Start-up MOOST wins ABB Electrification Challenge
MOOST has won the Smart Buildings Challenge as part of the ABB Electrification Startup Challenge 2022. More than 100 applications from 34 countries were received for the three awards in different categories. MOOST will now bring its solution to market with the help of ABB.
MOOST has won ABB ‘sSmart Buildings Challenge . The Rapperswil start-up was honored by the technology company as part of the ABB Electrification Startup Challenge 2022 .
According to MOOST, it has transformed the not always intelligent home (smart home) into a learning home (learning home). The start-up company has “created a great concept and a plan including a proof of concept,” said Aldo Sciaccia, Global Head of Product Management and R&D, ABB Electrification , Smart Buildings, in thejury’s statement . “With the proposed solution, we are able to connect different data sources, add context and provide users with actionable insights.” It bridges the gap to advanced technology and helps even untrained end users to make “billions of better decisions”.
According to an ABB press release , more than 100 teams from 34 countries applied for the awards. Victory in the Smart Power category went to Italian start-up i-EM . The North American start -up Pratexo won in the Distribution Solutions category.
The winners take part in a collaborative project with ABB worth $30,000. The goal is to launch a joint solution for customers on the ABB Ability Marketplace later this year, reaching an audience in over 100 countries. They also receive mentoring support from ABB’s startup accelerator SynerLeap and from Microsoft ‘s startup advisors. Because, according to Anton Kotov, Head of Digital and Strategy at ABB Electrification, “only with some of the brightest minds in the world can we develop solutions to the world’s energy and climate problems”.