Building automation, controls integration, energy services, commissioning — the vertical sitting at the intersection of mechanical trades, software, and the energy transition. We acquire and operate building technology companies positioned for what's coming, not just what's here.
Building technology and energy systems is where mechanical trades meet software, controls, and energy intelligence. We partner with operators across these sub-categories:
design, install, service, retrofit
energy management, monitoring, optimization, ESCO services
Building technology is one of the strongest-positioned verticals of the next ten to twenty years — electrification, efficiency mandates, decarbonization, smart buildings. We're not acquiring these businesses to flip them in five. We're acquiring them to grow alongside that transition.
Most acquirers evaluate controls and BAS integrators as if they were pure HVAC contractors. They're not. The deal economics are different — recurring service contracts, project pipelines, software-and-hardware mix, manufacturer relationships. We evaluate building technology companies in the language they actually operate in.
Building technology sits between our Mechanical Trades and Federal Services verticals — and benefits from both. Our (pending) SDVOSB designation opens federal facility work. Our mechanical portfolio creates referral and cross-sell opportunities. Building technology businesses inside the Trades Mosaic platform get reach that independent operators can't match.
Here's the kind of building technology and energy services business and owner we're built to partner with — representative profiles, not actual acquisitions.
Being clear about what we don't do saves everyone time. We don't typically acquire:
Most process questions come up in the first conversation, but a few we hear often enough to answer here. If you don't see yours, ask us directly.
No. We acquire operating businesses — companies that install, service, integrate, and maintain building systems. Pure software companies have different deal economics and a different operating model than the platform we're building.
Yes. Many building technology businesses are built around the founder's technical expertise. Multiple deal structures support continued technical leadership — operator partnership, engineering advisory roles, technical director positions. Your call, in writing, before close
Yes. Trades Mosaic is SDVOSB-designated with cleared personnel — which opens federal facility work for building technology companies inside the platform. If your business has federal customers or wants to enter that market, the SDVOSB designation is a real advantage.
A confidential conversation about your business, the controls and energy transition, and what comes next.