Ameresco Acquires Plug Smart

Plug Smart was formed in 2008 and has been providing smart building solutions through a customer-focused approach for the government, university, school, healthcare and commercial markets with a strong regional presence in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Florida.

Through a customer-focused approach, Plug Smart has specialized in creating budget neutral funding opportunities for customers along with providing them with insights into pricing and ROI before, during and after project implementation. Plug Smart’s proven experience in building controls and smart building solutions compliments Ameresco’s approach to customizing energy solutions to best-fit our customer’s needs.

“Mergers and acquisitions continue to be an important component to our growth strategy, and we are thrilled to welcome Plug Smart into the Ameresco family. With the addition of the Plug Smart team’s capabilities, we will be better equipped to implement cutting-edge smart building technologies,” said George Sakellaris, President and CEO, Ameresco. “We are excited to collaborate and continue to expand our market share with the addition of this proven team with deep technical expertise.”

“We founded and built Plug Smart to serve customers with an unbiased approach towards energy efficiency and open architecture building automation and controls solutions,” said Rich Housh, founder and former CEO, Plug Smart. “Ameresco shares our passion for customer service while providing greater depth and breadth of complementary expertise that we can now offer our customers.” Mr. Housh will continue as a consultant with Ameresco after the transaction.