About us

We add sustainable value to buildings for their residents and owners. To achieve this, we manage data and processes that make the building climate-friendly, safe and comfortable.

Benefits for owners and residents

Our data-based products and services make individual energy consumption transparent to residents so they can save energy, costs and CO2. This in turn makes it easier for the owner to increase energy efficiency and therefore the value of the property. So residents and owners together actively contribute to climate protection. In average every household saves 20 % of its annual heat consumption and costs. Every year some four million tonnes of CO2 emissions are avoided by our customers and their tenants in Germany alone.

Technology wins

Our product and service world is digital-based. Our device infrastructure makes smooth data-based building data management possible, doing away with traditional on-site reading of energy meters in particular. This increases convenience for residents and owners as it dispenses with meter-reading appointments and waiting times and reduces data and process management times.

Our digital infrastructure can also be used for other applications, such as digital smoke alarm devices which can be remotely serviced, therefore increasing residents' safety.

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    One step ahead

    Today, we are already making our product and service world fit for the Internet of Things. In the near future, billions of smart devices will communicate directly with each other. As a driver of innovation in our industry, we are therefore systemically gearing our building infrastructure to be IoT-capable. So we are already in a position today to develop solutions and use cases with our customers for the intelligent building of tomorrow.

    ONE ista

    'We', that is the over 5,800 ista employees in 22 countries. We are all united by the desire to become THE partner for digitisation and smart solutions for building owners and their residents. We want to go down this path to the future together with the worldwide 450,000 owners and 13 million residents, in whose buildings and apartments our products and services are used today.

    Facts & Figures

    • 5500
      employees
    • 0
      countries
    • 0 Mio. t CO2
      avoided emissions in Germany
    • 25999999
      connected devices
    • 59999925
      devices
    • 12999950
      dwellings

    'We want to become
    THE partner for digitisation and
    smart solutions in buildings.'

    ista Management

    Management

    Oliver Sporrer

    Managing Director

    Oliver Sporrer, has been the Country Manager for ista Middle East since November 2016. He has wide-ranging experience in the metering and submetering industry in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, having held several management positions: e.g. Director of Operations at ista UK and Branch Manager of Munich at ista Germany. Before starting his career, Oliver Sporrer received his master’s degree In Information Systems at the University of Bamberg.

    Sreenivasa Reddy

    Technical Director

    Sreenivasa Reddy, joined ista ME in 2009, having held several management positions since then. He is a certified Energy Management Professional with a bachelor in Electrical Engineering and a Master in Business Administration. In a career spanning more than 20 years, he gained valuable experience in various fields, including Smart Metering and Energy Management Services. He managed several projects which involved Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) including after sales services in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

    Ameya Hate

    Sales Director

    Ameya Hate, has been with ista ME since 2010 and is heading the sales department since end of 2016. He has over 12 years of valuable experience in technical sales of HVAC and sub-metering solutions in the UAE. He is one of the technical authors in “EmiratesGBC Technical Guidelines for Retrofitting Existing Buildings”. Ameya is a Mechanical Engineer, with MBA degree, a LEED Green Associate and a Certified Professional in Owners’ Association Management.

    Olla Abou Assali

    Operations Director

    Olla Abou Assali, joined ista Middle East in March 2024. Olla is an accomplished professional with a wealth of experience spanning over 20 years. She worked with DUTCO Group, a leading national company for more than 8 years before joining Johnson Controls, where she spent 12 years, most recently as the Regional Sales Operations Manager. She holds a bachelor's degree in management information systems from the engineering faculty.

    Arsalan Abbas

    Finance Director

    Arsalan Abbas, has been with ista ME since 2015 and is heading the finance department since 2020. He started his career with EY and has over 12 years of valuable experience in the fields of Audit and Assurance Services, Business Risk Services, Tax, Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting. Arsalan Abbas is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, with a master’s degree in Professional Accountancy from the University of London.

    Our Shared Values

    Values represent the very foundation of a company. They express the culture, spirit and way a company runs its business – towards customers, stakeholders, but also towards its employees. The more committed a company is to its values, the stronger its business will perform. Correspondingly our five Shared Values are of great importance at ista.