A new episode of Energy in Your Ears, the podcast series by the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation (IEECP), is now available: “Turning Small Projects into Big Investments: The ENERGATE Story.”

This episode addresses one of the key challenges of Europe’s building renovation wave: how to unlock large-scale investment for energy efficiency when projects are often small, fragmented, and complex.

Hosted by Petra Pomper, MBA, IEECP Expert, the discussion explores how the ENERGATE Project is reshaping the financing landscape by aggregating small energy efficiency projects into investment-ready portfolios that meet the expectations of institutional investors.

Petra is joined by Alexandra Hedesiu, Managing Partner & Head of Sustainability at EnerSave Capital Sarl, and José Antonio De Pedro Cuadrado, CEO of Commuty. Together, they discuss why energy renovation projects struggle to attract funding, how standardisation and aggregation can reduce investment risk, what investors need to finance energy efficiency at scale, and how ENERGATE is evolving beyond EU funding into a commercially operated platform.

Featuring real-life investment cases and future market perspectives, this episode offers valuable insights for financiers, building owners, policymakers, and all stakeholders interested in scaling energy efficiency as an investable asset class.