Future Of The Energy Services Landscape (Part 2)
26 Sep, 2025
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Executive Summary
Energy efficiency has risen to the forefront thanks to decarbonization objectives, volatile energy prices and regulatory mandates. Regulators and building operators agree that the future must be low-carbon and energy-efficient. Services are an essential cog in realizing this future, but what could that future look like for the firms providing the knowledge and skills to usher in the next generation of ultra-efficient buildings? This is the focus of the second report in our two-part series exploring the future of the energy services market. Service providers and business customers alike can read this report to explore potential scenarios that could play out across three key domains: supply-side service providers, demand-side customers and technology. The report delves into the forces shaping these domains, and uses them to forecast the future of energy services.Summary for decision-makers
Technology will define energy services of the future
Next-generation energy services will need to deliver highly technical services on a massive scale
Technology will revolutionize the energy services market
Energy services: scenarios for the future
Service providers: balancing scale and specialism
Customers: as demand grows, so does customer influence
Technology: rate of adoption and advancement will dictate the services market of the future
Three potential outcomes for the future
Figure 1. Corporate energy efficiency project investment plans over the next three years
Figure 2. Maturity and impact of energy services in facilities
Figure 3. Evolution of energy auditing through technology
Figure 4. Supply-side scenarios for the future of energy services
Figure 5. Recent energy-related acquisitions by service providers
Figure 6. Customer persona scenarios for energy service demand
Figure 7. Current vs expected outsourcing levels
Figure 8. Financing options for energy services and projects
Figure 9. How technology adoption and maturity will shape the services market
Figure 10. Energy service provider heritages and value propositions
AECOM, Allumia, Alturus, Ameresco, Arcadis, Arup, ASA Controls, ASHRAE, Atrius, Audette, BGIS, Boston Consulting Group
(BCG), BP, Budderfly, Building Engines, Buro Happold, Carrier, Cascade Energy, CBRE, Centrica, CopperTree Analytics, Cushman & Wakefield, Custom Solar, Deloitte, E.ON, EDF, Elyos Energy, EMCOR, Enel, Enel X, Energy Policy, Enerqos, ENFRA, ENGIE, Envio Systems, ERM, ESM Power, ETC Group, EY, Fitwel, Fresh Coast Climate
Solutions, G2 Energy, Gills Onions, Gridium, Hoare Lea, Honeywell, Iberdrola, Icetec, International Energy
Agency (IEA), International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), International
Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), ISS, JCA Engineering, JLL, Johnson Controls, KPMG, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, McKinstry, METRON, Metrus, Microsoft, Mitie, Neeve, Optiml, Paia Consulting, Perkins&Will, Principles for
Responsible Investment (PRI), PwC, Redaptive, Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors (RICS), SAS Energy, Schneider Electric, Shell Energy, Sidara, Siemens, SOCOTEC, Sodexo, Spacewell, Sparkfund, SSE, Total Energies, Trane, Univers, Uplight, Veolia, Veregy, Vesta Consulting, Wesco, WSP, Zenergi
About the Authors

Ben Readman
Industry Analyst
Ben is an Industry Analyst covering the real estate sector, with a focus on data centres and hotels. His core research covers more than 100 vendors in the energy efficiency, s...
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Claire Stephens
Research Director
Claire Stephens is a Research Director at Verdantix, leading research into technologies and services shaping the real estate and the built environment, encompassing ...
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