A new partnership between architectural visualization company Chaos and climate technology company IES aims to help architects build more sustainable and decarbonized buildings.

Through the Chaos-IES partnership, architects and designers can access integrated building performance analysis in real time within Chaos’ Enscape-supporting CAD platforms. This will help architects design more sustainable buildings by conducting energy analysis, including daylight and thermal comfort, during any phase of the design process. They will also be able to track changes that occur to that data. With this integrated workflow, the feedback loop between analysis and decision-making is shortened, leading to faster, more thorough results that can a lower carbon footprint for the project and lower overall costs for the building owner.

A public beta is expected to launch later this year, with the commercial launch shortly thereafter.