FREE Carbon, Cost and Mass Analysis Tool LAUNCHING JUNE 26

Nezo (formerly V-Quest) a Christchurch-based building design tech startup established in 2022, was created to help solve design inefficiencies within the building industry. The platform integrates supercharged design analytics into existing tools, allowing designers to see how their material selections perform and ways to improve them.

MRWC has partnered with Nezo to develop an industry-accessible, design-integrated carbon, cost and mass measurement tool to support early-stage project decisions, compliance prep and material options comparison and client conversations.

Architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, contractors and project managers will have free access to the tool from June 2026, eliminating a major barrier for smaller practices and driving greater adoption of high-level carbon analysis as standard.

Through this partnership, we hope to help to shift industry behaviour away from passive design choices toward proactive, low-carbon efficient design exploration - enabling architects and engineers to move beyond spreadsheets and make decisions grounded in reliable and accurate design-integrated analysis.

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A computer screen displaying a data analytics dashboard with charts, a 3D building model, and a table of data comparing different items

Industry wide benefits that are expected from this partnership:

  • Reducing time spent on early-stage carbon estimates by automating material quantity extraction from conceptual design geometry.

  • Access to a refined library of pre-generated building use types (apartments, classrooms, multi-unit residential) with multiple build methodologies analysed for cost, carbon and mass. This library will provide access to explorable schedules of quantities, carbon, cost and mass calculations for key elements of the buildings. The library will identify variable P&G / time related costs between each methodology at high level.

  • The solution will be cloud based and accessible to construction professionals. With architects and engineers having integration to ArchiCad, Revit and potentially other design platforms. 

  • It will Improve the accuracy of embodied carbon results through up-to-date, standardised datasets and verified carbon factors, reducing risk of under reporting or miscalculation.

  • Integrate directly into existing design workflows, removing the need to manually transpose data between design software and spreadsheets.

  • Support clearer communication of carbon / cost / mass impacts to clients.

  • Eliminates reliance on static, outdated calculator tools, increasing consistency and reducing errors across projects.

  • Provide access to carbon analysis for smaller firms or individual practitioners who otherwise lack the budget or capability for paid solutions.

  • Build capability within architectural practices by normalising carbon / cost / mass measurement as a standard part of concept and schematic design.

  • Improve the visibility of low-carbon timber construction options, particularly where carbon performance is poorly understood or under-communicated.

  • Create a common reference point for early-stage decisions, helping align architects, engineers, and clients on embodied carbon / mass / cost outcomes from the outset.

A digital construction project dashboard showing environmental data, quantities, and a 3D building model. Key metrics include CO2 emissions, weight, and take-off quantities.
Screenshot of a Building Variants project dashboard showing data on totals, selection, quantity take-off, and 3D model of a building. Contains buttons for editing the variant and downloading reports, with a colored 3D building model on the right.
Screenshot of a construction design software interface showing project details, comparison charts, and a 3D model of a building with different variants, alongside buttons for editing and reporting.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Red Stag Industrial

    ROTORUA
    Wed, 5 November
    2pm - 4.15pm

    Showcasing lowest carbon industrial timber buildings, that are now cost-equivalent to steel - come find out how.

  • Parliamentary Services Building

    WELLINGTON
    Thurs, 13 November
    3pm

    We have exceeded our registration capacity, and as a result, registrations are now officially closed. 

  • Designing & Building Better with Timber

    AUCKLAND
    Thurs, 27 November
    8am - 4.30pm

    Step through the typical design and build process with experts covering architecture, structure, fire, acoustics, moisture, compliance and cost considerations at each stage.