Énergir and vadiMAP Launch AI Tool to Decarbonize Quebec's Buildings

MONTREAL, QC – January 27, 2026 – In a significant move to accelerate the greening of Quebec’s urban landscape, energy distributor Énergir has announced a strategic partnership with technology firm vadiMAP. The collaboration will provide thousands of property owners with a powerful digital platform designed to demystify and streamline the complex process of building decarbonization.

The initiative targets a critical, often-overlooked segment: small- and mid-sized commercial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings. Starting in 2027, Énergir customers will gain free access to vadiMAP’s AI-powered platform, which aims to transform complex energy data into clear, actionable, and financially sound retrofitting plans.

The Digital Blueprint for Greener Buildings

The core of the partnership is the vadiMAP platform, a sophisticated tool engineered to overcome the primary barriers to decarbonization—cost, complexity, and a lack of specialized expertise. Unlike traditional energy audits, which can take months and incur significant expenses, vadiMAP’s solution promises to deliver an “execution-ready” decarbonization prescription within a week.

The platform operates by ingesting a wide array of data points, including building characteristics, historical energy bills, local weather patterns, and operational objectives. Its proprietary “NanoGrid Simulation Engine” then analyzes this information against a vast database of market data, which includes current utility tariffs, government financial incentives, technology costs, and local labor rates. This allows the system to model a building’s energy profile with remarkable accuracy, even with limited initial data.

What sets the technology apart is its capacity for massive-scale scenario analysis. The platform can cross-check up to 1,000 distinct energy-saving measures—from insulation upgrades and high-efficiency HVAC systems to the integration of dual-energy systems and renewable natural gas—and simulate thousands of potential combinations. It evaluates these pathways over a 25-year project timeline to identify the optimal strategy based on a client’s specific goals, whether they are maximizing CO2 reduction, minimizing upfront investment, or achieving the fastest payback period. The final report presents clear key performance indicators (KPIs), such as projected annual savings, return on investment, and total carbon footprint reduction, empowering owners to make confident, data-driven decisions.

Énergir's Strategic Pivot in the Energy Transition

For Énergir, this partnership is more than a new service offering; it represents a calculated evolution of its corporate identity. By taking a minority ownership stake in vadiMAP, the utility giant is signaling a fundamental shift from being a traditional natural gas distributor to becoming a proactive enabler of the broader energy transition. This move aligns with the company’s stated mission to meet customer energy needs in an “increasingly sustainable way.”

For over two decades, Énergir has supported its customers with energy efficiency programs. This new digital tool dramatically enhances that support, providing a scalable solution that can accelerate decarbonization across a vast portfolio of buildings. The partnership allows the company to guide its customers toward a cleaner energy future that smartly integrates various solutions, including electrification, dual-energy systems that leverage both electricity and natural gas for peak efficiency, and the adoption of renewable natural gas (RNG) within existing infrastructure.

“This partnership with vadiMAP reflects the evolution of our role as a reference in the energy sector,” said Jerry Joseph, Executive Director, Customer Experience at Énergir. “For more than 25 years, Énergir has supported its customers in improving energy efficiency, and we are pleased to strengthen this support through a digital platform that accelerates the transition from planning to implementation. By simplifying decision-making, we are making our energy solutions more accessible and helping our customers move forward with their decarbonization objectives.”

Empowering Overlooked Properties to Meet Climate Goals

The platform is specifically tailored for small- and medium-sized properties, a sector that accounts for a substantial portion of urban building stock but has historically lacked the resources for major green initiatives. Owners of these buildings often face a difficult calculus: the desire to improve energy performance and reduce environmental impact is frequently outweighed by high upfront costs, confusing technology choices, and the administrative burden of navigating incentive programs.

The Énergir-vadiMAP offering directly addresses these pain points. By providing a sophisticated planning tool free of charge, it democratizes access to the kind of high-level energy consulting that was once the exclusive domain of large corporations. The platform’s ability to translate retrofits into clear financial terms—pinpointing project costs, return on investment, and long-term savings—provides the business case needed to unlock private investment in sustainability.

This empowerment comes at a critical time. With a growing market demand for green-certified and energy-efficient properties, building owners who invest in decarbonization can enhance asset value, attract and retain tenants, and future-proof their investments against rising energy costs and stricter environmental standards.

Navigating a Complex Regulatory and Financial Landscape

The launch is strategically timed to help property owners navigate Quebec’s increasingly stringent regulatory environment. The province’s ambitious 2030 Green Economy Plan targets a 60% reduction in building emissions compared to 1990 levels. Supporting this goal, recent legislation like Bill 41 mandates annual energy consumption reporting and the disclosure of environmental performance ratings for large buildings, creating a powerful incentive for owners to measure and improve their carbon footprint.

Furthermore, the platform is designed to integrate the complex web of federal, provincial, and municipal financial incentives. Programs like Quebec’s ÉcoPerformance and Hydro-Québec’s dual-energy rates offer substantial financial support for decarbonization projects. By automatically factoring these incentives into its financial analysis, the vadiMAP platform ensures property owners can maximize their available funding and reduce the net cost of their projects, turning regulatory obligations into economic opportunities.

The platform is scheduled for a pilot launch with select customer segments in December 2026, followed by a full rollout to all eligible Énergir customers in 2027. This collaboration is a cornerstone of vadiMAP’s own ambitious growth, as the firm expands its operations in Canada and Europe.

“This collaboration with Énergir highlights the importance of partnerships between innovative companies and established energy leaders in accelerating the energy transition,” stated Jérémy S. Boucher, President and Chief Executive Officer of vadiMAP. “This partnership strengthens our ambition to become a key player in the large-scale deployment of energy efficiency solutions, with the objective of supporting energy assessments for more than 30,000 commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings annually worldwide by 2030.”