BUILDING SCIENCE · DESIGN · DECARBONIZATION

Better buildings.
Clearer decisions.

Connect energy, carbon and cost—without losing sight of design and the people inside.

Performance-led analysis and design support for new buildings and retrofits. From an early question to a documented comparison, we help your team understand the options and plan the next step.

Founder-led by Sorour Yekke, PhD · Building Scientist · Ontario

Concept illustration of glazed buildings surrounded by trees
Concept illustration · not a completed project.

HOW WE CAN HELP

One building. Connected expertise.

A focused study or an integrated performance brief—defined around your project, evidence and decision.

01 / DESIGN

Building design
& project support

Concept comparisons, BIM, visualization and coordination alongside your responsible project professionals.

Explore design support →

02 / ENERGY

Energy modelling
& reports

Traceable assumptions, controlled comparisons and clear reporting to inform performance decisions.

Explore energy studies →

03 / TRANSITION

Decarbonization
& electrification

Compare envelope, heating and hot-water strategies, their constraints and potential trade-offs.

Explore pathways →

04 / LIFE CYCLE

Carbon, LCA
& life-cycle cost

Connect environmental impact, capital investment, operation and replacement assumptions.

Explore carbon and cost →

05 / ENCLOSURES

Façades, daylight
& comfort

Investigate glazing, BIPV, shading, glare and view quality without losing the design intent.

Explore enclosure studies →

06 / MULTI-RESIDENTIAL

CMHC MLI Select
project support

Discuss energy-strategy analysis and coordination of the technical information your team needs.

Read the scope and limits →

Different roles. A shared building decision.

Architects & design teams · Developers & builders · Building owners & housing providers · Realtors & property advisers · Multi-unit financing and insurance teams

An initial conversation establishes the technical scope, evidence needed and specialist responsibilities.

Sorour Yekke, founder and building scientist at LUMIArchLab

FOUNDER-LED. RESEARCH-INFORMED.

Building science,
with a designer’s eye.

Sorour Yekke, PhD
Founder & Building Scientist

My work brings architectural engineering, building-performance research and technology commercialization together. My Waterloo doctoral research explored BIPV window-view quality using immersive virtual reality—connecting the performance of a façade with the experience of looking through it.

At LUMIArchLab, that perspective becomes a practical question: how can we make better building decisions while keeping energy, carbon, cost and people in the same conversation?

IN THE LAB · EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE

Building Decision Studio

A developing workflow for energy, operational-carbon and life-cycle-cost comparisons. Our current local prototype uses supplied inputs and demonstration data. It is not a launched engineering, compliance or client-file service.

A clear process from the start.

01 / Define

Your building, decision, scope and priorities.

02 / Analyse

The evidence, assumptions and performance.

03 / Compare

Options, constraints and meaningful trade-offs.

04 / Decide

A documented direction and next steps.

What is your building’s next decision?

Tell us where the project is, what stage it has reached and what you need to understand.