Higher education institution in Northern California

Zero Envy used IESVE to achieve 46% less Time Dependant Valuation (TDV) energy than Title 24, equating to $400,000 cost savings per year for this 95,000 sf new construction project. The project was also awarded $150,000 utility incentive which is the maximum available via the statewide incentive program for energy efficiency ‘Savings by Design’. This incentive helped to cover modeling and other design costs.

Using IESVE, the Zero Envy team modeled and advised on the implementation of the following energy efficiency measures:

Unique 4-pipe VAV terminal units: Adds a chilled water coil to terminal unit with a changeover valve & piping arrangement. This allows the AHU supply air temperature (SAT) to “float” in a wider range without jeopardizing zonal temperature and significantly reducing wasteful sub-cooling and reheat energy.
 
VAV lab exhaust was applied to all laboratory zones, regardless of minimum air change requirements. This allows zones to use reduced minimum airflow rates during the majority of hours as it can increase as needed based on increased ventilation demand (e.g. fume hood sashes being raised) or heating/ cooling demand.
This project is also pursuing LEED certification, and is on track to achieve a Gold rating.

Medical Research Facility in Southern California:

Using IESVE, the Zero Envy team were able to achieve 38% less Time Dependant Valuation (TDV) energy than Title 24, equating to $170,000 cost savings per year for this 60,000 sf existing building. The project was also awarded $500,000 utility incentive which is the maximum available for exceptional projects via the statewide incentive program for energy efficiency ‘Savings by Design’. This incentive helped to cover modeling and other design costs.

Using IESVE, the Zero Envy team modeled and advised on the implementation of the following energy efficiency measures:

VAV lab exhaust (very similar to higher education institution project, except that it utilized the centralized DCV system as described below)
 
Centralized DCV system - This system provides a centralized air quality monitoring station and pneumatic tubing that extracts air from each individual room, tests it for various contaminants, and can raise alarms and controls the building automation system (BAS). The BAS uses concentrations to increase airflow rates to zones that need it - either from CO2 rise from occupants or more harmful contaminants.

“California’s prescribed software and simulation engine does not accommodate the modeling of many features used in advanced building designs, including the major efficiency measures used in both of these case study projects. For this reason, our team chose to use the VE for its ability to handle custom systems and detailed tuning of HVAC sequences. In general, the VE allows us to model and inform most buildings and systems without constraint.”
Greg Collins Principal Engineer, Zero Envy

“Design innovations are becoming increasingly more challenging to model and quantify benefits for our clients. Utilizing VE helped quantify the performance benefits that our clients received from these novel designs.”
Nathan Ho Associate Principal, P2S Engineering*

* Zero Envy worked in partnership with P2S Engineering, the design engineer for both projects



Zero Envy - Title 24 Energy Code Compliance

Over the last 30+ years, IES has built a solid reputation as the leading global innovator in integrated performance-based analysis for the built environment.

The IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) is a powerful, in-depth suite of building performance analysis tools. It enables the design and operation of low/zero carbon, healthy and comfortable buildings. Whether working on a new build or renovation project, IESVE allows designers to test different options, identify best passive solutions, compare low-carbon & renewable technologies, and draw conclusions on energy use, CO2 emissions, occupant comfort, and much more.
There are various applications in the suite; each designed to provide sustainable analysis at levels suitable for different design team members and design stages. All utilize our Apache dynamic thermal simulation engine, and an integrated central data model. 

Building Energy Modeling (BEM) with the IES Virtual Environment software is the perfect industry design tool for electrification and decarbonization of the built environment. Various design strategies are available with decarbonization as an end goal, such as: passive design, energy conservation, energy efficiency, electrification, incorporating renewable energy technology, or energy storage.

