Efficient Energy Labeling with Digital Surveys

For Energihuset, the collaboration with Coop Nord has demonstrated how digital inspections can save time while maintaining high data quality. By working directly in Coop Nord’s Autility environment, energy certificates could be issued without physical site visits – while still ensuring close customer collaboration and precise, verified data.

The result is a more efficient process, lower costs, and a solution that creates value not only during energy certification but also in day-to-day building operations.

As an energy consultant and provider of energy labeling, Energihuset constantly faces the need to combine quality with efficiency. Legislation requires commercial buildings with a heated floor area of more than 1,000 m² to have a valid energy label, and for large players such as Coop Nord, this involves a considerable amount of work. With 59 buildings and several shopping centres, data quality and structured processes are crucial.

For Energihuset, the challenge is to scale certification work efficiently:
→ repeated site visits and long travels consume senior consultant time;
→ to receive the complex building documentation;
→ high-quality delivery has to be maintained across an expanding portfolio.

Digital surveys built on a shared, visual twin

Energihuset partnered with Coop Nord using Autility as a shared digital environment for energy labeling. Instead of relying on physical inspections and post-visit documentation work, Energihuset and Coop Nord worked inside the same Autility workspace.

“The collaboration with Coop Nord has been excellent. When we work in Autility’s software – the same intuitive system and view the same data in real time, communication becomes both simpler and more precise. That’s exactly what makes the process so smooth and efficient.”
‍‍Fredrik Liebak Rasmussen, Managing Director and Engineer, Energihuset

A streamlined digital inspection workflow

→ Structured on-site data capture
Coop Nord’s internal team collected building data using Energihuset’s predefined checklists.

→ Digital inspection instead of physical revisits
With 90–95% of required information available from day one, Energihuset conducted inspections directly inside the Coop Nord’s environment in Autility’s software – without traveling to each site.

→ Fast clarification, not rediscovery
Missing details (e.g. heating cables) were resolved through short, efficient conversations instead of repeat visits.

→ Energy certificate issued – with evidence preserved
The certificate was generated based on verified, traceable data that remains available for future use.

Measurable Efficiency Without Compromising Quality

→ Significantly fewer site visits
Labels are completed digitally, reducing travel and scheduling friction.

→ Faster time to certificate
High data availability upfront eliminated long post-visit documentation cycles.

→ Higher consultant efficiency
Senior engineers spent time validating and advising – not sorting photos and spreadsheets.

→ Audit-ready documentation
All evidence remains stored, structured, and traceable inside Autility after certification.

→ Lower delivery costs at scale
Digital inspections enabled competitive pricing without cutting corners.

“By using Autility, we combine high data quality with efficient execution – while maintaining close customer contact - simpler and more precise. That’s exactly what makes the process so smooth and effective.”‍
Fredrik Liebak Rasmussen, Managing Director and Engineer, Energihuset

For Energihuset and Coop Nord, the value didn’t end when the certificate was issued

Because the data lives on inside Autility:
→ Future re-certifications start from verified building knowledge;
→ Energy measures can be linked directly to real assets;
→ Operators gain a clearer operational picture of their buildings;
→ Documentation doesn’t disappear when people or vendors change.