Building Performance Platform | cove.tool

Cove.tool is an automated design platform for intelligent building performance, 3D visualization, and parametric optimization. Build smarter, more accurate models in a tenth of the time to win work and reduce design cycles. Using automation for tedious tasks, cove.tool cuts time and cost, leaving the creative part to you. With its intuitive workflow and plugins for Revit, SketchUp, Rhinoceros, and more, cove.tool enables all architects, engineers and developers to analyze their projects.

The cove.tool web app allows for a parametric cost vs energy optimization, automated inputs for all energy codes, easy geometry imports, quick façade guidance and strategy comparison and more. A free trial version is available.

Highlights

• 3D Visualization for Daylight, Glare, Shadow, Radiation, View Quality, COVID Occupancy Assessment Score, and Site-Context Studies
• Automated Energy Modeling with preloaded Templates, Energy Codes, and Engineering Inputs
• Indoor, Outdoor, Stormwater Management, and Cooling Tower Water Use Calculator
• Carbon Emissions and Embodied Carbon Calculator
• Parametric Cost vs Energy Optimization
• Manufacturer-Provided Cost Database
• Team Integration
• Automated Reporting
• Earn LEED Points for preliminary energy, water use, daylight, and site analysis
• Architecture 2030 Integration
• geometry plugins for Revit, Rhino/Grasshopper, SketchUp, and more
• Façade Optimization
• Massing Optimization
• Free Trial Version
• Energy Conservation Measure Study