From optimizing room and zone loads to detailed HVAC system and equipment sizing, IESVE HVAC software offers the most practical, efficient, and accurate tools available. IESVE can quickly and easily undertake CIBSE & ASHRAE heating and cooling loads calculations, with efficient inputs for 3D geometry, envelope, internal gains, external design conditions and location. Minimum ventilation requirements can be included, or local code minimum ventilation can be utilized. Reports can be generated in either spreadsheet or PDF format, and can be shared to help gain insights from in-depth results analysis, or iterate on building design. These calculations transition seamlessly into detailed HVAC system sizing and optimization.

IESVE can also be utilized for quick and easy CFD airflow simulation. An existing IESVE model can be used for early stage CFD simulations, without needing to import further data or export into other tools. MicroFlo-CFD performs ‘snapshot’ CFD simulation by importing boundary conditions from APACHE’s dynamic simulation, or allows manual boundary conditions to be added. Ventilation from passive sources (e.g. operable windows) or mechanical devices (e.g. diffusers) can be included in these simulations. MicroFlo-CFD can be utilized for a range of CFD use cases, such as: passive natural ventilation design, passive atrium design, data center design, hospital operating room design, HVAC design for occupant thermal comfort, external wind studies, or normal use ventilation of car parks.

There is also the option within IESVE to utilize Parametric Simulation. This feature empowers users to compare a large range of design possibilities, be it for a single-variant design study or a multi-parameter whole-building design perspective. The Parametric Simulation feature has access to a large number of model variables and is integrated into the full range of APACHE’s links (Solar, Daylight, Airflow, Loads/Sizing and HVAC Systems). Over a thousand permutations are possible with one model. 

With the IESVE software, you can undertake daylighting for LEED and BREEAM, electric lighting design, glare prediction, daylight harvesting, daylight autonomy, user-specified visualizations. IESVE can ensure good natural daylight and visual comfort, reduce lighting gains, and test how your lighting designs will look and perform. Daylight, sunlight and overshadowing analysis can be carried out, with results generated for climate-based daylight modeling and daylight autonomy. For lighting design, daylight harvesting and dimming control assessments can also be undertaken. All of this combined can help you meet the requirements of local codes and best practice guides. 

Complex solar shading calculations can also be undertaken within IESVE, to determine how solar rays pass through both external and internal openings.  The path of the sun is tracked across rooms and atriums into internal space allowing the exact location and impact of solar gain to be understood. Internal and external solar shading devices can be tested, along with assessing the shading or right to light impact of surrounding buildings and terrain. Any solar shading calculations can then inform Loads Calculations and Energy Simulations. 

IES also offers unrivalled interoperability with other CAD design and analysis tools. The smooth and robust two-way information exchange between IESVE and BIM platforms speeds up the design process and facilitates digital design. 

Virtual Environment (IESVE)

The McDonalds’s restaurant in Orlando, Florida combines modern architecture with technology to create enough renewable energy on-site to cover its energy needs on a net annual basis. Its aim is ultimate efficiency in energy usage and performance.

To help the popular restaurant group achieve this, WSP used IESVE to conduct detailed and extensive energy analysis to help inform the design and ensure it was on track for net-zero targets. This was particularly challenging due to the high Energy Use Intensity (EUI) level that you would expect from this building type. Most projects pursuing net-zero have lower EUI and for the most part improving the efficiency of the building envelope is enough to reach net-zero. However, for this project the team had to think outside the box and go above and beyond usual strategies.

IESVE was instrumental to this as it allowed WSP to model complicated scenarios and carry out really extensive analysis, including natural ventilation, detailed modelling of the kitchen equipment, including the different controls, and setting up the advanced VRF system that serves the space. 

The IESVE facilitated an integrative design process where the WSP team worked closely with the Architect and were able to quickly edit the model geometry in line with changes to the design and get results to make informed decisions throughout. Getting accurate results was particularly important to this project as they had to size the PV panels based on the results from the energy analysis, and they found IESVE very reliable for this. 

Another challenge for the team, was investigating Passive strategies. Orlando has a very hot climate, so the team had to explore possibilities to reduce solar gains in the project. IESVE was used to analyse shading strategies, different geometries and different facades to measure and control solar gains. 

