Constantinus Award 2026: 3rd Place for Digitizing Energy Communities

Beyond Tech was awarded 3rd place in the ESG & Sustainability category at the Constantinus Award 2026. The award recognized our digital platform for energy communities, which we developed together with our client BE Solution. The festive ceremony took place in Salzburg. For us, this award is a wonderful affirmation that well-conceived digitalization tangibly advances the energy transition.

The Constantinus Award: Austria’s Prize for Consulting and IT Excellence

The Constantinus Award has been presented annually since 2003 by the Professional Association for Management Consultancy, Accounting and Information Technology (UBIT) of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. It is considered the most important award for outstanding projects in consulting, accounting, and IT in the country, and each year it showcases the best work from service providers together with their clients.

The ESG & Sustainability category focuses on projects that make a measurable contribution to the environment and society. This is precisely where our solution is positioned, as energy communities combine climate protection with regional value creation.

The Award-Winning Project: A Digital Platform for Energy Communities

Energy communities are a key lever for the energy transition. They enable individuals and businesses to jointly use locally generated electricity, thereby strengthening both the climate and their own region. For this to work in everyday life, a solid digital foundation is essential.

That’s exactly what we’ve created. Beyond Tech has developed a fully digitized white-label platform that allows energy communities to operate efficiently and transparently, scaling with their membership numbers. The solution integrates web, apps, CRM, SAP, and EDA connectivity into one system.

From Registration to Billing in One System

The real added value lies in automation. Processes that would otherwise involve significant manual work run fully digitally on the platform. This ranges from the registration of new members to ongoing administration and billing. Members, in turn, can see at any time how much electricity they consume, feed into the grid, and draw from their community.

Already More Than 20,000 Users

The reach demonstrates how well the concept works in practice. The platform already serves over 20,000 users. With Fanclub Burgenland and Energiegemeinschaft für Österreich (Energy Community for Austria) behind it, two well-known communities prove how digital infrastructure brings together climate protection, economic efficiency, and growth.

Why Digitalization is Crucial for Energy Communities

As beneficial as energy communities are, their operation presents several hurdles. Without suitable tools, every new registration is time-consuming and prone to errors. This becomes noticeably more acute as membership grows.

Additionally, there is the desire for transparency. Members want to be able to track their consumption and feed-in values, which is difficult to visualize without appropriate interfaces. In the background, communication with grid operators also creates effort. Metering point notifications and data exchange via the EDA portal must be reliable and compliant with standards.

A well-designed platform alleviates precisely this burden. It streamlines processes, creates transparency for members, and automates market communication. This leaves more room for the actual goal: advancing the energy transition locally.

Reference: The Energy Community for Austria

A good example of the platform’s impact is the Energy Community for Austria. Together with BE Solution GmbH, we created the digital foundation for one of the country’s most prominent energy communities, initiated by Krone Sonne, Kronen Zeitung, and Burgenland Energie AG.

Within six months, a complete solution comprising an app, web platform, CRM integration, and EDA connection was developed. Today, the entire registration and administration process runs digitally. Since the go-live, support efforts have significantly decreased, and registrations are processed faster.

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What Beyond Tech Delivers for Energy Communities

• App & Dashboard for Android, iOS, and Web: Members manage their membership on the go and keep track of consumption and feed-in. Design and branding are tailored to the respective organization.
• Web Platform and Self-Service Center: From the onboarding process to data maintenance, one system handles everything seamlessly and reduces support workload.
• CRM & Member Management: A central system bundles member data, process control, and status tracking, configured for the operations of an energy community.
• EDA Communication & Market Connection: Data exchange with grid operators is automated in compliance with standards, from metering point changes to participation notifications.
• System Integration & Process Automation: Through interfaces to SAP and other systems, data flows automatically to where it is needed.
• Reporting, Analytics & Forecasting: Real-time insights into member development and consumption support planning, supplemented by a forecasting tool.
• Founding Support & Migration: We assist with the establishment of all common models and, if required, handle the clean migration of existing data.

Thanks to All Involved

This award does not belong to us alone. Our thanks go to our client BE Solution for their trust and close collaboration, as well as to all partners who made this project possible. We are equally pleased with the recognition from the Constantinus Award jury and sincerely congratulate all other award winners.

Our project video also provides insight into the project.