Nodon provides a platform for rapid, early-stage climate calculations in building design projects. It allows users to instantly compare CO2 emissions, energy consumption, and cost trade-offs across different design options. This facilitates faster decision-making and risk reduction for property developers, contractors, and consultants.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
The construction industry lacks user-friendly tools to efficiently assess the environmental impact of different design options during the early stages of building projects. This makes it difficult to optimize projects for climate neutrality in a time- and cost-effective manner.
Solution
Nodon offers a software platform that enables users to calculate the climate impact of various construction alternatives before detailed design or BIM models are created. The platform allows for comparison of different building recipes and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) from material suppliers, as well as quantification of the climate benefits of using recycled building materials. By integrating built-in construction calculations, Nodon automatically adjusts building component and material quantities based on project geometry and criteria, providing reliable early-stage climate assessments. The tool facilitates collaboration among project partners, enabling effective achievement of project climate goals.
Target Audience
Nodon is designed for property developers, general contractors, consultants, and architects involved in building projects who need to evaluate and optimize designs for climate impact in the early stages of development.
Features
- Calculation of climate impact before BIM or detailed cost estimation.
- Comparison of different construction assemblies and EPDs.
- Quantification of climate savings from using recycled building materials.
- Estimation of costs associated with different construction alternatives.
- Automatic quantity calculations based on project-specific geometry, span, and load-bearing requirements.
- Integration with Boverket's (Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning) climate database, with the option to incorporate custom EPDs.
- Support for climate calculations based on the system boundaries defined in climate declarations (Modules A1-A5) and extended boundaries including interior finishes (Module A7) and installations (Module A8).
- Consideration of product stage (A1-A3), transport (A4), and construction site (A5) life cycle phases, with beta support for energy consumption during use (B6).