Other passive strategies such as natural ventilation was tested in MacroFlo. The WSP team found it useful to have a simple version of CFD to measure how natural ventilation and different openings were helping and how to reduce cooling consumption in the building. The hot climate meant that cooling was definitely one of the big end uses for the project. From the beginning the Architect wanted to use natural ventilation where possible, so WSP ran analysis to see how many openings were needed and where, which was all made possible using MacroFlo.

It was decided to use a Hybrid HVAC system which is a combination of VRF and natural ventilation. The team were impressed with the ability to model this complex system in IESVE, noting that no other tool could detail a system like this and switch between natural ventilation and mechanical air conditioning.

Modeling the kitchen equipment loads was challenging for the team. As previously mentioned, the energy-use for the project is very high, with the kitchen equipment accounting for almost half of the total energy. Another goal of the project was electrification, so all the kitchen equipment is electric including the grills and fryers which use a lot of energy. The building will serve thousands of meals a day and Disney World is a crowded place all year.

For calculating the kitchen equipment, WSP sub-metered another McDonald’s restaurant project to figure out the schedule of each piece of equipment and they then created a schedule for them in the IESVE. This was useful as they discovered that grills and fryers were not running all day even though it is a 24/7 restaurant. Using actual real-time data and translating it to include better scheduling in IESVE for each piece of equipment enabled the team to lower the energy result at the end of the project and also understand better which equipment is using the most energy. 

With the high volume of meals being served, even the heat gain from the food has an impact on the space. WSP included the food as a load in the VE so they were capturing that for the cooling consumption in addition to the usual occupancy and other sensible latent loads for the space. Fans were also incorporated to accelerate natural ventilation.

The final result was one of the first net-zero projects that has had this level of energy intensity. The 8,024 square-foot restaurant features an expansive, v-shaped solar-paneled roof and photovoltaic glass panels integrated throughout the building. Green, plant-covered walls absorb CO2, promoting biodiversity and retaining water. Louvers open and close automatically ‘inhaling” cool air in and “exhaling” warm air out. Solar parking lot lights help offset more than 9,000 kWh per year.

To solidify the restaurant’s Net Zero Energy status, the project is pursuing the International Living Future Institute’s Zero Energy Certification. Data and learnings from the restaurant will also inform McDonald’s global sustainability efforts, including progressing toward the company’s science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 36% in restaurants and offices by 2030 compared to a 2015 base year.

This global flagship restaurant will now serve as a learning hub for McDonald’s to test solutions for reducing energy and water use, a testament to the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable innovation.

“This was a very exciting project with aggressive net-zero targets and a real passion to meet these goals. The design process was truly integrative and holistic and required a software that enabled this. We believe IESVE is the only software available to truly enable this. For this project, the analysis was so in-depth and extensive that we used all the energy applications – ApacheSim, ApacheHVAC, MacroFlo, and Suncast. A great benefit was the ability to model the openings and how they open up in great detail in IESVE. Being able to set up the actual control profiles and tie that to the actual sequence of operation for the project is crucial when it comes to natural ventilation, as most of the time software will use default controls that wouldn’t be used in reality. In IES we were able to match that precisely to the sequence of operation in reality or an accurate measurement.”

Mohammad H. Abbasi  
WELL Faculty & AP, CPHC, RESET, LEED AP, Assoc.AIA
Building Performance Consultant 

McDonalds Restaurant Orlando - Net-Zero Energy Building Design

Using architectural drawings to create a 3D model of the building, VE Solutions were able to use the IES VE to consider how heat conduction from people, lighting, the sun and through the building itself would affect comfort levels.

When it came to right-sizing the HVAC equipment, many different parameters affecting performance and comfort levels were considered. The resulting 3D model meant VE Solutions could really visualise the space and analyse specific areas of concern in more detail, in a way not possible with just a spreadsheet full of data.

