Vitec Vabi

The first Dutch company that was included in the Vitec family.

Dutch Vabi began in the very early stages of automation as a department at the TNO research institute to develop calculation models for energy consumption and comfort in commercial and residential buildings. Vabi was organized as a membership association at that time. The original Dutch name Vabi stood for “Association for Automation in Construction and Installation.” The members became the first customers and Vabi gradually developed into a purely commercial business.

Vabi counts itself among the first software companies in the world. Vitec acquired Vabi in 2021. With the acquisition, Vitec took its first step outside the Nordic region.

Vitec Vabi now has more than 2,000 customers in the property industry and has been developing and marketing sustainability software for over 50 years. Vitec Vabi’s solutions help make buildings sustainable, energy efficient and comfortable.

“We have two groups of customers,” says Arjen Zwiers, CEO of Vitec Vabi. “One is construction consultants, who design, renovate and upgrade properties. They use our software as a tool, like a hammer, to provide guidance and ensure the properties have a high level of operational efficiency.

Public housing companies are the other customer group. They have a legal requirement to produce energy performance certificates for their properties. With our solutions, they can meet these requirements while getting the maximum value from the collected data,” he continues.

One example of a customer is social housing company Woonpunt, in South Limburg, which manages around 17,500 homes and has sustainability as a central priority. To improve energy performance and achieve an average energy label of B, Woonpunt uses Vabi Assets Energy software as a tool in its operations.

Woonpunt’s technical quality assurance department says Vabi Assets Energy facilitates analyses at the portfolio level, and makes it possible to prioritize sustainability measures and justify investments.
The software is used daily to create analyses, support decisions and report to stakeholders such as the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning and Aedes, a national organization for housing companies and associations.

With the help of Vitec Vabi, Woonpunt can perform quick scans to identify cost-effective measures, such as sealing cracks and improving insulation. The quality assurance department says that Vabi Assets Energy is a powerful, user-friendly tool that helps them achieve their sustainability goals and meet legal requirements, while providing them with valuable insights for long-term planning.