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Introduction

UrbanMetrix leverages environmental data to create value across multiple levels of the design and construction process.

Reducing:

  • Design Worktime: Save the design team time by collecting geo- and meteo-data, cross-referencing datasets, and extracting key insights. UrbanMetrix simplifies matching legal and project constraints with environmental data, eliminating the need to build complex digital workflows from scratch. It reduces the time spent developing multiple project versions and validating them through external simulation tools or engineering consultations, avoiding lengthy iterations to improve results.

  • Construction Costs: Enhance building efficiency to lower costs. Achieve the same energy output with fewer PV panels, maintain high-quality views and daylight with optimized glazed surfaces, and reduce the required size of heating, cooling, and energy storage appliances.

  • Operational Costs: Lower costs through a higher active energy supply from PV and thermal panels. Simultaneously, reduce energy demand via smart passive Solar Heat Gains derived from the optimized positioning and orientation of the building, facades, glazed surfaces, and shading systems.

  • CO2 Emissions,Reduce both operational and embodied carbon footprints through the efficient exploitation of renewables—for example, by placing PV panels in the most productive positions and orientations.

Increasing:

  • Health of Living Spaces: Improve the quality of life through well-managed views, daylight, silence, and air quality.

  • Building Sustainability: Increase environmental performance through the before mentioned efficiencies and the integration of renewables.

  • Property Value: Increase market value by ensuring optimal exposure to daylight, views, and acoustic comfort.

  • Communication & Trust: Support project presentation with strong visual means that explain smart concepts clearly. This creates trust with stakeholders, supports the acquisition of new customers, and strengthens participation in design competitions

The articles in this section provide guidance and practical examples on how to use UrbanMetrix to generate these results and maximize value.