Innovative Start-Up Members | UKGBC https://ukgbc.org/memberships/innovative-start-up/ The voice of our sustainable built environment Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:53:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-UKGBC-favicon-1.png Innovative Start-Up Members | UKGBC https://ukgbc.org/memberships/innovative-start-up/ 32 32 Bueno Analytics https://ukgbc.org/members/bueno-analytics/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:41:41 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/bueno-analytics/ Bueno empowers building owners and operators to reduce costs, boost energy efficiency, and drive sustainability through a powerful, easy-to-use building analytics platform.

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Problem Addressed

Many building operations are inefficient, leading to excessive energy use, high carbon emissions, and regulatory non-compliance.

Overview of start-up

Bueno Analytics provides an advanced building analytics platform designed to optimise energy management, detect and diagnose operational faults, and deliver building optimisation at scale. With a history of leadership in NABERS and expertise in NABERSUK, Bueno leverages near real-time data processing (every 5 minutes) to deliver actionable insights. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing building systems to enhance performance, reduce carbon emissions, and drive operational efficiency for a range of sectors, including retail, grocery, and commercial real estate.

what makes the start-up innovative?

Bueno Analytics is distinguished by its modular platform approach, encompassing Energy Management, Fault Detection & Diagnostics (FDD), and Building Optimisation. Delivering NABERS compliance and extending this expertise to NABERSUK sets them apart in understanding and meeting industry standards. The platform has near real-time data processing and predictive analytics – leveraging AI and machine learning.

 

how the start-up has been designed to scale up

Bueno Analytics is inherently scalable due to its cloud-based platform, which integrates seamlessly with existing building management systems (BMS). Their solution also features hardware-agnostic integration, portfolio-wide optimisation, and customisable rulesets.

 

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ViridiPath https://ukgbc.org/members/viridipath/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:41:41 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/viridipath/ A Carbon Tracking Software platform that helps you make informed decisions about your building project's environmental impact.

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Problem addressed

The built environment contributes 40% of global carbon emissions, 28% operational carbon and 11% embodied carbon. The ViridiPath carbon tracking software helps developers, consultants and contractors to track and view changes in Whole Life Carbon emissions throughout the project lifecycle.

overview of start-up

ViridiPath is a Software-as-a-Service platform that enables stakeholders to reduce carbon in their construction projects. It does this by analysing Whole Life Carbon assessment data and producing simple, intuitive reports to clearly understand their carbon emissions. The software tracks changes in carbon emissions, from project design to completion by offering a comprehensive view of a building portfolio’s sustainability and tracking performance, showing improvements in real time.

what makes the start-up innovative?

The platform uses Whole Life Carbon assessment data at a single point of measurement and produces continuous tracked carbon emissions over the whole project lifecycle. Whole Life Carbon assessment data is the most accurate way to measure carbon emissions. A better understanding of the carbon emissions over the project lifecycle enables more effective carbon reduction.

how the start-up has been designed to scale up

The platform is designed to make teamwork easy among project stakeholders and ensure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to hitting sustainability targets. It can be used to prove compliance with green building certifications and standards by simplifying the reporting process.

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CQuel https://ukgbc.org/members/cquel/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:56:38 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/cquel/ A digital tendering platform for net zero retrofits, connecting customers to the expertise they need at every stage of the journey.

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Problem Addressed

The process of decarbonising a property is deeply fragmented, opaque and laden with risk. CQuel provides a digital marketplace and tendering platform that makes decarbonising properties hassle-free.

Overview of Start-up

A digital tendering platform for net zero retrofits, they connect customers to the expertise they need at every stage of the journey. They simplify the procurement of skills and solutions, making it transparent, competitive and hassle-free. All bids submitted onto their tendering platform are standardised, it’s easy for customers to compare installers and understand their choices. AI is used to deliver rapid feedback that helps installers tailor their bid to the priorities of each customer, bringing greater transparency to both sides of the process.

What makes the start-up innovative?

