Best.Energy : Paul Poirer on Building Sustainability With Best Energy

This testimonial video features Paul Poirer of Abate, a Best Energy partner since October 2015, talking about why the energy management technology fit a gap his team had been trying to solve for years. Abate focuses on two things: energy management that improves client sustainability, and the broader sustainability programmes that flow from it. Paul recalls a previous technology that promised energy savings but could not deliver provable, real-time results. Best Energy's Eniscope changed that conversation. The line that won him over, he says, was the brand's promise to make the invisible visible. He describes the partnership as one that has held up over years. Like any relationship there are moments of disagreement, but the attention Best Energy gives partners has been consistent, and the technology continues to deliver what Abate's clients need. Paul sees energy efficiency as a permanent feature of the market rather than a phase. Both efficiency and renewables matter, but he is firm that reducing consumption should come before generating new supply, because it sizes the renewables investment correctly. He also previews Sulu, an Abate sustainability platform designed around engagement and innovation — the two challenges he sees business leaders struggle with most. Clients include large operators such as Telefonica and Kefam in Colombia, and several projects in flight tie directly to ISO 50001 certification work. His advice to prospective Best Energy partners is to start with the why — be clear about why this market — and to make sure the right team sits behind the technology before signing on.