Where Building Science Meets Investment Intelligence
High-performance buildings don’t happen by accident. Urban Earth Advisory helps owners, developers, and design teams deliver projects that outperform on comfort, cost, and environmental impact — using an envelope-first, finance-grounded approach. Urban Earth Advisory integrates building physics, financial intelligence, and owner-side strategy. We serve as an Owner’s Representative and Design-Phase Advisor, ensuring high-performance projects align capital, scope, and measurable comfort.
Owners Representation
Align pro-forma, design, and delivery before major decisions get locked in. We ensure your project’s envelope, comfort, and lifecycle performance stay grounded in financial reality. Since roughly 80% of long-term outcomes are set in the first 10% of design, we help you secure those early choices with clarity and confidence.
Feasibility & Budget Risk Review
Make smarter design decisions before you commit big dollars. Our Feasibility Review models your project’s envelope, comfort, and lifecycle costs—revealing risks and savings early, at a fraction of the cost and time of a full design-team engagement.
Technical Consulting
PHPP modeling, commissioning, and verified performance for high performance buildings. We test the most influential design variables early and quantify their impact on loads, comfort, and mechanical sizing before schematic design begins.
Why owners & developers choose Urban Earth
Owners trust Urban Earth to align building physics with financial performance from the very first decision
Envelope-First = Financial First
Building physics tied directly to lifecycle cost.
Owner’s Representative Perspective
Protecting capital, scope, and comfort from day one.
Verified Performance, Not Promises
PHPP, commissioning, and QA/QC baked in.
Experience Across Climate Zones
Real data, real buildings, real savings.
Who we serve
We advise owners, developers, design teams, and community organizations building for performance, comfort, and long-term value.
Owners & developers
Projects driven by capital, scope, comfort, and lifecycle outcomes. We align pro-forma, design, and delivery so physics and finance move in the same direction from day one.
Design teams
PHPP modeling, envelope strategy, and mechanical right-sizing that support architects and engineers in creating high-performance buildings with fewer surprises later.
Community & institutional
Schools, community centers, and mission-driven organizations seeking healthier air, lower operating costs, and long-term operational resilience.
Special infrastructure
Data centers, active-lifestyle facilities, and unique performance-driven projects that require precise modeling, thermal management, and disciplined energy systems.
The Urban Earth Method
A four-part framework aligning land, building physics, and financial performance — from the first decision to final delivery.
Land
Regenerative Site Strategy
We analyze climate, hydrology, solar access, wind, shading, and long-term stewardship. This reduces risk and grounds the project in what the land can naturally support — before design decisions are made.
Building
Envelope-First Passive Design
High-resolution modeling of comfort, humidity, loads, and enclosure performance. We help select assemblies and materials that maximize comfort and long-term durability while lowering operational cost.
Method
Integrated Project Delivery
Owner-aligned decision-making that ties capital, scope, and lifecycle performance together.
Our process keeps design, budgeting, and sequencing synchronized so projects run smoothly with fewer surprises.
Performance
Financial & Comfort Outcomes
We quantify energy, comfort, and operating costs using validated Passive House modeling. This gives owners confidence that every decision contributes to measurable long-term results.