between software-driven energy optimization and the real-world devices that make it physically possible.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Develco Products entered H2020 in 2017 with two parallel projects (RESPOND and InBetween) focused on building-level energy efficiency — monitoring consumption and nudging individual behavior through connected devices. By 2020, their participation shifted toward community-scale energy systems with HESTIA, which introduced demand response marketplaces, consumer digital twins, and renewable energy storage integration. The trajectory is clear: from single-home hardware provider to a component in neighbourhood-level energy orchestration platforms.

Moving from device-level energy monitoring toward providing the IoT infrastructure layer for local energy communities and peer-to-peer demand response marketplaces.

How they like to work

Develco Products operates exclusively as a participant — never coordinating — which is typical for a hardware SME contributing a specific product component to larger system-integration projects. With 32 unique partners across 11 countries from just 3 projects, they work in sizeable consortia (averaging 10+ partners per project) and appear comfortable integrating with diverse teams. This suggests a reliable, low-friction partner that plugs its technology into others' platforms without needing to drive the research agenda.

Despite only three projects, Develco Products has built a network of 32 partners across 11 countries, indicating they consistently join large, pan-European Innovation Action consortia. Their geographic spread suggests strong connections across Western and Northern Europe's energy research community.

What sets them apart

Unlike software-only energy platform companies, Develco Products brings actual hardware — the physical sensors, gateways, and monitors that sit in people's homes. This makes them a rare find for consortia that need a commercial IoT device manufacturer rather than another research lab building prototypes. Their three consecutive demand response projects mean they have battle-tested devices deployed in real residential pilots, not just lab demos.

Highlights from their portfolio

• HESTIA
  Their largest grant (€320,624) and most ambitious scope — community-level demand response with digital twins and energy marketplaces, running through 2024.
• RESPOND
  Targeted 'energy positive neighbourhoods' — an early example of moving beyond single-building efficiency toward net-positive district energy concepts.