Our team are experts on Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (wbLCA) and circular economy services for new construction projects. We provide clients with carbon reduction and material reuse opportunities to balance design, cost, constructability and carbon.

We are advancing the adoption of the circular economy through pioneering research and demo deconstruction projects. A focus on material reuse maximizes resource efficiency, minimizing waste to reshape the future of construction practices.

We work with public, private, and non-profit sector organizations to conduct research on wbLCA and circular economy policy in the GTA.  We are looking ahead to accelerate the adoption of the circular economy, bio-based materials, and high-performance buildings.

Ha/f Climate Design

Ha/f was founded to question the environmental impacts of the materials and systems used to build our buildings. Addressing how we build our cities will be one of the most important challenges to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.

Avison Young is a global commercial real estate services firm, headquartered in Toronto, with more than 100 offices in 19 countries. Avison Young was founded in 1978.

Avison-Young

Avison Young commercial real estate is a global real estate advisor invested in client success

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 

One Click LCA

ARES Kudo is the cloud's most agile CAD solution for DWG drawings. You just need an Internet browser to access, share, and modify your CAD files — anywhere, anytime, on any device.


ARES Kudo now features an AI assistant with extensive CAD knowledge.

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software: Create and Modify DWG Files with Modern Collaboration Tools

ARES CAD Software: Top 10 Trinity Features Outperforming AutoCAD | Expert Review by Architosh

 Online CAD with Dynamic Blocks in ARES Kudo 

ARES Kudo: Full-featured 2D Online CAD for your DWG Drawings

ARES Kudo Online CAD for DWG Viewing, Creation and Modification in your Internet Browser

ARES Kudo

Cloud-Only Plan (includes ARES Kudo only)

Mobility Pack (includes ARES Kudo and ARES Touch)

ARES Trinity Plan (includes ARES Kudo, ARES Touch, and ARES Commander)

Because ARES Kudo runs in a browser, it can be accessed on any computer.

ARES is the modern alternative for 2D/3D CAD in DWG, already used by 3 of the top 5 construction groups in Japan, as well as leading manufacturers such as LG, Hyundai and Samsung.

Modern workflows leveraging cloud and mobile to synchronize the work across all your users and devices.

CAD Anywhere: Desktop CAD (Windows, Mac, Linux), Cloud CAD (runs in your Internet browser), Mobile CAD (Android tablets/smartphones and iOS iPhone/iPad).

DWG for BIM features in ARES Commander to create smarter CAD drawings which geometry can be extracted and updated from Revit and IFC BIM projects.

ARES Commander - Desktop CAD: All the 2D and 3D features to create and modify DWG drawings on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

ARES Kudo - Online CAD: Create and modify DWG drawings online and enjoy new collaboration features to comment with voice, photos, text notes, and stamps.

ARES Touch - Mobile CAD: A full set of 2D features to create, modify, and annotate DWG drawings on your Android smartphone/tablet and iOS iPhone/iPad with unique collaboration features to markup with voice, photos, text notes, and stamps.

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software | Create and Modify DWG Files With Modern Collaboration Tools

ARES Commander CAD Software for DWG | Modern 2D and 3D CAD for Windows, Mac and Linux

ARES Touch Mobile CAD for Android and iOS to View, Create and Annotate DWG

The ARES Trinity of CAD software by Graebert

The ARES Trinity of CAD software encompasses three integrated software products: ARES Commander, ARES Kudo, and ARES Touch.

VIM bridges the gap between BIM and business intelligence tools like Microsoft Power BI. We make it easy for you to export BIM data and create interactive Power BI dashboards. With VIM, including VIM Cloud and VIM Enterprise, professionals in Construction can harness data to its fullest.

Easy to Use
Designed for simplicity, the VIM platform offers intuitive tools to access, visualize, and analyze complex BIM data in Microsoft Power BI.

Precise Data
VIM's open file format and innovative data model ensure your BIM data is structured, accurate, and ready for analysis.

Actionable Insights
Powerful tools and services allow you to visualize and analyze your data with complete context, enabling you to work more efficiently.

Higher Risk Building Audit Report, Summary by VIMCloud

Higher Risk Building Audit Report by VIMCloud

Higher Risk Building Audit Report, Structural Design Compliance by VIMCloud

ARES Touch is a full-featured mobile CAD app that provides a complete set of 2D drafting and annotation commands. It's the perfect companion to quickly review a drawing shared in the cloud or received by email while on the go.

Team members at the jobsite can collaborate efficiently with colleagues back at the office

ARES Touch helps users work more effectively while on the jobsite or  in the field

ARES Touch works on Android and iOS tablets and smartphones

DWG Editing on Mobile: ARES Touch Makes it Quick & Easy!