As well as reducing the cost of the HVAC equipment, the integrated nature of the VE modules and their ability to handle heavy load calculations and hourly data, meant that VE Solutions could more accurately size equipment to optimise performance by room.

As well as providing ample cooling on a hot day, right-sized fan coil units de-humidify more effectively on a humid day. That was very important to the Four Seasons because New York gets very humid in the summer and oversized equipment won’t take out the moisture.

“The VE has taken our ability to value engineer HVAC systems to a new level. The sophisticated way the ApacheSim, ApacheHVAC and SunCast modules integrate together enabled us to gain a better understanding of the building loads, which helped us reduce HVAC costs while actually improving the comfort of the building. We were able to reduce the amount of equipment, ductwork and piping required, significantly reducing costs and contributing to the client’s goal to start construction this year.”

Eugene Siterman, Managing Director, VE Solutions Group

Four Seasons Hotel - HVAC Analysis

Boca Raton Regional Hospital is currently undergoing an extensive retrofit which includes the new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower as its centrepiece, due to be completed in 2025. The seven-story facility will include retail, dining and meeting space, as well as a sanctuary, and outdoor courtyards. Beyond the tower, other enhancements to the hospital campus include the conversion of all existing patient rooms to private, as well as comprehensive renovations to all units including maternity, oncology and orthopaedics.

The IESVE is officially approved by the Florida Building Commission as a code compliance software tool and utilizes the ASHRAE 90.1-2016 Appendix G Performance Rating Method compliance procedure as a method in the 2020 Florida Energy Code. Using the IES Navigator technology within IESVE, TLC was able to quickly and easily step through the process of creating the proposed building model with numerous Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) options such as series counterflow chillers, bespoke shading elements customized by façade, dehumidification air handling units, and complex controls strategies to name a few. The Navigator also allowed them to auto-generate the baseline/budget building model, and auto-generate all the required reports.

IESVE was also used to quickly and accurately generate all of the loads for the project, taking into account ASHRAE Standard 170, 62.1, and calculating heating/ cooling loads. The TLC team also modelled each of the various shading elements to reduce the solar load to near zero on the exterior patient rooms as illustrated below.

By implementing the suggested Energy Conservation Measures the hospital would achieve 40.22% energy savings.

“The team used IESVE to quickly provide quantitative analysis on the exterior and MEP systems of the building. The speed at which we could make model adjustments and rerun to get results, allowed us to study each iteration of ECM fully and completely to optimize which ones would provide the owner the most value to implement.”
Anthony Scaccia, Associate, TLC Engineering Solutions

Boca Raton Hospital - 2020 Florida Building Energy Code

Arcadis

Arcadis utilized One Click LCA in a major mobility project in the UK's southwest region to drive sustainability and reduce whole-life carbon emissions. Tasked with improving a motorway junction while meeting climate change requirements, Arcadis implemented a whole-life carbon approach from the project's outset. By integrating One Click LCA alongside 3D BIM modeling and the National Highways’ Carbon Tool, the team was able to conduct early-stage carbon assessments, optimize material selection, and ensure measurable sustainability outcomes.

One Click LCA provided access to a vast, continuously updated environmental product declarations (EPD) database, enabling Arcadis to make data-driven decisions that prioritized lower-carbon materials. The software’s intuitive interface and flexible scenario analysis allowed the team to compare design options in real time, track carbon reduction progress, and seamlessly integrate sustainability considerations into their workflow. Additionally, One Click LCA’s compatibility with Autodesk Revit streamlined data transfer, reducing errors and enhancing efficiency.

As a result, the project is expected to achieve a 30% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the baseline, avoiding approximately 26,700 metric tons of CO2e. This initiative demonstrates Arcadis’ commitment to sustainable infrastructure solutions, benefiting not only the client but also the wider community and environment through lower emissions, cost savings, and improved regional resilience.

