FYLD is an AI-driven work execution platform bringing real time, remote site visibility to construction operations. Workers use the award-winning FYLD app to record work and safety related activities using unstructured data (video, audio, text) which FYLD’s AI (NLP, computer vision, predictive reasoning) analyses in real time to enable remote managers to make better operating decisions about where to focus their attention to deliver better performance, improve site safety and manage contractors.
Firstplanit is a digital platform that provides, developers, designers and manufacturers with insights on the Environmental, Social, Health, and Monetary impacts of building materials and products through a holistic, transparent, data-driven, user-friendly digital platform. Behind Firstplanit is a team of built environment, sustainability and tech experts whose mission is to integrate sustainable choices and future proofing into every building decision in the construction industry.
Buildings globally use 14% of all potable water, but very few buildings reuse that water. Epic Cleantec is on a mission to change that.
Epic Cleantec (or “Epic”) is a full-service water technology company that deploys onsite water treatment and reuse systems into individual buildings or groups of buildings, converting building wastewater (greywater, blackwater, stormwater, rainwater) into highly purified treated water for non-potable applications like toilet flushing, irrigation, cooling towers, and laundry.
Occupying a small footprint within a project, the Epic approach can reuse up to 95% of a building’s wastewater, lowering water and wastewater costs by up to six figures annually. Unique to Epic is that our systems can also incorporate full resource recovery by converting wastewater organics into carbon-rich soil products for landscaping and gardening, and recovering wastewater heat energy to preheat the potable water supply, reducing a project’s hot water energy needs by up to 30%. Our innovative approach can help earn up to 24 LEED points.
Born out of initial work with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Epic provides a one-stop-shop for design, engineering, permitting, construction support, and ongoing operations. Our team has decades of experience across the wastewater and built environment value chain, with expertise in wastewater treatment and solids handling technology, project financing, policy, and operations.
Epic has been featured widely in prominent publications including CNBC, CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, CBS, Bloomberg, NBC Bay Area, ABC7, TechCrunch, and more. Epic has received many accolades, including in the no.1 spot on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list in the small company category. In 2022, Epic’s OneWater™ system was named a TIME Best Invention of the Year.
Emidat is the first AI-powered software to automate the creation, management and verification of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for building materials manufacturers. Thanks to their pre-verified software, there is no additional cost or time delay for new EPD creation – one license, unlimited verified EPDs (verifiers include IBU, EPD International and EPD Norge among others). Software verification already pays off with as little as three EPDs per year. Emidat integrates directly with existing manufacturer systems and creates transparency and flexibility for manufacturers to customize environmental data based on specific customer requests.
According to the 2022 “Net Zero Heat” report by McKinsey, 50% percent of global energy consumption is for heating and cooling in 2019. About 70% of this energy comes from burning fossil fuels, responsible for 45% of all energy-related annual CO2 emissions.
The challenges to decarbonizing industrial and large-scale space heating are two fold: – the first is that the least expensive fuel alternative, electricity, is vastly more expensive than fossil fuel alternatives utilized today and the second is that existing heating elements for converting electricity to heat cannot reach temperatures required for some of the most energy intensive and highest polluting industries such as steel and cement. Electrified Thermal Solutions’ (“ETS”) Joule Hive Thermal Battery (“JHTB”) utilizes an MIT-developed technological breakthrough to simultaneously solve both problems. ETS has solved the heating element problem by making a small change to the chemistry of regular refractory bricks that make them electrically conductive (“E-Brick”) and therefore able to function as a heating element that can convert electricity to near-flame temperatures (up to 1,800C/ 3,270F).
These record-setting temperature capabilities enable the JHTB to provide the heat at highest temperatures required for any industrial process, including the hardest to abate. As a thermal battery the JHTB also solves the electricity cost challenge because it dramatically cuts the cost of decarbonization because it can charge opportunistically either directly from renewables or during “off-peak” hours from the grid when electricity is cheapest. Its higher temperature capability enables the JHTB to store more energy per unit volume than any other thermal battery and therefore provide the lowest cost avenue to decarbonize industrial and large-scale space heating. ETS’s JHTB also has the unique potential to enable the complete decarbonization of the two hardest to decarbonize industries, cement and steel.
The challenge with primary steelmaking and cement is that a large proportion of emissions are not from heat but from process emissions associated with chemical reactions that are core to their products. Since ETS can eliminate combustion from the process of driving these chemical reactions, it can create a pure CO2 stream from process emissions enabling inexpensive CO2 capture and utilization or sequestration without the need for separation.
