The Company
EcoWise was founded in 2016 in London, United Kingdom for the delivery of close to market digital services developed by Ekodenge (ekodenge.com). EcoWise builds upon 24 years of experience in consultancy, research and engineering services, shaped around the vision of environmental sustainability, circularity and related EU policy.
Ecowise’s ambition is to improve sustainability in urban ecosystems by continuing to develop smart analytics and cloud-based software solutions. The company’s expertise covers building energy management, environmental impact accounting, construction and demolition, urban metabolism, life cycle analysis, and circularity assessment. EcoWise has a wide cooperation network, serving customers such as framework organisations, public & governmental bodies and private enterprises.
Vision & Values
We seek solutions and strategies that minimize the urban and industrial footprint with holistic life cycle thinking. EcoWise takes advantage of information technologies in order to deliver convenient, innovative, cost-effective and applicable digital solutions for circularity and sustainability.
Our Team
Emre Yontem
Emre is a senior expert in energy and environment focused data analytics, modelling, digital twin architectures and decision support services. He holds a master’s degree in Information Technologies and has been working as a technical expert and coordinator in international research and consultancy projects in both Turkey and the UK for a number of years.
Deniz Onar
Deniz Onar is the Chief Business Development Officer at EcoWise Ltd, responsible for developing strategies to enter new markets, enhance competitive positioning, and boost market share. She has over 30 years of experience in business development and go-to-market strategy development, of which 15 at C-executive level, including as he Commercial Segment GTM Leader and CMO at General System, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances at Experian, GTM lead for AWS, and Director for Enterprise services at Microsoft.
Dr. Rembrandt Koppelaar
Rembrandt is a senior expert in Circular Economy, Economics, Modelling, environmental material/product assessment, and techno-economic analysis. He holds a PhD degree from Imperial College London’s Centre for Environmental Policy and is experienced in leading work packages in large EU projects. He also has published two books and several articles about the future of energy, materials, society, technology, and the circular economy.
Agnese Riccetti
Agnese Riccetti holds a MSc in Architecture Engineering. From 2008 she has been working on research projects in the built environment or architecture design services, mainly in bid writing and coordination and management of projects. She has senior experience in project management of CR&D projects funded by the H2020 Programme and UK innovation funds.
Öner Demirkol
Oner Demirkol is a senior Software developer with 25 years of experience on digital certificate and cryptographic applications for large scale applications. He was also a lead developer on the Turkish stock exchange financial trading system for secure management of real-time data flows.
Roberta Nicastri
Roberta Nicastri is a Circular Economy Senior Innovation Project Lead at EcoWise Ltd with expertise in sustainability and environmental impact. Previously a Senior Consultant at Deloitte and Divisional Sustainability Advisor at Kingspan, she holds an MSc in Management and Corporate Sustainability from Cranfield School of Management and has furthered her knowledge with MIT’s Life Cycle Assessment program.
Seda Yontem
Seda is the Lead Architect at Ecowise and is an expert on sustainable building design. Seda has more than 18 years of professional experience in applied architecture and project management focusing on energy-efficient and environmentally friendly buildings and cities and on research and innovation projects funded by EU, UNDP and WB in EU, China, Vietnam and Azerbaijan. She is also the founder and manager of Ekodenge’s architecture group in Turkey.