Arcadis Achieves 30% Carbon Reduction in Infrastructure Project Using One Click LCA

One Click LCA is the world-leading end-to-end sustainability platform for construction and manufacturing. The software platform decarbonizes and drives sustainability across the construction value chain with scientific, easy-to-use, automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPDs) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects and products. The platform also allows assessment of circularity, life-cycle cost, and biodiversity. One Click LCA is used in 170+ countries, including by blue-chip enterprises like Skanska, WSP, Foster+Partners, Kingspan, Turner, ArcelorMittal, Arcadis, ARUP, Geberit, and Saint-Gobain, among others. It offers a unique global database with +250,000 LCA datasets; supports +80 standards and certifications, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB and other national regulations; and seamlessly integrates with +20 of the most widely used BIM software tools, including Autodesk Revit®, Tekla Structures® and Bentley iTwin®. One Click LCA was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2001, with a team of +200 people on all continents. Learn more at: www.oneclicklca.com 

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Think what's possible
The sky’s the limit with exceptional design and teams that outperform expectations.

Imagine:

Greater sustainability from the inside out.
Inspiring workplaces people want to return to.
Learning environments that attract world class students.
Health centers designed to make care and lives better.
Research centers that speed innovation from lab to life.
Now you’re thinking...Let’s get to work.

At Page, we’ve always believed that design has the power to transform the world around us. With more than 125 years of history, our commitment to sustainability, social responsibility, and innovation is stronger than ever. From reducing carbon emissions to fostering inclusive communities, Page is committed to creating designs that are not only sustainable but transformational. We’re just getting started. Join us as we continue to Think What’s Possible—one project, one partnership, and one community at a time. 

Full-service design, architecture and engineering

We pair the art and science of possibility with how to make it happen. Expect powerfully imaginative and collaborative architecture, engineering and design that makes you ready for today and what comes next. From thought to finish, Page experts—of all disciplines—think outside the box, figure the best way forward, and deliver solutions to complex projects in new, inventive and amazing ways.

We’re a multidisciplinary design, architecture and engineering firm with 1,300+ talented staff and offices in the U.S. and abroad. Our work consists largely of complex projects that benefit from our integrated disciplines and that make a significant impact on the communities they serve.

Our people make the difference

We believe our people make Page different. We recruit and hire the best talent, and make space for our teams to celebrate their individuality, to bring bold, new ideas to our process, and create work that makes our lives better.

The Power of Design

We believe buildings are more important for what they do — for the positive impact they make on individual lives — than for what they are. In all that we design and do, we consider how to make people’s lives better.

History

In 1898, Charles Henry Page and his brother Louis Page formed Page Brother, Architects and focused on designing courthouses and public schools. Charles's son, Charles Henry Page Jr., joined the firm following Louis's death in 1934. A year later, Louis's son, Louis Charles Page Jr., partnered with his college roommate, Louis Southerland, to form the Austin-based firm Page and Southerland. Louis's brother, George Page, would join the firm in 1939 and the name changed to Page Southerland Page. The firm changed its name to just Page in 2013.

In 2022, Page bought the architectural and planning firm, EYP, merging the former Albany-based company's national offices and design portfolio. In 2023, Page acquired Davis Brody Bond, a former New York City-based architecture firm with notable projects including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the Portico Gallery at the Frick Collection, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

As of 2024, Page operated 21 offices in the US, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates.

Page

We’re a multidisciplinary design, architecture and engineering firm with 1,300+ talented staff and offices in the U.S. and abroad. Our work consists largely of complex projects that benefit from our integrated disciplines and that make a significant impact on the communities they serve.

Egnyte decreases the design schedule of a top design and engineering firm by six to seven months.

Challenges
Page needed to find a solution to work together more efficiently. With projects that can have an extensive employee team and up to a hundred external consultants located in multiple cities, Page had files spread across various systems and locations, making finding, sharing, and collaborating on files extremely challenging.

