SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Trimble has announced the acquisition of London/New York-based Sefaira Ltd., a leading developer of cloud-based software for the design of high-performance buildings. Trimble said the acquisition expands its design-build-operate (DBO) portfolio to include tools for designing high-performing buildings early in the conceptual phase of a project. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
By providing sophisticated performance analysis via an intuitive user interface, Sefaira’s solutions enable users to estimate, compare, and optimize the energy, water, carbon, and financial benefits of different design strategies. This allows users to effectively balance the investment between various building strategies, to maximize capital efficiency, minimize energy and water use, and create high performing sustainable building designs at low cost. Sefaira analysis can be run with models created in SketchUp, Trimble’s flagship building design tool for architects and engineers, as well as with models created in Autodesk® Revit. In addition, Sefaira provides robust tools that allow engineers and contractors to derive and analyze HVAC design scenarios from an architectural model.