QEA Tech, who recently opened its US office in the Boston area, joined the Alliance for Climate Transition as a Professional Service member. The AI-powered software company provides building owners and property managers, utilities, and energy as a service companies with actionable data on their buildings – focused on identifying energy loss of the building exterior and providing targeted retrofit recommendations that optimize energy, emissions, and cost savings. 

QEA Tech is a global leader in building envelope analytics, conducting precise, data-driven audits using patented AI-based software, drones, and thermography. QEA Tech uses industrial drones to capture thousands of thermal and visual images of the envelope – roof, walls, windows, doors - allowing for scalability in addressing large building portfolios. The data captured is analyzed by QEA Tech’s patented AI-based software, quantifying energy loss and potential savings for each square inch of the envelope and pinpointing a wide range of issues down to inches, providing a unique level of detail and actionability. Building owners gain a comprehensive understanding of the often-ignored envelope as well as retrofit action plans that provide targeted, ROI-driven recommendations to maximize energy savings. 

QEA Tech’s Journey of Growth: From Inception to an Industry Leader

Since its inception in 2019, QEA Tech has audited over 700 building envelopes for over 60 clients across North America, Europe, and Asia, serving a diverse portfolio of commercial, residential, industrial, and institutional facilities. They hold the largest structured database on the thermal performance of building envelope materials, with millions of data points. With such an expansive dataset, QEA Tech trained its sophisticated AI algorithms to be as accurate and fast as possible, enabling efficient identification of problem areas across the envelope.

QEA Tech’s audits support the development of resilient buildings across multiple use cases. From supporting policy planning for a major capital city to aiding utilities achieve decarbonized grids to enabling efficient capital planning for large building portfolios, QEA Tech’s solution has provided the actionable insights needed to create more sustainable buildings. 

QEA Tech has built partnerships with leading building envelope product suppliers to streamline retrofit implementation by connecting clients with trusted providers who can carry out the upgrades recommended in QEA Tech’s audits. These partnerships, coupled with the targeted insights and retrofit recommendations provided in QEA Tech’s audits have encouraged building owners to break the mold and take action on the envelope. For example, a large commercial building recently leveraged the results of QEA Tech’s audit to conduct a roofing retrofit, which led to a 78% reduction in annual energy loss (in MWh) and over $20,000 in annuals savings for the roof. 

Leveraging Envelope Audits to Achieve a Clean Energy Future

To date, QEA Tech has identified over 25,000 metric tons of CO2e savings potential through the buildings they’ve audited, furthering ACT’s mission to achieve a clean energy future. By leveraging quantified, precise data, QEA Tech is changing the game when it comes to the value of insights building owners are able to gain on the envelope. With the adoption of innovative technologies such as QEA Tech’s, building owners will become increasingly well-equipped to make decisions that lead to a clean, optimized and efficient built environment.  

We encourage ACT members to reach out to QEA Tech for services and receive preferred pricing. Please contact Mark Vasu, VP Business Development, at mark.vasu@qeatech.com.