Solution
Now, Page’s plan is to take all the content (that is contractually permissible) off their file servers and move it to Egnyte. To date, they have entirely transitioned their Marketing content to the platform and are now focusing on Accounting, Human Resources, and IT. The goal is to get to the point when all new projects begin in Egnyte.

Results
Page was recently awarded a large healthcare project and their use of Egnyte resulted in significant improvements in file sharing, collaboration and data security.

Egnyte helped shorten the design schedule by 6-7 months, saving 3-4 hours per week through easier coordination.

Brian Walters, Project Manager at Page, stated, "If you had to add it up, Egnyte is one of the many factors that has saved us time on the project...how projects are set up in Egnyte is critical to that success."

Page Saves Time and Improves Security with Egnyte

EGNYTE CONTENT CLOUD
Unlock the full potential of your mission-critical content by simplifying collaboration, improving productivity with AI, and addressing information governance.


PLATFORM
The Egnyte Platform provides robust, secure, and compliant infrastructure that can be customized and scaled to match your business needs.

Faster Time to Value
Egnyte delivers immediate value with little or no customization but can tailor its offering to meet your business needs and integrate with your environment.

Trusted by IT Leaders
Thousand of IT leaders appreciate Egnyte’s ease of deployment combined with a secure and compliant architecture.

Loved by End-users
End-users love working with Egnyte because of its accessibility from wherever they work, without forcing them to alter established processes and behavior.


COLLABORATION
Collaborate on mission-critical content with distributed teams working from an office, from home, or on the go.

Collaborate Efficiently
Empower teams to work efficiently and confidently, accelerating project timelines while protecting valuable content.

Manage Complex Files
Efficiently collaborate on mission-critical content and empower teams that work with large, complex files (up to 250 GB) in the cloud.

Streamline Workflows
Enhance workflows, improve productivity, drive project momentum, and ensure secure interactions across teams and partners.


INTELLIGENCE
Drive productivity and innovation with private and secure AI grounded in your company's data. Get fast answers, surface insights, create summaries, and perform actions via a simple, intuitive interface built into users’ workflows.

Private
Egnyte’s AI respects your governance model and adheres to user-specific permissions, protecting your data with stringent privacy, compliance, and security standards.

Purposeful
Get accurate, relevant, and traceable answers from your data, with complete control over data sources and AI prompts.

Practical
Integrate AI seamlessly into existing workflows without moving data out of Egnyte, eliminating the need for new tools or special skills.


GOVERNANCE
Proactively Address Rapidly Evolving Cyberthreats and Manage Compliance Requirements

Defend Against Ransomware
Proactively manage the threat of ransomware; detect known ransomware artifacts; keep pace with rapidly-evolving ransomware variants; take immediate action when users experience attacks; and recover quickly from successful attacks using Snapshot Recovery.

Protect Sensitive Content
Identify and review sensitive content including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) data, and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI); take immediate corrective action to protect exposed data; strengthen your compliance with global data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CPRA; and continuously improve sensitive data protection.

Manage Regulatory Compliance
Comply with cybersecurity and data privacy standards, such as CMMC, ISO 27001, and the CPRA; detect data that’s subject to compliance and data privacy standards; keep pace with rapidly-evolving international privacy and cybersecurity standards; and benefit from Egnyte’s deep compliance experience.

Remediate Security Issues
Mitigate risk associated with common security vulnerabilities like publicly exposed document links and potential ransomware; automatically respond to suspicious Egnyte login attempts; and enable your team to focus on threats most likely to significantly impact your company.

Keep Data Confidential
Create virtual data rooms (VDRs) for secure collaboration with external entities; generate Document Rooms in support of M&A, asset sales, and investment fundraising initiatives; watermark previewed files to limit the risk of data breaches; gain real-time insights into users’ document access activity; and terminate external entities’ access when projects are completed, for peace of mind.