CQuel offers customers clarity around costs and choice, whilst also making procurement pain-free. They get customers competitive quotes on what they need, without locking them into specific suppliers. The platform also offers customers the flexibility of focussing on ‘what’s next’ instead of end-to-end. This approach will result in more net zero projects being successfully implemented, as it reduces the friction and overwhelm that often stalls projects before they even begin.

 

how the start-up has been designed to scale up

The platform is able to procedurally generate bespoke tender flows for new skills and technologies within days. This allows CQuel to rapidly expand across categories so that customers use them to tender for whatever they need, without having to grow their team. They are currently exploring how the platform could handle larger portfolio volumes in the future, leveraging AI to automate more of the processes, and these functions will learn and improve with scale.

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Komunidad Global https://ukgbc.org/members/komunidad-global/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:56:38 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/komunidad-global/ Komunidad Global provides a holistic Climate Action Suite platform, that integrates Climate Risk Assessment, ESG & Sustainability Management, and Social Impact tools into a single, comprehensive solution.

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Problem Addressed

There is a critical need for organizations to effectively manage climate risks, implement sustainable practices, and drive social equity, all within a single, integrated platform. Komunidad Global provide data and analytics tools to help businesses and governments better understand and respond to environmental challenges, automate sustainability data management, and enhance disaster preparedness. Their solutions aim to improve decision-making and strategies for climate action and resilience across various sectors.

Overview of start-up

Komunidad Global provide a holistic approach to climate action. Their Climate Action Suite platform integrates Climate Risk Assessment, ESG & Sustainability Management, and Social Impact tools into a single, comprehensive solution. This allows businesses and communities to proactively address environmental challenges while fostering social impact.

what makes the start-up innovative

The modular flexibility ensures that users can tailor the platform to address diverse environmental challenges effectively. Coupled with user-friendly navigation, the platform enhances ease of adoption and usability, making it an accessible and powerful tool. Additionally, the solution is 20% cheaper than traditional solutions.

how the start-up has been designed to scale up?

The market for climate action solutions is set for significant growth, influenced by regulatory frameworks, shifting investor priorities, advancements in technology, and a focus on corporate responsibility, climate action is moving towards a more holistic approach. The platform is comprehensive and scalable and provides opportunities to monitor climate action with greater social impact.

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itours360 Limited https://ukgbc.org/members/itours360-limited/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:33:56 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/itours360-limited/ itours 360 provides a scanning and online meeting service to enable clients to reduce their carbon footprint by not having to travel to meetings or property viewings.

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Problem addressed

At present, it is the norm for people to travel to site meetings and to view properties in person. This involves considerable travel by numerous people, increasing the company’s ESG score. itours 360 provides an online meeting platform to prevent unnecessary travel to sites and properties, giving customers a digital record of the site progress or the property.

overview of start-up

itours 360 provides a scanning and online meeting service to enable their clients to reduce their carbon footprint by not having to travel to meetings or property viewings. The online site meetings solution is robust, uses the world’s leading 3D and video technology and is designed for low bandwidth networks connecting the project team to sites in 3D anywhere in the world.

what makes the start-up innovative?

The viewings platform has a very low bandwidth yet can cope with very data hungry digital scans. Capturing the site can be done using a mobile phone, 360 camera, Matterport or a Leica BLK, depending on the complexity of the site (spaces) being captured. This creates a 3D digital twin of the project site details.

how the start-up has been designed to scale up

The platform operates in the cloud and can be accessed by customers as long as they have a 4G connection. The product can be operated on a worldwide basis. itours’ intention is to get demonstrable success in the UK and then market internationally.

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Aquvis https://ukgbc.org/members/aquvis/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:08:35 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/aquvis/ Aquvis' carbon platform empowers the construction sector to decarbonise supply chains and meet sustainability targets.

