About Preoptima
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The industry challenge
We don't have much time...
The embodied carbon of new buildings required to support population increase and greater urbanisation will use a staggering 80% of the global carbon budget left to meet the Paris Agreement by 2050. Without addressing this it is impossible to meet global targets! Unsurprisingly, regulations for embodied carbon are coming fast.
Existing decision tools cannot account for this: decisions are made too late to have any material impact, and as a result, at the end of the design phase carbon reductions of only 3-5% are typically achieved.
The preoptima solution
We are here to make impact that actually moves the needle in fighting the climate crisis 🌍
Our PreoptimaBUILDING product is the first of a SaaS product suite addressing the embodied as well as operational carbon impact of construction in a single solution. PreoptimaBUILDING is focussed on the pre-design and WLC stages of new buildings, providing optimised low embodied and operational carbon designs with carbon reductions of up to 40% - unlike current late-stage tools which yield reductions of only 3-5%.
PreoptimaBUILDING serves as a trusty Carbon Hub that can be used in every stage of the building lifecycle, ensuring that any decisions made are well-informed and aligned with a Paris Agreement scenario. There is no other product on the market which provides this ability to track embodied and operational carbon through the entire building lifecycle.
Generative design
PreoptimaBUILDING uses AI and generative design to analyse hundreds of thousands of building design iterations aligned with specified design inputs and returns a range of optimised low-carbon design options.
Our optimised designs ensure that a sustainable foundation is set for further design and reduces the chances of unnecessary resource expenditure and planning permission troubles later down the line.
Live editing + design exports
During the detailed design phase, PreoptimaBUILDING interfaces seamlessly with CAD and design tools, allowing the whole design team to understand the live carbon performance of detailed design choices in real-time, providing an accurate “as designed” carbon figure for planning purposes.
Construction & materials tracking
When a building is being constructed, PreoptimaBUILDING enables the contractor to track actual quantities of materials ordered, providing an accurate “as built” carbon figure for the purposes of SBTs, tracking scope 3 emissions, and calculating carbon offsets.
Building use and end-of-life
During the lifetime of the building, PreoptimaBUILDING can be used to track critical building retrofits, ensuring that any proposed changes take both embodied and operational carbon into account. And at the end-of-life, PreoptimaBUILDING ensures that the embodied carbon cost of demolition is correctly factored into decision-making.
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