ARES Touch: Mobile CAD for Android and iOS to View, Create and Annotate DWG

ARES Touch

Work productively on mobile devices with tools tailored to smaller screens

qbiq’s platform allows its users to input any space layout and design requirements and seamlessly receive a full planning package with multiple optimized layouts and 3D visualizations, immediately unlocking the full potential of a particular space.

qbiq

With ARES Commander, users can work both locally and with files stored in the cloud to improve collaboration. Sync files across users and devices. Create and modify DWG drawings in 2D and 3D, leveraging the drafting and design features that you’ve come to expect — all at a significant cost savings. ARES Commander can stand alone or coordinate with ARES Touch and ARES Kudo to form the Trinity of CAD, unlocking productivity-boosting collaboration features. 

Files created in ARES Commander can also be accessed in ARES Kudo or ARES Touch.

ARES Commander includes BIM drawings automation features.

DWG Drawings Automation for BIM - ARES Commander Product Review | Niknaz Aftahi of aec+tech

BIM Drawings Automation: From Revit & IFC to DWG in ARES Commander

450+ Dynamic Blocks in Tool Palettes and Trinity Block Library in ARES Commander

AI for CAD in DWG: ARES AI Assist (aka A3) 

Switch from AutoCAD or other AutoCAD Alternatives to ARES effortlessly

ARES Commander | N°1 AutoCAD Alternative for DWG CAD Software on Windows, Mac and Linux

ARES Commander

ARES Commander Standalone [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander [Perpetual License] with Trinity

ARES Commander Flex / Network Seat [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux platforms.

TestFit is the real estate feasibility platform that makes it easy to do site planning for developers, architects, and contractors who want to maximize site potential and get the right deals done faster. TestFit takes care of tedious tasks like counting parking stalls, drafting iterations, and calculating yield on cost by generating rapid concept iterations based on your parametric input.

Our AI configurators optimize the best design solutions for every site with real-time insights into design, constructability, and cost so you can save time on site planning, reduce risk on acquiring deals and increase potentials for all your sites.


TestFit

Heatherwick Studio is a team of over 200 problem solvers dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. 

Little Island – New York, United States

Heatherwick studio

A multi-award winning British design and architecture studio - buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and infrastructure

1700 Alberni

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

BEAM is the go-to solution for architects, engineers, and designers to seamlessly create BIM elements in Rhino and transfer them to Revit or IFC—eliminating the hassle of complex workflows.

BEAM: Enhance Your BIM Modeling
Bring the power of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Rhino® with BEAM.
 
Extend Rhino geometry with BIM data and export to Autodesk® Revit™ or IFC 4.

With BEAM, you can deliver your designs to the digital era of BIM, streamlining your workflows and improving the efficiency of your projects.

BEAM

Ha/f Climate Design aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions from buildings this decade with help from One Click LCA’s tools.

Ha/f Climate Design successfully reduced 800 tons of carbon on the City of Toronto’s Paramedic Services Multifunction Station — without additional time or cost to the project.

“The power of One Click LCA is the database sitting behind it. You have access to more data, which leads to better decisions.” – Kelly Alvarez Doran, co-founder of Ha/f Climate Design

How Ha/f Climate Design used One Click LCA for an award-winning project with the City of Toronto

This project included energy efficiency improvements for a community property in a city in Ontario. The focus was on optimizing energy use in the existing building and exploring energy-saving measures for potential new multi-family housing on the site. The objective was to assist in future capital management decisions, aligning with CMHC MLI Select energy efficiency criteria.

First, a baseline energy model was created using available data and suggesting various Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) for potential savings. The aim was to present scenarios achieving up to a 40% reduction in energy use from the existing building baseline, meeting CMHC criteria. The first scenario proposes around a 47% improvement with upgraded HVAC systems and enhanced window performance. The second scenario, focusing on a specific section built in 1920, achieved a 40% energy reduction with HVAC enhancements, window improvements, and increased roof insulation. The report also explores options for new construction, targeting compliance with NECB 2017 standards. These options demonstrate energy savings of up to 50%. 

An interactive dashboard provided by Adaptis's solution summarized existing conditions, design options, material breakdowns, waste, carbon, and cost benchmarks. Users could explore optimized options based on their priorities using this decision-support platform.


Optimized Retrofit, Adaptive Reuse and Extension

We are on a mission to make decarbonization management intuitive, scalable, and affordable. Our tools help building owners and AEC professionals reduce energy needs and emissions, minimize the embodied carbon of construction, divert waste from landfills and extend building life. We use proprietary, patent-pending methodologies and AI-powered technology to do this 20X faster and at one-tenth the cost of traditional consultants, delivering 20%+ lower whole lifecycle costs and immediate payback. 

Team 
Adaptis is a diverse and highly technical team of architects, engineers, and sustainability experts, devoted to creating a decarbonized, resilient and circular built world. We draw on our extensive collective experience at industry-leading firms and advanced research experience (95%+ of team with PhDs/MScs in Engineering and Sustainability). 


Challenges
The construction industry is responsible for massive consumption and GHG emissions: 
-Consumes 50% of all raw materials.
-Produces over 40% of all GHG emissions.

Large degree of unnecessary demolition and not enough salvage and reuse: 
-60% of building demolitions could have been avoided with timely renovations, retrofits, and adaptive reuse.
-85%+ of demolished materials end up in landfills, making up 25% of landfills.