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Case Study: 5 Five-Story Mixed-Use Apartment & Commercial Buildings

Background
A developer had completed designs for five mixed-use buildings using traditional steel frame and concrete construction. With plans to build 65 more similar buildings over the next decade, the release of upcoming New Zealand decarbonisation legislation posed a serious risk to project viability. Compliance uncertainty threatened cost overruns, feasibility issues, and the overall deliverability of the remaining developments. To mitigate these risks, the developer turned to V-Quest to assess and optimize their design strategy.

Results
Within 48 hours of using V-Quest, the developer uncovered significant design optimisation opportunities:
✅ 3,750 tonnes of carbon emissions eliminated through smarter material selection.
✅ 1,000 tonnes of weight reduction, removing the need for expensive piling—saving $750,000.
✅ Structural efficiency gains enabled two additional floors, increasing project yield and profitability.

The outcome? Higher returns, cost savings, and a future-proofed portfolio against incoming legislation—Win, Win, Win.

How V-Quest Delivers Value
V-Quest integrates real-time, data-driven analytics into the design workflow, allowing architects and engineers to rapidly identify and implement optimisation opportunities. Unlike conventional design processes constrained by tight timelines, competitive tendering, and misconceptions about decarbonisation, V-Quest automates deep carbon, cost, and mass analysis without disrupting the workflow.

This enables fast, comparative analysis of materials and construction methods, ensuring every project is cost-efficient, regulation-ready, and environmentally responsible.

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V-Quest allows the user to embed carbon, cost, and mass analytics into their design process, within their own software. It allows the user to instantly platform alternative materials and building methodologies to compare the impacts their selections have on building performance metrics. These include cost, carbon emissions, building weights and waste. In addition to this V-Quest adopts AI learning to benchmark and analyse your project, so that your data improves future design efficiency. V-Quest also automates ESG and compliance reporting, saving 100's of hours annually.


Why Choose V-Quest?

+ USE YOUR OWN WORKFLOW
Live cost, carbon and mass data as your design. Don’t put up with broken workflow, tardy information or redisgn.

+ SAVES YOU TIME
No upload download, no level of detail barriers. Automate material quantification and get instant Carbon LCA compliance reporting.

+ PREMIUM DATA
Get access to the largest live cost and carbon data bases, linked to live sources and suppliers. No need to rely on aged cost and carbon data.  

+ COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Quickly get context, easily compare materials, methodologies and building performance within your workflow. Gain performance insights. 


Who is V-Quest for?

ARCHITECTS
Architects use V-Quest to manage carbon from design to compliance, seamlessly integrating analytics into their workflow, saving time.

ENGINEERS
With V-Quest, engineers can quickly compare structural methodologies early in design, gaining insights into carbon, cost, and building mass across design platforms.

DESIGN & BUILD CONTRACTORS
Future-proof your portfolio by scrutinizing every material and methodology, replicating carbon successes, and avoiding ad-hoc redesigns across projects.

V-Quest

Haseko Corporation has adopted "Tektome Storage," an advanced AI-driven architectural design platform developed by Tektome Inc., as an integrated database solution for its proprietary Building Information Modeling (BIM) system. By using Japanese language prompts, the "Haseko AI System" leverages Tektome’s sophisticated capabilities to transform previously unstructured architectural design information into a structured, easily accessible data environment.

This collaboration will significantly enhance efficiency in Haseko’s design workflows in three phases:

- First Phase (2024): This phase involves constructing the integrated Haseko-version BIM database, enabling designers to access accumulated data and search for similar cases, making the design process more streamlined and informed.

- Second Phase: In this phase, quality checks will be enhanced using design specification data, ensuring legal compliance, conformity to design standards, and performing clearance and interference checks between components. This will improve the accuracy and integrity of every design.

- Third Phase: The final phase will introduce automated design functions based on language instructions. These functions will cover layout planning, including the number of stories and units, as well as automate unit area and design elements.

Through these phases, "Tektome" will shift manual tasks to AI-driven processes, improving productivity by reducing the time required for data input and design verification. These innovations are expected to cut manual task time by 50%, allowing Haseko's team to focus more on creative, high-level design tasks, setting new industry standards for quality, speed, and efficiency.