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problem addressed

Typically, carbon emissions reporting is based on architects designs during the initial planning phase. However, this does not represent the actual carbon of the built asset (i.e. what materials/quantities are used during the construction phase). Gathering all the required data and then ensuring it is of the right quality is difficult and time-consuming costing many days/weeks of effort. Aquvi’s product automates the process of collecting, processing, analysing and accurately calculating the carbon emissions of materials used during the building phase in real time.

overview of start-up

The carbon platform enables the construction sector to decarbonise supply chains and meet sustainability targets and is designed for sustainability, procurement, finance and onsite project teams. Project teams on a building site take photos of delivery notes with the Mobile App (IOS and Android). These are then processed by AI and Machine learning algorithms to accurately calculate the carbon emissions of each material line item. This data is presented in a dashboard via a Web App that can used by sustainability and procurement teams to manage and measure the overall carbon of each built asset.

what makes the start-up innovative?

The viewings platform has a very low bandwidth yet can cope with very data hungry digital scans. Capturing the site can be done using a mobile phone, 360 camera, Matterport or a Leica BLK, depending on the complexity of the site (spaces) being captured. This creates a 3D digital twin of the project site details.

how the start-up has been designed to scale up

The solution is a SaaS cloud solution and can easily be scaled for 100’s of customers very quickly. It has been architected with security and scalability features and is designed as a global solution that can be easily setup and scaled.

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The Reduction Network https://ukgbc.org/members/the-reduction-network/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:28:26 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/the-reduction-network/ Network aiming to help suppliers and customers decarbonise their supply chains using collective investments

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Problem addressed

The largest share of a company’s carbon emissions (typically 80-90%) are Scope 3 emissions. These emissions are difficult to control and can be a challenge for organisations working to hit their Net-Zero targets.

Overview of start-up

The Reduction Network works to help suppliers and customers invest in their supply chains collectively. These collective value chain investments can help customers hit decarbonisation targets while encouraging suppliers to stay competitive while improving their efficiencies. They work with suppliers and customers by making value chain investments to ensure long-lasting relationships.

What makes the start-up innovative?

The Reduction Network is able to facilitate capital purchases between multiple customers to a single supplier to help reduce collective emissions. There are a few instances of this happening across large organisations, and The Reduction Networks is keen on seeing this happen at scale and making it repeatable.

How the start-up has been designed to scale-up quickly

Their methodology can also be easily transferred across a business once it is understood as a potential tool in the toolbox for emissions reductions.

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CocoonCarbon https://ukgbc.org/members/cocooncarbon/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:01:38 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/cocooncarbon/ Low emission supplementary cementitious material from electric-arc furnace steel slag

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Problem addressed

The race to build a sustainable future by 2050 will increase the demand for steel and cement. The production of these materials creates 13.5% of global CO2 emissions and without urgent decarbonisation of both sectors any future we build will blast past the 1.5°C warming.

Overview of start-up

Cocoon Carbon is developing technology that upcycles steel slag from electric-arc furnaces into a supplementary cementitious material (SCM). This material can be used to replace up to 50% of cement that goes into concrete. This SCM performs comparably to GGBS with lower embodied carbon than GGBS or fly ash. Cocoon’s SCM also performs above the ASTM standards required for hydraulic cement.

What makes the start-up innovative?

As steel slag is increasing in volume compared to blast furnace slag, Cocoon Carbon is upcycling a waste stream that exists in huge quantities already in the world (100’s millions of tonnes) and is well distributed to service the cement industry. It’s easy to integrate into an existing steel plant, and their process has relatively low capex versus other carbon capture-based solutions.

How the start-up has been designed to scale-up quickly

Cocoon’s solution slots into existing slag management processes and is being designed for scale to process all the slag typically produced at a steel plant. By cutting CO2 emissions and landfilled waste, they are significantly reducing both CO2 tax and waste handling costs for manufacturers, turning waste streams into revenue streams. This model eliminates capital expenditure, providing manufacturers with immediate return on investment.

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Showerkap Ltd https://ukgbc.org/members/showerkap-ltd/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:25:51 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/showerkap-ltd/ Smart water management to reduce water, energy & carbon

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Problem addressed

According to the Institution of Civil Engineers, personal water use has increase by 60% in England since the 1960s. The hospitality industry in particular contributes to water use, as the average hotel can use 1,500 litres of water per room per day.

