V-Quest provides lifecycle assessment and carbon accounting tools to quantify and reduce embodied carbon in construction materials. This enables companies to meet sustainability targets and comply with regulations while minimizing their environmental impact.
Funding
$15K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
The construction industry faces increasing pressure to reduce embodied carbon in building materials to meet sustainability targets and comply with evolving regulations. Quantifying and managing carbon emissions throughout the design and construction process is complex and time-consuming, often requiring specialized expertise and manual data collection.
Solution
V-Quest offers a carbon management platform that integrates directly into existing design software to provide live cost, carbon, and weight analytics. The platform automates material quantification and carbon compliance reporting, linking materials to live carbon data sources. This enables architects, engineers, and contractors to easily compare materials and methodologies, optimize designs for carbon reduction, and track progress against benchmarks. By streamlining the carbon accounting process, V-Quest helps construction professionals save time, reduce costs, and minimize their environmental impact.
Target Audience
V-Quest primarily targets architects, engineers, and design-build contractors seeking to manage carbon emissions, optimize building designs, and comply with sustainability regulations.
Features
- Integration with popular design software such as SketchUp, ArchiCAD, Revit, and Etabs
- Live cost, carbon, and weight analysis during the design process
- Automated carbon compliance reporting
- Access to a database of live cost and carbon data linked to suppliers
- Material comparison tools for design optimization
- Carbon benchmark function for storing and reusing project data