Haseko's BIM x Tektome

Tektome Storage is an AI-powered data management platform tailored for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. It efficiently organizes and structures vast amounts of project data, making it easily accessible for design, compliance, and collaboration needs. By leveraging AI, Tektome Storage automates the transformation of unstructured information into actionable insights, supporting architectural design workflows, BIM integration, and collaborative cloud-based access. This solution empowers teams to streamline project data, reduce human error, and drive smarter decision-making across the AEC landscape.				

Tektome Storage

Embracing a circular economy isn't just about being environmentally conscious; it's about making a tangible impact on our carbon footprint. Urban Machine's recent project proves how keeping things local plays a pivotal role in sustainability.

We began with reclaimed wood sourced right here in the Bay Area, demonstrating our commitment to reducing transportation emissions. The wood, deconstructed by FERMA Corporation, was given a new lease on life when our innovative robot removed the metal fasteners, reclaiming it for reuse in American Canyon, CA.

ALL BAY MILL & LUMBER COMPANY, also in American Canyon, milled this reclaimed treasure into a canvas for creativity. Corral , located in Oakland, lent their design expertise to craft tables and bookshelves that tell a story of reclaimed history. JOINERY STRUCTURES, also in Oakland, then brought these designs to life with artisanal touches.

The beauty of this project lies not only in its craftsmanship but in its circularity. By keeping it all within the Bay Area, spanning just under 130 miles, we've significantly reduced our carbon footprint.

This wood, once destined for a landfill, will now grace a business right here in our community.

It's proof that the circular economy isn't just a concept but a powerful force for change that offers discarded materials a vibrant second life while minimizing our environmental impact.

Together, let's Salvage the Past to Build the Future, one project at a time.

Circularity for Furniture

We are on a mission to reclaim the millions of tons of wood waste from construction and demolition by reclaiming it into high volume, locally sourced, premium lumber products.

By using AI, The Machine removes staples and nails from reclaimed wood to turn it into premium lumber products. This lowers the carbon footprint and solves the problem of wood waste.

We reclaim & co-create locally sourced premium lumber products, creating a circular economy. In doing this, we preserve secular forests, reduce logistical costs, and allow for the health benefits of wood in our environments to be reaped.


Connecting Sustainability to Business Goals

Urban Machine uses AI to turn waste into lumber

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Discover how the Kusch Consulting engineering team streamlined their structural engineering projects, saving up to 20% in time using ClearCalcs.

Kusch Consulting is a structural engineering firm based in Australia that specialises in residential, commercial, and industrial projects. With a team of 32 engineers spread across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide, they handle a wide range of projects, from one-story residential homes to power station upgrades.

Richard Faulkner, Senior Structural Engineer at Kusch Consulting, first heard about ClearCalcs from another engineer who recommended it as an alternative to his existing software. Since then, Richard has introduced it to his team at Kusch Consulting, and over time, it has become an essential part of the team’s workflow. 

From quickly estimating beam sizes during initial project discussions to generating detailed reports during the design phase, ClearCalcs has made every step of the process easier and faster for Richard and his team.

A typical structural design project for an engineer like Richard begins with initial discussions with architects or clients to understand the project requirements. Richard often uses ClearCalcs early in this process for preliminary sizing and feasibility assessments. Once a project moves into the design phase, Richard uses ClearCalcs for detailed load analyses, calculations, and report generation.

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ClearCalcs is changing how the world is built with a platform that gives engineers and designers everything they need to streamline engineering design calculations. 

Built by engineers, and trusted by thousands, ClearCalcs’ comprehensive calculator library makes it easy to design to your local codes and standards. Our revolutionary drag and drop calculator builder and API enables anyone from a solo engineer to a product manufacturer to create, share, and automate everything from a single spreadsheet, all the way to a full engineering application.

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