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Introduction

On July 31, 2025, Rosetta Inc., headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, introduced a premium plan for its architectural environment evaluation AI agent called "Metareal Eco Design" (Metareal ES). With a monthly subscription fee of 50,000 yen (tax included), users can utilize the service up to 200 times a month, aiming to simplify the environmental impact assessments significantly required during the architectural design phase.

Purpose of Metareal ES

Metareal ES serves as a powerful support tool for architects, allowing them to automatically aggregate and analyze necessary environmental impact evaluations, energy efficiency performance, and site characteristic analysis with just a single click. This automated process not only enhances compliance yet optimizes report creation processes, thereby improving the efficiency of architectural environmental evaluations dramatically.

Developing Background

Despite a rising demand in the construction industry for sustainable practices and energy-efficient standards, architects often find themselves buried under manual data collection from various indicators and external databases. Responding to environmental evaluation standards like CASBEE, ZEH, and BELS requires significant time and specialized knowledge, which can be a major burden for architects. The insufficient incorporation of environmental elements can weaken the persuasion of proposals and competition materials, potentially leaving clients and judges uncertain about the environmental considerations presented.

Young designers and small to medium-sized architectural firms often struggle with the limited resources to gather necessary expertise and information, making it difficult for them to engage in environmentally conscious design.

Key Features of Metareal ES

Metareal ES boasts four primary features:
1. Automated Analysis: By automating the aggregation and analysis of environmental impact evaluations, energy efficiency metrics, and site characteristic assessments, it allows for instant report generation.
2. Visualization of Environmental Factors: The tool provides automatic visual representations for sunlight exposure, ventilation, and site characteristics.
3. Compliance Support: It aids architects in adhering to various environmental evaluation standards such as CASBEE, ZEH, and BELS.
4. Versatile Report Outputs: Reports can be instantly generated in PDF or Word formats, ready for immediate use in decision-making or reporting processes.

These features significantly reduce the burden placed on architects regarding technical knowledge and data collection, subsequently enhancing the persuasiveness of proposals.

Target Audience

The service is tailored for various professionals including architects within general contractors, design offices, and project architects developing proposals during initial phases of large-scale projects. It is also suitable for those in small architectural firms aiming to bolster energy proposals and enhance environmental performance, as well as sales and planning teams that want to strengthen the environmental aspects of competitions and proposals, and technical research teams focused on promoting BIM and architectural DX.

Insights from CTO and AI Developer Yoshiki Yonekura

With growing importance placed on environmental considerations in architectural design, "Metareal ES" aims to untangle the complexities surrounding environmental evaluations, cultivating more sustainable architectural design practices. From sunlight conditions to energy efficiency ratings, the tool analyzes an array of factors automatically, generating reports aligned with various evaluation systems. Our dedication is to provide specialized technical support, enabling architects to efficiently balance environmental performance with design quality.

Conclusion

Rosetta Inc.'s introduction of the Metareal Eco Design Premium Plan is poised to transform how architects manage and fulfill environmental assessment responsibilities, enabling a shift towards more sustainable construction practices. With its user-friendly features and robust support for compliance, Metareal ES is set to play a pivotal role in supporting the architectural industry in addressing modern environmental challenges.

For more about the service, visit the Metareal ES service page. For inquiries, please contact [email protected].