How well do you understand the people you are designing for?
We help organisations design and operate better buildings.
From early concept to daily operation, we combine human experience insight, intelligent design review, and lifecycle sustainability data to create inclusive, safe, and sustainable places.
One Platform. Better Buildings.
We help replace assumptions, siloed tools, and late-stage audits with a single, scientifically-validated intelligence platform that enables better, data-informed decisions across the entire building lifecycle.
BetterSense
Sense people's experiences
An AI-powered tool that converts feedback into actionable insights, empowering data-informed decisions to boost workplace inclusivity, well-being, and performance.
Transform feedback into quantifiable metrics
Identify patterns in user experiences
Generate actionable recommendations
TrueDesign
Early review. Better design.
A seamless audit tool using machine learning and image recognition to detect spatial barriers and recommend compliance improvements.
Automated detection of accessibility barriers
Compliance recommendations aligned with regulations
Reduce audit time and costs
BetterLifecycle
Buildings that learn and adapt
Collect live data on energy performance, sustainability, and carbon footprint to close the loop with predictive insights.
Live energy and sustainability tracking
Forecast performance improvements
Predictive insights for upgrades and retrofits
Turn building intelligence into measurable advantage.
Improvement in workplace experience indicators
Faster design review compared to traditional workflows
Improvement in sustainability and energy performance benchmarking
Founded on research at the University of Cambridge.
Our methodologies are not just innovative; they are the product of rigorous academic research, ensuring credibility, precision, and a deep understanding of the complex interplay between people and their environments.
A comprehensive review of assessment tools for inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility in civil engineering and architectural design.
Read the paperA post-occupancy evaluation method to help design the buildings of tomorrow through inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility audits.
Read the paperDepicting challenges and opportunities that building industry professionals face when designing inclusive and accessible buildings.
Read the paperA study of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the built environment and architectural design practice.
Read the paperLearn from our Successes.
Discover how leading organisations are transforming their built environments with SenseBuilding.
"BetterSense supported our company with better understanding the needs of our employees, from an inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility point of view."
Julia
COO at Motionspot
"BetterSense supported our company in better understanding EDI needs, and we can now showcase that these priorities can be achieved. A focus on EDI design features certainly secures a more effective and attractive workplace."
Liz
Director of Estates, Science & Technology Facilities Council
"A success story in innovation - SenseBuilding represents the best of Cambridge research translated into real-world impact."
Innovation Team
Cambridge Enterprise
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From insight to impact, across the full building lifecycle
SenseBuilding connects human experience insight, intelligent design review, and lifecycle performance data into a single platform. It supports better decision-making from early concept and design review through to building operation, helping teams move from assumptions to evidence at every stage.
Designed for the teams shaping, delivering, and operating buildings
SenseBuilding is built for multidisciplinary teams across the built environment, including architects, engineers, consultants, developers, asset owners, facilities managers, sustainability and ESG teams, and surveyors. It supports both day-to-day workflows and strategic decision-making, enabling collaboration around a shared, evidence-based understanding of buildings and their users.
Clear value for every role across the built environment
SenseBuilding delivers practical benefits tailored to different professional needs:
- Architects, engineers, and designers gain early insight into user needs and faster, evidence-based design review.
- Access and fire safety consultants benefit from intelligent, regulation-informed assessments and clearer design guidance.
- Developers and asset owners reduce risk, improve asset performance, and support long-term value creation.
- Facilities and workplace managers monitor real-world experience, performance, and compliance in use.
- Sustainability and ESG teams access lifecycle data to support benchmarking, reporting, and improvement strategies.
- Surveyors streamline assessment, audits, and evaluation of existing buildings and retrofit opportunities.