2025.08.13 |
QEA Tech, a leading provider of AI-driven building envelope audits, is thrilled to announce that it is receiving advisory services and up to $4,200,000 CAD in funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to support research and development for its patented building envelope audit technology.
This support will enable QEA Tech to conduct building envelope audits for 350 buildings, including commercial, residential, industrial and institutional facilities, with the support of industry partners. These audits will quantify energy loss throughout the building envelope, pinpoint important building envelope issues and risks, and identify high-impact retrofit opportunities that maximize energy savings and ROI. Data collected through these audits will be leveraged to enhance QEA Tech’s AI-driven retrofit recommendation software, leading to a fully automated solution that delivers detailed, targeted, and cost-effective retrofit plans. As a result, the building retrofit process is expected to be faster, more affordable, and more accessible for building owners.
Improving building performance is crucial for meeting pressing climate goals as buildings are responsible for a third of global energy consumption. The building envelope plays a critical role in the overall energy efficiency of buildings accounting for upwards of 30% of the total energy lost in a given building. Technology like QEA Tech’s can facilitate a smoother transition to achieving energy efficiency and operational savings for building envelopes.
“QEA Tech thanks NRC IRAP for supporting our mission to make retrofits more accessible, scalable and cost-effective for building owners. A data-driven approach such as QEA Tech’s is important in providing a thorough understanding of how to fix faults within the building envelope and improve energy efficiency. This funding will allow us to expand our impact and advance the technology that makes this possible.” – Peyvand Melati, CEO
QEA Tech looks forward to using the support from NRC IRAP to continue its path of innovation, pioneering solutions to make building envelope retrofits seamless, cost-effective, and scalable.
About QEA Tech
QEA Tech conducts precise, data-driven building envelope audits using patented AI software, drones, and thermography. A pioneer and market leader in AI-driven envelope analytics, QEA Tech delivers audits that are fast, cost-effective, and non-intrusive. QEA Tech’s audits quantify energy loss and forecasted savings for each square inch of the building envelope, pinpoint envelope issues down to inches, and deliver targeted retrofit plans that maximize energy savings and ROI. To date, QEA Tech has audited nearly 1,000 building envelopes across North America, Europe, and Asia, for a diverse portfolio of commercial, residential, industrial, and institutional facilities. As a result, QEA Tech has developed one of the largest structured databases on the thermal performance of building envelopes.