Overview of start-up

Showerkap is a unique, automated innovation for businesses that continuously monitors, reports, analyses, and improves water use and efficiency using real-time insights and data-driven optimisation. It improves water stewardship by engaging users with soft nudges about water saving.

The platform combines engineering and behavioural science in first-of-its-kind smart technology. The system features small smart boxes, nestled in every room, which upload data from the flowmeters to a centralised cloud system and mobile app, to remotely monitor and manage water temperature and safety.

The Showerkap platform enables businesses of any size to monitor and manage water in granular detail – delivering valuable insights that were previously hidden and reducing water and energy waste and carbon emissions. It gives managers the tools to easily see a building’s water use – from a managed office space to a hotel with hundreds of rooms – metrics like volume, temperature and duration are all visible.

The company is on a mission to address the water crisis – ranked among the top five global risks. In the UK, The Environment Agency predicts that we could run out of water within the next 15-20 years. Combating water and energy waste, its vision is to change people’s relationship with water and empower both users and organisations to create a lasting impact on the environment and its communities.

What makes the start-up innovative?

Founded in 2022, the company’s solution features patented technology to enable water system management, monitoring and data capture, quickly alerting users to any risks, safety and usage issues. The automation not only saves businesses water and energy, while reducing carbon emission, but saves valuable time by streamlining processes, such as important water safety testing.

In 2024,  Showerkap developed the innovation further and launched Sentinel. This diversified water management product uses insights from the smartboxes with the same advanced data technology and can be retrofitted or used in any size of building, including tight spaces.

How the start-up has been designed to scale-up quickly

Showerkap is also prioritising social and environmental impact alongside commercial success by challenging the traditional business model. It initially looked outside institutional investors to secure funding – including support from individuals motivated by their cause – which allowed it to secure regular cash injections to get the business off the ground quickly and to develop at pace. As the business grew, it got to a point where it needed to go down more formal routes. Since its creation, Showerkap has completed two successful funding rounds, with an additional fundraise of £1 million running until the fourth quarter of 2024, to prepare for sales and expansion of the team in 2025.

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Digital Buildings Limited https://ukgbc.org/members/digital-buildings-limited/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:42:46 +0000 https://ukgbc.org/members/digital-buildings-limited/ "With You All The Way" home improvement service for lenders, brokers, property owners and local authorities

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Problem addressed

With 68% of UK homes below the recommended EPC rating of C, there are millions of homes which must be retrofitted to reduce current energy consumption in the housing sector.

Overview of start-up

Digital Buildings Limited provide a “With You All The Way” series of services to facilitate home retrofit. Their SAP modelling software can provide estimated EPC ratings alongside Environmental Impact Ratings. This data can be used to model various carbon reduction scenarios and perform carbon intensity calculations.

RetroPlanner can enable quick assessments of a variety of retrofit measures taking into account cost as well as energy and carbon savings at the portfolio level. Homeowners can then compare the impact of different retrofit scenarios while considering budget, potential level of disruption, and desired EPC outcome. A qualified assessor can then visit the property and collect the required information for registered installers to provide a quote. Digital Buildings Limited’s retrofit consultants will then help to provide any required information to support with a loan application. Following installation, they will perform post-installation assessments to ensure the identification of any faults and will issue an EPC certificate and report comparing the home’s performance against the predicted outcome.

What makes the start-up innovative?

By supporting clients from initial planning through onsite assessment to post-retrofit performance monitoring, Digital Buildings Limited provide an all-in-one retrofit planning service. Throughout the process, they can vet suppliers, prepare specifications, enforce compliance, and perform on-site audits of installation work.

How the start-up has been designed to scale-up quickly

Digital Building’s Limited has a variety of offerings and pricing plans to support a wide range of retrofit needs. Additionally, Digital Buildings Limited is also a licensed TrustMark Scheme Provider ensuring that their Retrofit Assessors and Retrofit Contractors follow best practice and that their customers are protected.

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