EHAB is a weather risk management platform that empowers construction companies & owners to proactively address weather & climate-related challenges and enhance project success. By harnessing the power of advanced predictive modeling and over 70 years of historical weather data, EHAB provides accurate forecasts of the probability of a construction project’s timely completion, considering weather disruptions and climate change impacts. With a remarkable 94% accuracy, EHAB empowers construction companies to make informed decisions at the bid stage, optimise project planning and resource allocation, and mitigate the financial and operational risks associated with weather delays.
In OECD countries, ageing concrete infrastructure (tunnels, bridges, etc.) does not only present a safety risk, but it also leads to increasing high costs. Due to limited budget and/or capacities, however, it is not possible to accelerate the repair rate to the required level. DuraMon’s monitoring solution is the only system that offers early damage detection and provides data interpretation services, allowing cost-efficient, resource-efficient, and safe maintenance strategies.
Dextall offers an innovative solution that revolves around its Dextall Studio software and prefabricated exterior wall products. The core innovation Dextall provides can be summarized as follows:
Innovation: Dextall has introduced a comprehensive approach to streamline and revolutionize the design, construction, and sustainability aspects of mid to high-rise building projects. The key components of this innovation are:
Dextall Studio Software: Dextall Studio is a groundbreaking design assist software that integrates the entire architectural process, connecting design, fabrication, and construction seamlessly. It powers façade innovation by optimizing and utilizing data effectively. Cost is known from day one and various analytics and design options are available.
Reduced Concept-to-Installation Timelines: Dextall’s approach radically reduces the time it takes to move from project conception to installation. With instantaneous data available on an integrated basis, Dextall accelerates project delivery, achieving more than an 80% reduction in project timelines.
Empowering Sustainability: Dextall is committed to accelerating environmental decarbonization by offering affordable and efficient solutions for sustainable construction. It promotes sustainability as a core aspect of everyday life, making it accessible and affordable to all.
Cost Efficiency: Dextall’s innovation results in significant cost savings, with exterior installation being 80% faster and costing 15-20% less than traditional onsite construction. It also requires far less onsite labor, leading to lower insurance costs and reduced machinery requirements.
Sustainable Building Practices: Dextall’s approach exceeds energy code standards by 40%, reduces carbon emissions during the construction process, and minimizes materials waste. It offers consistent thermal and vapor barrier quality and features high R-Value Wall Systems (R-17 to R-27) to enhance occupant well-being.
Efficiency and Affordability: Through automation, cost optimization, and transparent practices, Dextall bridges the gap between the design of prefabricated exteriors and final exterior-wall construction. This results in an efficient BIM solution with faster design processes, reduced exterior wall coordination timelines, and the fastest exterior solution for renovations. It’s also cost-effective, with lower construction costs and reduced labor requirements.
Sustainability Focus: Dextall’s solution promotes energy efficiency and is suitable for Passive House and Net Zero projects, emphasizing a commitment to long-term economic, social, and environmental value for clients.
In summary, Dextall’s innovation revolves around its Dextall Studio software and prefabricated exterior wall products, offering a comprehensive solution that accelerates project timelines, reduces costs, and promotes sustainability in the construction industry. This innovative approach bridges the gap between design and construction, making it more efficient, affordable, and environmentally friendly.
D-CRBN is a 2 year old CCU spin-off from the University of Antwerp. We have a proprietary modular and scalable plasma technology capable of splitting the CO2 molecule into CO, all in a fully electrified, gaseous phase, without solvents nor catalysts. The CO is then turned into added value chemicals, such as e-fuels, organic acids, polymers, etc, and be used as a feedstocks for the chemical, petrochemical, maritime and metallurgical industries among others.
Our aim at D-CRBN is not only to decarbonize industries by eliminating their point source emissions but also to replace fossil feedstocks with CO2 recycled added value chemicals. This technology can provide strategic and decentralised resource independence to territories and industries which currently depend in oil and natural gas derivatives for their processes.
Constrafor is a fintech company that’s reshaping procurement and payments in the construction industry. Our platform offers a robust suite of AI-powered risk management and payment solutions tailored to contractors. Leveraging cutting-edge LLM technology, we provide real-time insights into insurance compliance, COI management, contract management, prequalification, and more. What sets us apart is our Early Pay Program for Subcontractors that eliminates the pain of prolonged payment cycles, turning an industry standard of 83-day wait into just 1-2 days. With Constrafor, contractors not only build structures; they build a more secure, profitable future.