{"id":23163,"date":"2023-11-10T01:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nemetschek-group-invests-in-preoptima-a-carbon-hub-for-the-built-environment\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:01:43","slug":"nemetschek-group-invests-in-preoptima-a-carbon-hub-for-the-built-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nemetschek-group-invests-in-preoptima-a-carbon-hub-for-the-built-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nemetschek Group Invests in Preoptima, a Carbon Hub for the Built Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Preoptima has developed a world-first carbon hub for the built environment, powered by AI and generative design, covering the entire building lifecycle \u2013 from concept to refurbishment and demolition. Nemetschek Group announced its investment in the startup on March 2, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preoptima\u2019s funding will be used to launch their WholeLifeCarbon API, providing uniquely accurate carbon calculations seamlessly integrated with existing workflows and toolsets. This will extend the current products, which use generative design and Artificial Intelligence to optimize carbon emissions from the earliest design onwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorldwide, more than half of all people live in cities. At the same time, buildings are now responsible for 37% of global CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions. As urbanization continues, this trend will intensify. The construction industry must act and decarbonize its value chain\u201d, states L\u00e1szl\u00f3 V\u00e9rtesi<\/strong>, Head of Industry Solutions Planning & Design Division at the Nemetschek Group. \u201cPreoptima provides real value to our core market, the building design community, by enabling a precise assessment of full carbon impact of projects in the early design phase\u201d, he adds.<\/p>\n

A rising star<\/h2>\n

Since its launch in the second half of 2022, Preoptima has quickly achieved national and international visibility. Preoptima is an Innovative Startup Member of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and has been featured in the UKGBC\u2019s Solutions Library. Preoptima is also one of Tech Nation\u2019s Rising Stars 5.0 City Winners.<\/p>\n

With pilot projects worldwide, Preoptima aims to accelerate its global growth to avoid carbon emissions through the building lifecycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreoptima\u2019s mission is to radically reduce CO2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions from the built environment, which is one of the most impactful levers for reducing emissions globally. By using generative artificial intelligence at the intersection of architecture and engineering, our solutions offer a new approach to tackling the issue of decarbonizing a whole industry,\u201d said Aileen Ryan<\/strong>, co-founder and CEO of Preoptima.\u201d<\/p>\n