climate data
Climate Zone
Classifies the site using recognised systems (Köppen-Geiger and ANSI/ASHRAE), with reference maps and legends explaining each climate class and zone.
From Climate Data toDesign Impact
C4B provides instant, data-driven climate and energy insights before design begins, guiding better decisions for architects, engineers and developers.
climate data
Climate Zone
design direction
Passive Design Strategies for Indoor Environments
energy data
Country Grid Carbon Intensity Assessment
design direction
Comfort Strategies for Outdoor Environments
climate data
Annual Wind Rose Diagram
energy data
Solar Radiation
climate data
Precipitation Event Intensity
climate data
Climate Zone
design direction
Passive Design Strategies for Indoor Environments
energy data
Country Grid Carbon Intensity Assessment
design direction
Comfort Strategies for Outdoor Environments
climate data
Annual Wind Rose Diagram
energy data
Solar Radiation
climate data
Precipitation Event Intensity
climate data
Climate Zone
design direction
Passive Design Strategies for Indoor Environments
energy data
Country Grid Carbon Intensity Assessment
design direction
Comfort Strategies for Outdoor Environments
climate data
Annual Wind Rose Diagram
energy data
Solar Radiation
climate data
Precipitation Event Intensity
mission
From your first sketch,not your final review.
This project began with a simple intention: to make climatic data more accessible and relevant for architects, promoters, and design teams.
At (embrace ideas), we wanted to explore what happens when climate and energy information which feed more sustainable and resilient building design is available from the first step. This information would no longer be a part of a 'sustainability checkbox', but a core part of the design process itself.
C4B was built to bridge the gap between complex data and early-stage conceptualization, equipping you with the insights to integrate climate and energy data efficiently, clearly, and proactively
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who it’s for
architects
Good architecture already understands where it stands.
Bring your site's climate into the very first sketch, not the final review. C4B turns the raw climatic conditions of any location into design direction you can act on: passive design strategies, outdoor comfort strategies, and the climate context (solar path, wind roses, UTCI comfort) that shapes a considered response from day one. Then export it as a report your team and your client can actually read.
engineers and sustainability specialists
Reliable climate and energy data from any location on the globe.
Pull a consistent, technically sound climate and energy stack for any coordinates worldwide: EPW files, psychrometric analysis, solar radiation, PV and wind potential, and grid carbon intensity. Built to sit alongside your expertise, turning hours of data-gathering into minutes, not to replace the judgment you bring to it.
promoters and developers
Climate and energy insight, ready for the decisions that come first.
Understand the site's climate and energy profile early, before the big decisions are made, in a format you can put in front of a board or a client without a technical translator. Readable reports covering local conditions, on-site energy generation potential and grid carbon intensity give you an early, defensible read on where a project stands.
platform
Enter a location. Get clear data.
No scripts. No weather-file wrangling. C4B automatically collects and processes site-specific climate, energy and comfort data into a report you, and the rest of your team, can actually read.
step 01
drop a pin
Type an address or click a map. We pull historical weather, regional grid intensity, and local solar & wind resource for the exact coordinates.
step 02
we compute
Sun paths, wind roses, UTCI comfort, PV potential, geothermal feasibility. A full climate & energy stack, site-specific.
step 03
you design
Receive a curated set of diagrams and design directions, ready to drop into a competition, a brief, or the first conversation with a client.
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Accessible data you can actually read.
Every report brings together climate, energy and design direction, with each output explained, contextualised, and ready to use.
energy data
Solar Radiation
Displays the solar energy reaching the site across its three components (direct normal, diffuse horizontal, and global horizontal), interpreted for photovoltaic generation potential.
design direction
Comfort Strategies for Outdoor Environments
Tests outdoor interventions such as shade and wind shelter, showing how each one raises the share of comfortable hours by season and time of day.
climate data
Daily Wind Rose Diagram
Wind analysis broken into four times of day by season, showing how wind shifts through a typical day.
site specific EPW
Your actual site, not the nearest weather station.
Many readily available weather files are tied to the closest weather station, which can be kilometers away from your site, at a different elevation, in a different microclimate. In some contexts this gap in context is fine, but in others, the difference in weather data is substantial.
C4B builds an EPW anchored to your project's exact coordinates, so the climate you design against represents the site itself, not a proxy some distance away.
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intelligence
The data, read for you.
Across your project overview and inside every module, each graphic comes with a written interpretation: what it's showing, and what it means for your site. In the design direction modules it goes further, reading your turning solar radiation, prevailing wind and the rest of your site's climate into passive design strategies. Every insight is generated only from your project's own data, drawn from the results on the page, so it stays grounded in your site and nothing else.
climate data
Annual Wind Rose Diagram
Maps the frequency, direction, and speed of wind across the year, with speed bands linked to which outdoor activities remain comfortable.
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