The Green Building Studio web service dramatically changes the way buildings are designed and new products are identified, specified and sold.  GBS relieves pain associated with early building energy design decisions and data exchange saving architects $5,000 or more per project according to U.S. Department of Energy standards.

GBS also creates a new advertising and sales channel for manufacturers, providing very detailed pre-qualified leads and building information derived from early design stage BIM or 3D-CAD models and local energy standards. Using gbXML for data exchange, GBS is one of the first engineering analysis tools to deliver true interoperability between building design teams using CAD, energy modeling, and building product manufacturers.

GBS removes major barriers to energy efficient and sustainable building design as well as streamlining everyday engineering tasks.  It provides whole building energy analysis using the widely accepted building analysis program, DOE-2, at no charge to the design team.  Consequently the value proposition for GBS is the following:

• Drives down the costs of building design and whole building energy analysis
• Faster project completion, eliminating time consuming plan take-offs and analysis
• Accelerates Green Building LEED compliance and scenario qualification
• Improves model accuracy, sharing gbXML files between engineering programs
• Identifies appropriate products for the building early in the design cycle