Infrared.city provides an AI‑powered climate simulation platform that automates microclimate analysis for architects, planners, and engineers. By pulling local weather data and running eight types of environmental simulations, it delivers real‑time results and actionable design guidance without requiring specialist expertise, enabling rapid, data‑driven sustainability decisions.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Design teams often lack quick, accessible tools to evaluate microclimate and comfort impacts of their projects, forcing them to rely on specialist-driven, time‑consuming simulations or to skip environmental analysis altogether.
Solution
Infrared.city offers an AI‑powered climate simulation platform that automates the collection of local weather data, runs eight types of microclimate analyses, and delivers real‑time results within minutes. Users can launch simulations directly from the web interface or via a Python SDK, with built‑in tiling, building, vegetation, and ground‑material APIs handling data preparation automatically. The platform generates clear, actionable design guidance and shareable reports, enabling architects, planners, and engineers to iterate designs rapidly and make data‑driven sustainability decisions without needing specialist expertise.
Target Audience
Primary users are architects, urban planners, and building engineers who need fast microclimate insights for public spaces, masterplans, and building designs, as well as design firms seeking collaborative, cloud‑based sustainability tools.
Features
- Eight analysis types (wind speed, pedestrian wind comfort, daylight availability, direct sun hours, sky view factors, solar radiation, UTCI thermal comfort, and comfort statistics)
- Area API with automatic polygon tiling, merging, and clipping for large sites
- Integrated building, vegetation, and ground‑material data retrieval APIs
- Real‑time results and asynchronous job submission with webhook notifications
- AI assistant that provides design recommendations and automated reporting
- Connectors to CAD/BIM tools and a REST API for seamless workflow integration
- Fully typed Python SDK (infrared-sdk) for programmatic access and custom scripting