[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":93},["ShallowReactive",2],{"about:\u002Fen\u002Fabout":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"advisorsSection":6,"body":8,"description":12,"extension":15,"footerCta":16,"hero":24,"locale":38,"meta":39,"navigation":40,"path":41,"people":42,"seo":73,"stem":76,"story":77,"teamSection":88,"__hash__":92},"about\u002Fen\u002Fabout.md","About",{"heading":7},"Advisors",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":11},"minimark",[],{"title":12,"searchDepth":13,"depth":13,"links":14},"",2,[],"md",{"heading":17,"primary":18,"secondary":21},"Ready to start your next energy project?",{"label":19,"to":20},"Get a demo","\u002Fproduct-demo",{"label":22,"to":23},"Try for free","https:\u002F\u002Ftessa.planeto-energy.ch",{"heading":25,"subhead":26,"primary":27,"secondary":30,"image":33},"The team behind Planeto, the software to design thermal networks","For energy engineers seeking to lead the energy transition, Planeto offers a data-driven tool for designing more efficient district heating and cooling networks, while incorporating renewable energy sources.",{"label":28,"to":29},"Discover our product","\u002Fproduct",{"label":31,"to":32},"Awards","\u002Fawards",{"src":34,"alt":35,"width":36,"height":37},"\u002Fimg\u002Fabout\u002Fjonction.jpg","Jonction",1080,1000,"en",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fabout",{"stefano":43,"jonathan":46,"giulia":49,"xiang":52,"adeline":55,"narek":58,"matthias":61,"paola":64,"caroline":67,"kurt":70},{"role":44,"bio":45},"Co-founder & CEO","Stefano is an energy engineer with a PhD in Environmental Science, specialized in building energy efficiency. He founded Planeto to drive decarbonization through science and innovation. Passionate about sustainability and outdoor sports, he brings technical depth and a dynamic approach to solving climate challenges.",{"role":47,"bio":48},"Co-founder & CTO","Jonathan is a data scientist and physicist committed to energy efficiency in the built environment. He brings experience in software start-ups in the energy sector as well as leading academic research teams and projects. He holds a PhD in Energy in Buildings from The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment (University College London) and has a deep expertise in data management and computational methods. He has experience in several start-ups and is driven to bridge research and industry.",{"role":50,"bio":51},"VP of Business Operations","Giulia is a chemical engineer passionate about data-driven innovation for sustainability. Over the years, she has led multidisciplinary teams and complex projects at EPFL and the WHO, thriving at the intersection of strategy and operations. Currently, she leads business operations at Planeto, where she defines company strategy and sets up scalable processes.",{"role":53,"bio":54},"Lead Scientist","Xiang Li is the Lead Scientist driving technical innovation at Planeto. She specialises in renewable energy systems, with a particular focus on low-temperature district heating and shallow geothermal energy. Her passion lies in developing smart planning tools that support the design of renewable-based district energy networks.",{"role":56,"bio":57},"UI\u002FUX Designer","Adeline is responsible for any visual related projects. From graphic design to UI\u002FUX design, her cross-competencies help solving our product deficiencies. She brings her SaaS experience to Planeto, to create an easy-to-use and onboarding product experience.",{"role":59,"bio":60},"Software Engineer","Narek is a Software Engineer at Planeto who has been with the company from day one. With a Master's degree in Data Science from EPFL, prior startup experience, and AI research background at both EPFL and Harvard, he brings deep technological understanding and extensive experience building technically complex projects from the ground up. Narek contributes across many areas of our company: from developing the core algorithms of our platform and setting up the cloud architecture to improving the UI and integrating AI into our daily workflow.",{"role":62,"bio":63},"Business Advisor","Matthias is a senior researcher at the Empa Urban Energy System Lab, an institute of the ETH Domain, and also holds a research appointment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US. With eighteen years of experience as an entrepreneur in the energy and building services sector, he maintains strong industry relationships. Today, Matthias is involved in various SWEET energy research programs of SFOE and co-leading the energy system modelling of the utility association VSE 'Energiezukunft 2050'. Internationally, he leads the Horizon 2020, Smart-Energy-Systems ERA-Net project Digicities and is involved in the Swiss Agency for Development and Coordination – Zero Energy Buildings project in China.",{"role":65,"bio":66},"Lead Advisor","Paola started her career in the pharma industry at Ciba\u002FNovartis. After spending the first part of her career in multinational companies in 1999 she became CEO of the Max Havelaar Foundation – a Fair Trade organization. Since 2005, Paola is Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). She is also member of the board of different companies among them Migros, Romande Energie, and member of the advisory board of ethical investment funds. She is Founder and President of the Paola Ghillani & Friends AG and Innosuisse accredited coach.",{"role":68,"bio":69},"Business & GIS Advisor","Caroline is our startup coach for Fongit since the beginning of our adventure as entrepreneurs. She has extended experience in the topics we tackle — ICT, GIS and SaaS — as well as in the competencies we aim to develop to grow our project: from research to market, consolidation of the startup, business development, financials, and extending our network. She has coached 100+ entrepreneurs developing innovative projects over 6 months to 6+ years, and 550+ entrepreneurs over a few hours to a few months. A real sparring supporter for us.",{"role":71,"bio":72},"Product Advisor","Kurt brings exceptional expertise to Planeto as an advisor, drawing from his extensive experience in district heating and cooling software developed during his tenure as Head of Innovation at Comsoft. In this advisory role, Kurt provides invaluable guidance on product development and commercial strategy. His deep understanding of both the technical challenges and commercial opportunities in the district heating and cooling sector helps Planeto navigate market complexities.",{"title":74,"description":75},"The team behind Planeto - Planeto","Learn more about the team behind Planeto's software, on a mission to help plan and design your next district heating and cooling network.","en\u002Fabout",{"eyebrow":78,"heading":79,"paragraphs":80,"image":83},"Our Story","From three energy engineers to Planeto",[81,82],"It was 2023 when Stefano, Jonathan and Xiang decided to incorporate as Planeto SA, bringing their extensive experience in R&D and industry applications in one single powerful software, able to boost the workflow of energy engineers in planning district heating and cooling networks.","Since then, our team has grown to make the software ready to be used by engineers everywhere around the world. We are now a team of 7 people, all sharing the passion for accelerating the energy transition.",{"src":84,"alt":85,"width":86,"height":87},"\u002Fimg\u002Fabout\u002Fteam-picture.jpg","Planeto Team Picture",1400,1200,{"eyebrow":89,"heading":90,"learnMoreLabel":91},"Who we are","Our team","Learn more","8r07WwvQp0plF2Y4KlBZexOt432SdoU6esln-ikFBig",1782290865503]