Who is Novo?

We’ve had a few requests for more information on how Novo came about and our inspiration in creating our smart radiator valves.
The idea for Novo originated 2 years ago from a group of E.ON employees to revolutionise the climate control world. With an interest in heating and cooling, we’d all seen how current solutions are hard to install, awkward to use and often expensive! Novo therefore applied to join the :agile accelerator programme, E.ON’s own internal start-up programme. Every 3 months :agile accepts applications, with a demo day at the end. If all goes well at this, then you get to pursue your dream and we were delighted to gain further support!

The wider :agile team at the E.ON HQ in Germany


We went from full-time employees at E.ON to pursuing our dream of smart solutions as an internal start-up, but luckily with the support of a global player in E.ON behind us. We also reinforced the team and many of our technical experts joined at this time and have stayed with us for the whole Novo journey.
We wanted to create solutions that people could easily install themselves and then instantly see the benefits. Novo’s first product, Climair, does exactly that. Working with the same SuperHub as used by our smart radiator valves, you are able to control your air conditioning unit, meaning in Mediterranean countries you’re no longer losing money leaving your AC on all day to return home to a cool home, or alternatively getting home to a superheated home!

The Novo team presenting Climair at E.ON

With this successful launch, we were delighted to receive continued support from E.ON and the go ahead to launch on Kickstarter with our latest project, smart radiator valves! We chose to apply our same ethos of simple, easy controls to the world of heating and you are one of the first to benefit from this approach when it ships.

This video is us presenting to E.ON executives at an :agile demo day, enjoy!
Novo is therefore currently still 100% owned by E.ON and we’re really grateful for their support! This means that you have the support of a global multinational company behind Novo while we have the vision to deliver cutting edge products.

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