Deepki, an ESG solution platform for real estate, has launched an AI-driven solution to help accelerate the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios.
The tool, designed for commercial real estate owners, investors, and managers, helps them identify and prioritise capital expenditures that enhance asset value and align with net-zero goals.
The new module allows users to simulate the impact of various investments at asset, fund, and portfolio levels. By leveraging AI-augmented physics models, Deepki’s solution delivers virtual retrofitting plans that streamline decision-making and improve return on investment, while also addressing sustainability targets.
Oliver Pin, chief product officer at Deepki, highlighted the challenges faced by real estate professionals: “The main stake these days for our customers is to define the most efficient investment strategy that will combine profitability and decarbonisation. They must sometimes do this for very large portfolios and often with a lack of in-house expertise. Leveraging AI-augmented physics models, our investment plan feature performs virtual retrofits and aims to help them make informed, strategic decisions to direct capital flow where it matters most, improving asset value, return on investment and accelerating the path to net zero across the portfolio level.”
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The platform offers a unified, macro-level view of current and projected portfolio performance, according to the provider, reducing the need for costly, time-intensive asset-by-asset audits. By identifying retrofit actions with the highest return on investment and assessing stranding risks under different scenarios, the tool helps clients prioritise investments that align with their sustainability and financial objectives.
Vincent Bryant, CEO and co-founder of Deepki, emphasised the transformative role of technology in achieving net-zero goals: “The time for waiting on asset-by-asset on-site physical audits and the installation of additional measurement devices is over. Today, technology – especially AI – empowers us to rapidly and accurately identify profitable retrofits for every asset at the portfolio level. With Deepki’s new AI-augmented capabilities, you can create actionable decarbonization plans that specify exactly what you need to do, how much you need to invest, and the anticipated profitability of your investments.”
Deepki’s Investment Plan feature includes a catalogue of over 130 retrofit actions curated by its R&D and energy management teams, informed by real data from its customers. According to the provider, it can integrate existing investment plans designed by engineering firms, allowing users to build a broader ESG strategy. These plans are then benchmarked against science-based standards like Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor and Science Based Targets initiative to optimise performance and protect long-term asset value.
Bryant added: “This innovation is another step forward in achieving our founding aim.”
