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ACTAQUA AG resolves to issue a green bond of up to EUR 15 million to finance further growth - Seite 3

“With PAUL, our innovative smart building platform for networked, digitally controlled building technology, we are not only meeting the needs of the times, but also making it possible to achieve the climate targets in the real estate industry. To our knowledge, there are currently no solutions on the German market comparable to PAUL. Therefore, we are also convinced of the excellent growth opportunities for our company, while at the same time our business model meets the needs of bondholders with high predictability of cash flows and long-term customer loyalty,” said Sascha Müller, founder of ACTAQUA AG.

ACTAQUA’s potential customer segments and the very high stock of older buildings in residential properties, office and administrative buildings, and healthcare facilities, address a billion-euro market with approximately 19.2 million residential units in Germany alone. By 2030, the German government’s climate protection plan also calls for a CO₂ reduction in the building sector of at least 67% compared to 1990 levels. Demand for PAUL can benefit from this development in the future: The share of the drinking water system alone in the final energy demand of a modern building (energy standard KfW 70) is more than 50%. With PAUL, the associated costs could be reduced by up to 25% and 24 million m³ of water and over 3 million tons of CO₂ could be saved annually in the building sector. In terms of all water-bearing systems, energy savings of at least 15% are possible throughout the building. The recent decisions by the German government on the new pricing of CO₂ emissions in the real estate sector create additional tailwind for PAUL. The more climate-friendly a building is, the lower the costs for the landlord under the new regulation. This creates a further incentive for energy-efficient refurbishment.

While ACTAQUA’s business activities are currently focused on water-bearing systems in buildings, ACTAQUA also intends to make its PAUL platform solution available for the operation of other technical building systems in the years ahead: as a product solution for monitoring, maintenance planning and energy management for elevators and air conditioning systems, for example. In a further step, the platform is also to be opened up to third-party building technology and a white-label version of PAUL is to be offered for drinking water and heating systems, so that PAUL can also be sold via other manufacturers and dealers.