Hungarian AI Development in the Green Building Certification Market

Among global economic trends, two stand out due to their overall impact: the increasing importance of sustainability and the growing presence of artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, we are witnessing more and more examples of the convergence of these two areas worldwide. In Hungary, two domestic companies have developed an AI-based assistance tool for the sustainable real estate consulting sector.

Greenbors Consulting, a Hungarian-owned pioneer in sustainable real estate consulting, developed the AI-based assistance tool in cooperation with its IT partner. The tool, named Sustainabot, is an AI-powered green building certification analysis software that enhances the process and efficiency of obtaining increasingly valuable building certifications.

Sustainabot significantly accelerates the compliance screening of documentation. Clients can upload entire documentation packages without prior filtering: the AI selects the data and matches them to predefined credits. The system also quickly and accurately identifies missing or already fulfilled requirements, making intervention points clearly visible.

“The tool is currently fully available for the BREEAM certification process, but with minor additional development, it will be suitable for analyzing the requirements of any system, including LEED, DGNB, and the EU Taxonomy,” said Gábor Szarvas, head of Greenbors, sharing his plans.

According to Szarvas, even the current development is revolutionizing their consulting work. The innovation enables more efficient and higher-quality management of the certification processes. The tool allows for thorough and accurate checks—and it works extremely fast. Another key benefit of Sustainabot is that it relieves the expert team from monotonous, repetitive administrative tasks. Thanks to faster and more efficient data processing, certification tasks can be completed in one-third less time, allowing consultants to spend more time on value-added advisory activities.

Kristóf Németh, head of E-worker Technologies, responsible for the IT development of the AI-based tool, sees future potential in developing a system that could support sustainability tasks even more complex than certifications.

“The application was built using the most powerful professional AI models, but specifically designed to perform target tasks with maximum efficiency and accuracy. We also prioritized user experience and adhered to the strictest data security standards. As a result of the close and continuous cooperation between Greenbors as the end user and the developers, the application now offers the most effective solutions from both an IT and end-user perspective.”

The software—which is attracting significant interest from companies involved in sustainable real estate consulting both domestically and internationally—is available online through a subscription-based, pay-as-you-go model.