Landscape Architects
The software plays a crucial role in landscape design and urban greening projects, offering advanced capabilities for assessing microclimate impacts and recommending sustainable materials. It conducts site-specific heat assessments and selects environmentally friendly materials, which enhances the post-construction environmental impact analysis.
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Enterprise API Use Cases
Beyond these features, our Temperature Operating System "tOS" helps in selecting material specifications against long lists of BOQ “bill of quantities”, enabling the design and delivery of comfortable and durable urban spaces.
This focus on material selection not only improves energy efficiency and durability but also enhances the aesthetic appeal in landscape architecture. The platform's granular data aids in precise environmental planning, ensuring that every aspect of the landscape design is optimized for both ecological compatibility and sustainability.
Its design review and materiality analysis provide vital insights into creating more efficient and appealing landscapes, establishing tOS as an indispensable tool in supporting sustainable landscape architecture.
Dashboard Use Cases - available April 2024
Landscape Architects can leverage our dashboard for comprehensive microclimate analysis, and sustainability reporting, enhancing outdoor comfort and ecological balance. It enables the optimization of pathways, seating, and supports water-smart landscaping, and guides the creation of climate-resilient designs, facilitating innovative and sustainable outdoor spaces.
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Microclimate Analysis for Site Planning
Use interactive maps for site-specific heat assessments to identify hot zones and plan landscapes that mitigate heat, enhancing microclimate conditions.
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Design and Material Selection Insights
Leverage temperature maps to guide the selection of materials and design features that optimize thermal comfort across different microclimates within a project site.
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Sustainability Reporting
Generate comprehensive reports on cooling strategies and sustainability practices directly from the dashboard, facilitating effective communication with stakeholders and project teams.
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Vegetation and Water Body Planning
Utilize detailed analytics on vegetation and water bodies to inform the strategic placement of green and blue infrastructure, enhancing ecological balance and urban cooling.
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Post-Implementation Impact Analysis
After project completion, access near real-time temperature data to measure the impact of landscape designs on the local microclimate and validate design effectiveness.
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Water-Smart Landscaping
Leverage temperature insights to implement water-efficient landscaping, identifying areas where conservation efforts are most needed.
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Landscape Climate Resilience
Employ the dashboard to develop landscapes that adapt to climate extremes, using temperature data to guide resilient planting and design strategies.
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Integrated Public Space Comfort Design
Leverage the dashboard for holistic design of public spaces, combining pathway and seating optimization with dynamic, temperature-responsive layouts. This approach uses real-time temperature data and analysis of shaded areas to enhance thermal comfort and user experience throughout the year, adapting to different seasons and times of day.
Enterprise API Use Cases
Available in the US only starting July 2024, these API capabilities of tOS allow Landscape Architects to leverage precise temperature and environmental data for innovative and sustainable design. By integrating these features into their workflow, they can enhance the functionality, aesthetic appeal, and environmental sustainability of public parks, gardens, playgrounds, and other projects, thereby promoting well-being and ecological harmony.
The API can be used to fetch detailed temperature classification maps for specific localities or neighborhoods to identify the size and place of hot zones throughout the day, week or months. Landscape architects can set parameters and filters through the API to customize the data retrieval according to the project's specific needs, such as analyzing temperature conditions for different times of day, or for areas frequented by vulnerable populations. Those APIs are integratable with their GIS systems or CAD drawings for both, new or existing sites.
Site-Specific Heat Assessment
Data-Driven Concept Design and Material Selection
Through the API, architects can visualize and classify thermal maps to enable them to integrate insights directly into their systems, aiding in the selection of materials and design features that enhance thermal comfort at specific micro-climate conditions, or allow them how to couple different passive or active cooling insights to achieve optimal results from such interactions. The API has the capability to understand the complexity of different design aspects and provide cooling solutions to match the design objectives.
Report Generation and Design Guideline Creation
The API facilitates the generation and download of comprehensive reports directly from tOS and through the user’s system “software”. These reports can include recommendations on cooling strategies and sustainability practices associated with data available by the user or through the tOS. Landscape architects can use the API to automate report generation for different project phases or areas, streamlining the process of sharing insights with stakeholders, supervisors, or construction teams depending on the project phase.
Post-Construction Near Real-Time Impact Measurement
After construction, the API provides access to near real-time temperature data streams, allowing landscape architects to measure the impact of their designs on the local microclimate. This data can be used to validate the effectiveness of implemented design strategies and contribute to the project's ESG ratings.