Mandates for decarbonization are expanding globally: 
-45%+ emission reduction by 2030 (Canada, US, EU).
-Net-zero carbon by 2050, which requires retrofitting 80%+ of today’s buildings (Ontario, US, EU).

The current linear model of decarbonization is slow, complex, and expensive.
-It takes a multi-disciplinary team of 5+ consultants, 6+ months to develop recommendations for one building.
-These consultants charge $100K+ per building.
-Even with the best-laid plans, 20% of projects end up over budget. 


Solution
Adaptis is pioneering a circular model of decarbonization that is fast, affordable, and lives in real-time. At Adaptis, we:
-Design: Simulate design options and generate recommendations that meet carbon, cost, waste diversion and compliance requirements;
-Validate: Assess actual carbon impact during construction and occupancy; and
-Optimize: Track and continuously optimize maintenance, capital flow, and plans for future adaptation or deconstruction.

We use proprietary, patent-pending methodologies for whole life cycle decarbonization assessment, optimization, and capital planning. In addition, our engines augment compliant methodologies and datasets for energy modelling, embodied carbon, and cost-benefit analysis.
Our methodologies adhere to industry standards, including ISO 14044:06, ISO 14064:2019, and the GHG Protocol. We fulfill all compliance criteria for mandatory reporting, such as ASHRAE, NECB, CAGBC, FCM, CIB and CMHC.

Adaptis

Canada

AI-Driven 3D Model Generation: 
Automatically create editable, data-rich 3D models of spaces using AI for rapid visualization and easy modification.

Automated Design and Resource Planning: 
Design interiors, optimize layouts, and seamlessly incorporate furniture, fixtures and equipment with AI-generated, real-time, location based construction budgets.

Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Library Access: 
Effortlessly place furniture, IoT devices, fixtures, and equipment within designs by dragging and dropping objects from our extensive, AI-powered library tied to the budget tool.

Instant 3D Walkthroughs and Perspectives: 
Generate immersive 3D walkthroughs and perspectives on demand, enabling real-time exploration of spaces

Customizable Color Renderings with Curated Materials: 
Apply and adjust colors instantly tailoring visualizations to reflect specific design preferences and project aesthetics

Intelligent Asset Management and IoT Tracking: 
Monitor and manage assets, track IoT-enabled devices, and access live data analytics for insights and operational efficiency.

Seamless CAD and SketchUp Integration: 
Convert models directly into CAD, SketchUp, and other compatible formats, facilitating smooth workflows and multidisciplinary collaboration.

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Arcalogix AI

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The construction industry suffers from unpredictability, low earnings and unsustainable levels of waste and energy use. Errors in design and coordination are a primary source of risk, rework and waste. 

Up to 20% of AEC professionals time and up to 6% of the cost of a building is spent on fixing errors created during the design and planning process.

Up to 30% of new building materials go to waste as a result of mis-ordering and rework, while buildings consume 40% of global energy and resources.

The Augmenta Construction Platform aims to automate the sustainable design of buildings, dramatically reducing the time, cost, waste and uncertainty of construction projects. A fully automated building design platform in the cloud, built from the ground up around Generative AI. It creates highly cost, labor, time and energy efficient designs that are fully code compliant, error-free and constructible.

It enables a fundamentally new design process that empowers the construction industry to design and build sustainable housing, cities, and infrastructure at scale.

The first available module in the platform is dedicated to automating the design of electrical raceway systems for Engineers and Contractors.

A detailed design of an electrical system automatically generated by Augmenta Electrical module

The multiple solutions generated by Augmenta Electrical are presented in the form of a graph showing the tradeoff between different metrics

Augmenta

The three different types of routing spaces provided by the Augmenta plug-in that can be placed in the Revit model to influence routing

We want to make architectural design fast and iterative. More Designs, More speed

Our mission at Maket is to redefine the architectural planning experience. By harnessing the power of generative AI, we aim to empower design professionals with the ability to explore endless possibilities, swiftly generate inspired floorplans, and confidently navigate zoning codes. Our commitment is to unlock creative freedom and accelerate innovation, transforming the way architectural projects are envisioned and realized

Press Generate and Explore the Possibilities

Maket

Basic: Up to 3 Projects // AI Floorplan Generator // Virtual Interior Designer // Exterior Designer 

Premium:  Unlimited Projects // Unlimited Design Credits // AI Floorplan Generator // Exterior Designer // Virtual Assistant // Virtual Interior Designer  // Regulatory Assistant

Using generative AI can completely change the game when it comes to making eco-friendly homes

Reducing concrete and steel structure costs by up to 20% and reducing carbon emission of the building.

Online cloud based easy to use structural optimization application
-Supports steel and concrete structures
-Runs only on your browser and it is easy to use
-Compatible with Autodesk
-Import from and Export to CSI ETABS and SAP2000

Reducing Concrete & Steel Structure Cost Using AI

Result for “Canada”

AEC Companies "2 results"

Ha/f Climate Design

Avison-Young

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