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Vizcab

Building carbon and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) platform for embodied-carbon budgeting and regulatory reporting

Vizcab is a "360-degree Building Carbon Platform" that automates Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) calculations for construction projects using a patented method (licensed from EPFL) for generating and ranking design alternatives by their carbon/performance impact, connecting real estate developers, architects, engineers, construction companies, and manufacturers around a shared carbon budget from early design through regulatory reporting (e.g. France's RE2020).

€9M total Series A raised across two tranches — an initial €5M (announced November 2023, led by KOMPAS VC with Rise PropTech Fund, Cemex Ventures, and Altur Investissement alongside existing investors A/O and Banque des Territoires) plus a further €4.5M (announced May 2024) — consistent with seed_facts ("Series A ~€9M. Source: Cemex") raisedGrowth Stage
Founded 2015 · Customer base described as developers, architects, engineers, and manufacturers, with active international expansion referenced as of September 2024; exact total customer count not publicly disclosed; Cemex Ventures is a named strategic investor
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Why This Tool Exists

The Problem

Calculating the embodied-carbon Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a building project across its full value chain (developers, architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers) has historically been a slow, specialist-only exercise, making it hard for teams to compare design alternatives on carbon impact early enough to influence decisions, and to keep pace with tightening regulatory reporting requirements like France's RE2020.

The Solution

Vizcab connects to BIM tools, Revit, and Excel to pull project material and design data, then uses a patented (EPFL-licensed) method to generate design alternatives and rank them by their contribution to carbon and performance objectives, producing LCA reports and dashboards that track emissions over a project's lifecycle for both design decision-making and regulatory compliance reporting.

How You Use It

Delivery Method
Web Platform (SaaS)Excel Add-in
Integrations
RevitExcel (dedicated Add-in, launched September 2024)API for custom integrations (general availability/scope not publicly detailed)
Project Phases
Schematic Design, Design Development, Regulatory Reporting
Project Types
Commercial, Residential

Data Transparency

Exactly what this tool uses and how

Input
What it needs
Required:Building material quantities and design/project specifications
Optional:BIM model data, Revit model, Excel-based material takeoffs
Formats:Revit, Excel, BIM data exports
Output
What you get
Format:LCA reports and carbon-impact dashboards
Fields:Embodied-carbon impact per material/assembly, Design-alternative ranking by carbon/performance objective, Regulatory compliance reporting (e.g. RE2020), Portfolio-level emissions tracking over time
Algorithm
How it works
Model:Patented method (licensed from EPFL's Building 2050 research program) for generating design alternatives and evaluating/ranking them against a materials-impact database; specific computational technique (e.g. genetic algorithm, optimization heuristic) not publicly detailed beyond "patented method"
Accuracy:Not publicly specified as an independently audited figure
Privacy
How your data is protected
Retention:Not publicly specified — Terms and Conditions and a Privacy Policy are linked from the site with cookie-consent management, but retention specifics were not independently reviewed
Training:Not publicly specified
Compliance:Not publicly specified — no SOC 2, ISO, or GDPR certification confirmed during this research; product supports RE2020 (French carbon regulation) reporting by design
API
Integration
Endpoint:API available for custom integrations per vendor product pages; specific endpoint documentation, auth method, and rate limits not publicly disclosed
Method:Not publicly specified

Use Cases

  • ·Calculating and comparing embodied-carbon LCA across design alternatives during schematic design
  • ·Generating RE2020 or other regulatory carbon-compliance reports
  • ·Portfolio-level carbon tracking for real estate developers and sustainability officers
  • ·In-spreadsheet carbon analysis via the Excel Add-in for teams without a dedicated LCA specialist

Pricing

Free
Vizcab Campus — a free tier launched October 2024; the Excel Add-in is also described as free in France and internationally; scope of the free tier vs. paid Platform not fully detailed
Pro
Platform (LCA Studies) is a paid SaaS product; exact pricing not publicly disclosed — accessed via demo request and custom quote based on usage/integration needs
Enterprise
Contact vendor for enterprise/portfolio-scale pricing
Sources & Research NotesResearch date: 2026-07-18
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