Aligning Design Intent with Real-World Delivery

We help design-build teams define and deliver performance goals that reflect the needs of occupants, owners, and contractors alike. From early planning through construction, we collaborate across the team—owners, architects, engineers, and builders—to ensure sustainability, comfort, and efficiency are designed for, built for, and delivered with intent.

Our role isn’t just analysis. We provide clear, constructible performance insights that support critical decisions about systems, envelopes, cost, and scheduling—making sure good ideas stay viable all the way to occupancy.

High Performance Building Design

What We Do

Early-Stage Energy & Comfort Modeling

  • Rapid design comparison and feedback

  • Envelope + systems integration and tradeoffs

  • Thermal comfort, zoning, and layout feedback

  • Daylight and glare optimization for usability

Code & Incentive Alignment

  • Title 24 (CA), IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, and LEED

  • Performance pathway strategy

  • Utility incentive navigation and documentation

  • Custom modeling support for stretch goals

Simulation-Driven Design Support

  • HVAC strategy evaluation (DOAS, VRF, TES, etc.)

  • Controls and sequencing considerations

  • Constructability-aware tradeoffs

  • Integration with construction phasing and pre-fab options

How We Work With Design-Build Teams

We engage the full team, owners, design leads, trade partners, and estimators, to make performance modeling a strategic tool, not a documentation afterthought. Our sprint-based engagements match key decision milestones, such as:

  • Programming + system selection

  • Envelope detailing + value engineering

  • MEP package coordination

  • Code compliance + incentive filing deadlines

We bring agility and foresight to help teams avoid late-stage rework, unlock incentive dollars, and ensure that performance is not lost in translation from drawing to jobsite.

Integrated Daylight & Façade Analysis

We combine energy and daylight modeling to optimize facades, shading, and lighting controls, aligning performance goals with architectural and contractor needs. Our analysis supports LEED daylight credits, visual comfort targets, and daylight harvesting strategies that avoid overdesign and simplify controls.

Our Edge

We bring deep technical insight and real-world practicality to integrated design-build teams.

  • We speak MEP and contractor. Our models support coordination, not just compliance.

  • We support the full timeline. From charrette to commissioning, we deliver insight that sticks.

  • We balance performance with feasibility. We know when a design idea is brilliant—or too brittle for field conditions.