2009 founders peter krebs mads jensen headquarters london new york key people robert kahr peter krebs hugh mcevoy sandeep menon products sefaira architecture sefaira systems number of employees 50 parent trimble navigation ltd. website http www.sefaira.com sefaira is a software company specializing in cloud based computing solutions for high performance building design . 1 in 2011 sefaira won the green building innovation of the year award at london s ecobuild . 2 3 4 the company was founded in 2009 . 5 on february 8 2016 trimble navigation announced the acquisition of sefaira ltd. sefaira will join sketchup in the trimble architecture & design division part of trimble buildings . 6 7 8 9 contents 1 history 2 products 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit sefaira was founded in 2009 by peter krebs and mads jensen to provide the building industry with a whole new way to design and create buildings . 5 co founder and ceo mads jensen said in an interview we set out to create a new type of web based design tool that would allow green buildings to become the norm . 3 the founders derived the name sefaira from the greek word sfera or sphere symbolizing the earth and the company s holistic approach to global solutions . 10 in 2009 sefaira won the insead business venture competition and shortly after sefaira was incorporated in london uk with offices opening in new york us shortly thereafter . 5 11 in 2011 sefaira cloud based analysis platform was voted the most promising new technology at the london ecobuild . 12 in april 2012 the company announced that it had received 10.8 million in series a funding from braemar energy ventures in partnership with amsterdam based chrysalix set and uk based hermes gpe . 2 13 14 and in july 2012 the company announced the public launch of the sefaira web application . 15 in 2013 and 2014 sefaira won numerous awards and accolades including being listed as part of the global cleantech 100 the top 100 cleantech companies judged most likely to make a significant market impact over the next 5 10 years according to the cleantech group . 16 products edit the company s primary product is sefaira a web based performance analysis platform specifically built for conceptual design . 17 sefaira is targeted towards architects engineers consultants and building designers . it performs whole building physics based analysis of water carbon and renewable energy potential allowing designers and architects to explore design options . 1 17 18 the software includes support for sketchup . in 2013 sefaira released a new plugin for sketchup that connects energy analysis and daylight to building design . 19 in 2014 sefaira released a new plugin for autodesk revit that connects energy analysis and daylight to building design . 20 in 2015 sefaira released sefaira systems a product designed for hvac designers to do system sizing and energy analysis using sketchup and revit models . 21 awards edit 2009 insead business venture competition winner 11 2011 green building innovation of the year winner 2 2012 going green global top 200 private companies 22 2013 red herring 2013 top 100 global 23 2013 sustainability leaders award 2013 winner for best software innovation 24 2013 & 2014 global cleantech 100 award 16 25 2014 architizer a awards best app jury s winner 26 2015 edison awards bronze for energy management conservation category 27 2015 dutch green building council duurzaame innovation sustainability innovation winner 28 2015 sefaira is named in the 2015 global cleantech 100 for a third year in a row 29 references edit a b jeff st john april 11 2012 . sefaira raises 10.8 m for fast handling of big green building data . greentech enterprise . retrieved october 2 2012 . a b c clara byrne april 10 2012 . data driven green building design nets sefaira 10.8 million . vbnews . retrieved october 2 2012 . a b early stage design tool voted top innovation . the bre trust . march 3 2011 . retrieved october 2 2012 . dan primack april 10 2012 . venture capital deals . cnn money . retrieved october 2 2012 . a b c diana middleton september 16 2012 . using a fast track m.b.a. to test a new venture . the wall street journal . retrieved october 2 2012 . trimble navigation acquires sefaira . pr newswire . retrieved february 8 2016 . sefaira is joining sketchup and trimble buildings . retrieved february 8 2016 . welcome to the family sefaira . retrieved february 8 2016 . wanda lau . trimble acquires building performance analysis software provider sefaira . architectmagazine.com . the journal of the american institute of architects . retrieved 9 february 2016 . sefaira retrieved january 31 2013 http www.sefaira.com about a b insead business venture competition past winners . insead . may 2009 . retrieved october 2 2012 . mads jensen and oliver schneider . the bre trust . march 8 2011 . retrieved october 2 2012 . sefaira launches web application for early stage sustainable and energy efficient building design . businesswire . july 18 2012 . retrieved october 2 2012 . jessica shankleman april 11 2012 . green design software firm sefaira celebrates 7m funding round . businessgreen . retrieved october 2 2012 . gareth platt april 11 2012 . sefaira completes 10.8 m series a funding round . growing business . retrieved october 2 2012 . a b laura paddison the guardian october 10 2013 http www.theguardian.com sustainable business cleantech global 100 list 2013 a b jan michael hess may 2012 . mads jensen pitches smart green building software startup sefaira . ecosummit . retrieved october 2 2012 . sefaira concept collaborative software for sustainable design . architect news . july 17 2012 . retrieved october 2 2012 . candace pearson . sefaira plug in integrates energy analysis directly into sketchup . environmental building news . retrieved november 21 2013 . http sefaira.com sefaira architecture http sefaira.com sefaira systems alwayson november 30 2012 http aonetwork.com announcing the 2012 goinggreen global 200 top private companies redherring november 20 2013 http www.redherring.com events red herring global rhg2013winners sustainability leaders awards 2013 . edie newsroom . 22 november 2013 . the 2014 global cleantech 100 companies . retrieved 2014 11 30 . architizer a awards 2014 winners . retrieved 2014 11 30 . http www.edisonawards.com winners2015.php http www.duurzaambedrijfsleven.nl ict 6065 hoe softwarebedrijf sefaira bijdraagt aan duurzame bouw sefaira is named in the 2015 global cleantech 100 . retrieved 26 january 2016 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sefaira & oldid 738326784 categories companies established in 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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