Built environment.
Connected knowledge.
Emissions / Information systems for the built environment

Your organization
knows more than
its systems do.

We help organizations in the built environment turn scattered information and processes into systems that actually work.

Tell us what’s not working Follow the information
Field of knowledge / 0042
The invisible information layer around a building An axonometric school illustration, with a courtyard and sports court, connected to a report, a maintenance record, a photograph and a person's observation.
□ Document / 018report_final_v2.pdfRoof inspection · REV 03Somewhere in a shared drive
↗ Event / 006Roof maintenance12 JUN 2024 · PLACE 0042In a different spreadsheet
▧ Photograph / 032IMG_4382.jpgRoof condition · Classroom wingOn someone’s phone
Laura knows this.Observation → RecordedKnowledge → Unrecorded
Place 0042 / The school
The same place. Now connected.
Illustrative building & records / Explore the connections
Buildings. Places. People. Everything between.01 — Make the invisible visible
01 / The information problemSame knowledge. Different possibilities.

The information exists.
The connections don’t.

A report in a folder. An assessment in a spreadsheet. The reason behind a decision in someone’s head. Pieces of the same place, without a shared picture.

01.A / Scattered information
  • PDFreport_final_v2.pdfWhich version did we use?
  • XLScondition_survey.xlsxWho updated this?
  • JPGIMG_4382.jpgWhich building was this?
  • ···“Ask Laura. She knows.”What happens when Laura leaves?
All here. Somewhere.
01.B / Working knowledge● Connected
Place / 0042

The school

One place. A shared, living record.
Document / REV 03Inspection report

The current report belongs to this building, with its revision and source attached. Earlier versions remain part of the record.

Observation / RoofWater ingress recorded

An observation connects the inspection, the photograph and the part of the building that needs attention.

Decision / Next actionSchedule a roof assessment

The next action retains the evidence and reasoning behind it, so another person can pick up where the last one left off.

Illustrative record Open a connection to explore ↗
The transformation

From scattered information to working knowledge.

02 / How we workOne engagement. From question to working system.

Understand the place.
Connect the pieces.
Make it work.

We work with your organization to understand the real problem, redesign how information flows, and build the system that makes it useful.

Start with the people.
  1. 01

    Understand

    Follow how knowledge is created, used, lost and passed on. Find the friction in the work people actually do.

    Field notes → A shared understanding
  2. 02

    Design

    Give the information a structure. Shape the processes and interfaces around what people need to accomplish.

    Information model → A workable plan
  3. 03

    Build

    Implement the right combination of software, automation, AI and our own technology. Put it to work.

    Connected pieces → A working system
  4. 04

    Evolve

    Learn from real use. Adapt the system as the organization’s knowledge, people and needs change.

    Everyday use → Better knowledge ↺
03 / In practice In development
ICOMOS / Spain

A shared picture
of World Heritage.

Many places. Multiple evaluators. Years of accumulated information. One need: a consistent way to understand the condition of Spain’s UNESCO World Heritage properties.

We’re developing a system for ICOMOS that connects places, structured assessments and supporting information—making a complex evaluation process usable over time.

Built around a real process, with the people who use it.
System model / Assessment knowledge
The shared referenceWorld Heritage property
EvaluatorsEvidenceCriteria
Structured assessmentA consistent record of what we know
Previous assessmentCurrent understandingNext review →
Conceptual information model · Not a product screenshot
04 / Technology with rootsCreated here. Put to work.

Databitat

by Emissions

Information has a place.
And a life beyond one project.

Databitat is our own infrastructure for building living information systems around places, buildings and organizations. It connects information to its context and keeps it useful over time.

When existing tools aren’t enough, we have the experience—and the technology—to build what’s needed.

05 / Why EmissionsEst. 2007

Built environment × Information
Technology × Communication

Different disciplines.
One connected way of thinking.

Since 2007, we’ve worked with architecture, construction, institutions and technical knowledge. We understand the places, the people and the information—and we can build the systems that bring them together.

Also by Emissions
  • Databitat
  • EdificaPRO
  • Builduo
  • Martimedia
06 / Start with a real problemOver to you ↙

Something should
work better.
Let’s look at it.

A process that keeps getting stuck. Information you can never find. Knowledge that only one person has. Tell us where it hurts.

jordi@emiss.io