R8 Technologies Tests Solution That Could Secure the Baltic Region Against High Energy Prices
R8tech, a technology company specializing in AI-based solutions, launched a pilot project called the "virtual power plant" in 2022. The project continuously analyzes energy consumption and is capable of reducing consumption by up to a few percentage points in a whole power grid, preventing energy prices from reaching their peak and protecting consumers from excessive energy costs.
TalTech professor Eduard Petlenkov: The greenest is the energy that doesn’t need to be produced
TalTech's energy manager Janar Küla, professor Eduard Petlenkov and Siim Täkker, and one of the founders of R8 Technologies discuss how the innovative product was created and how it helps solve global problems.
Why is a virtual power plant needed and how does it work?
The official launch of the R8 Virtual Power Plant (R8 VPP) and Demand Response service for customers was made at the end of 2022. This followed the successful implementation of the service in Estonian market in spring 2022. Our customers earned additional significant revenue while their buildings helped balance the electricity grid.
R8 Technologies started cooperation with Capital Mill
The expansion of the cooperation between Capital Mill, the leading real estate developer in the Baltic States, and R8 Technologies, a technology company, enables the management of various objects in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania at a new green level with the help of artificial intelligence-based energy management, bringing with it significant energy savings.
Apply! R8 Technologies is supporting IT master-degree studies
The scholarship of 2000€ is intended for one successful TalTech master’s study student studying at School of Information Technology.
R8 Technologies among the TOP 50 PropTech companies in Europe!
We have just got the news which makes us glad and proud – R8 Technologies has been selected as one of the best PropTech companies in Europe already for a 3rd year in a row!
Did You know that R8tech brings many benefits for obtaining LEED certificate?
Activation of different R8tech services gives a big push in obtaining a LEED certificate for your commercial real estate – as about 1/3 of the total possible LEED points are directly related to our services!
R8 Technologies has joined GreenDice!
Glad to share that we have joined GreenDice! As sustainability is the very core value of our main product, the R8 Digital Operator, we are now giving it a go also on our company’s ICT level.
Siim Täkker: real estate sector that can do the most in transition to climate neutrality
Siim graduated from Tallinn University of Technology with a degree in integrated heating and ventilation engineering. He has been an international student at Aalto University in Finland and Electro-Communications University in Japan. Siim is the founder and CEO of R8 Technologies OÜ.
It’s an Earth Day 2022! And the time to act is NOW.
R8 Technologies is proud to join forces with 400 leading digital companies for the Time for Climate Action campaign. On dedicated the website, you can see what we - and other companies - are doing to protect the climate, all year round.
R8 Technologies received a 70K€ grant of “Support for inter-sectoral mobility”
The inter-sectoral mobility grant is provided by the State Shared Service Centre and the measure is designed to promote cross-sectoral cooperation by increasing the R&D capacity of Estonian private and public sector institutions
Rüdiger Pleus, the long-time representative of the board of German Council of Shopping Centers joined us as an advisor!
We are glad to share that Mr Rüdiger Pleus, the head of GCSP for more than 20 years as an authorized representative of the board, has joined our team!
