About Us ...

Over a decade ago, a few visionaries with shared commitment to a future embodying the principles of Sustainable development founded Zeta 3 Gestión de Proyectos OY, S.L. Today, Z3 is one of the world’s leading international energy services companies specializing in consulting in sustainable construction and LEED Certification, carbon brokerage, on-site generation and investment management. We have provided services to more than 200 projects in 50 countries around the world, and we are now investing in clean energy projects throughout Latin America through the Clean Tech Fund, a private equity fund for which we are General Partners and Fund Manager.

z3’s personalized approach to understanding and meeting our client’s objectives, combined with extensive knowledge and expertise in clean energy and greenhouse gas emissions, sets the foundation for our success. From clean energy project development and carbon trading, to innovative project financing and engineering analysis. Z3 offers its clients a wide range of services.

Consulting

Z3’s consulting division, powered by a staff of multilingual and multicultural engineers, economists and finance specialists, is a leader devising cost-effective ways to implement clean and efficient energy solutions. Following is a description of Z3’s consulting services.

Carbon Management: Z3 has staff located in key markets throughout the world with the local knowledge and technical and financial expertise to help clients comply with emissions regulations maximize sales of carbon emissions reductions and ensure success managing carbon emissions risk.

Sustainable Design: Z3’s engineering team is a leading provider of Sustainable design support services. Its recommendations have saved millions of euros in operating costs and construction costs for buildings that achieve high level of environmental sustainability.

Power Project Transaction Support: Z3 has extensive experience providing financial analysis, due diligence, tailoring of innovative financing mechanisms to specific projects, market assessments and support for developers working on clean energy projects in international markets.

Institutional Program Support: Z3 assists governments and international institutions in the design, and implementation of programs and financial products aimed at increasing the dissemination of clean energy technologies. Our experience includes design of loan guarantee programs, debt facilities and carbon emissions purchase facilities. Z3 has advised clients on programs resulting in more than €300 million in investment capital.

Carbon Brokerage.

Z3’s brokerage division is a leader in advising clients in the purchase and sales of carbon. Our carbon management personnel have real-time transactional and pricing information and relationships with key participants in the market. We have developed and advised clients on more than 50 emissions reductions projects in over 20 countries, totaling more than 20 million tons of CO2 equivalent.

On-Site Genaration

Z3 is a leader in providing on-site energy generation services to industrial and commercial customers in Mexico. Our services include: design, procurement, installation and operation and maintenance of backup power and peak shaving power supply systems. In addition, through our subsidiary in Mexico, we arrange financing for our customers in Mexico.

Invesment Management.

Z3 provides investment management services to institutional investors placing capital and Project developers seeking capital, to support the construction and operation of clean energy power projects. Z3 has substantial experience in providing screening, due diligence and deal structuring for such projects internationally.

Accomplishments.

- Z3 consultancy services on sustainability to METROVACESA, during design, construction and commissioning for ALVENTO Business Park, an office campus of more than 30.000 m2 for letting located in Madrid. It has achieved the LEED NCv2.0 SILVER international rating certification. It is the first building in the European Union and in Spain to win such an honour. LEED is the Green Building Council rating system that refers to “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”.

- Z3 acted as principal advisor to the Corporación Andina de Fomento in the development of a €45 million carbon purchase facility. The facility, known as the CAF-Netherlands Carbon Facility, is designed to fund carbon emissions mitigation projects in Latin America, and is managed by CAF’s Latin American Carbon Program.

- Z3 was awarded “Best CDM Project of 2004” at the Carbon Market Insight event in Amsterdam, in recognition of its development of the first methodology analyzed by the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board. The methodology has been used by more than 30 sugar mills worldwide.

- As one of the first consulting firms operating in the GHG emissions business, Z3 was chosen by the World Bank to provide design recommendations for the Prototype Carbon Fund, the world’s first market-based funding mechanism dedicated to addressing climate change. The PCF was first capitalized at $145 million and has since expanded considerably, and has spawned several other carbon funds managed by the World Bank’s Carbon Finance group.