Academics from the University of Strathclyde and a commercial estate software specialist have won funding to research the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve energy efficiency in buildings. The team from Strathclyde will work alongside software provider arbnco to explore how AI can be combined with data to create more accurate and robust energy efficiency simulations. The funding has been provided Edinburgh-based Data Lab, the publicly-backed innovation centre that draws together business, academia and the public sector. The nine-month project will focus on arbnco's Arbn Consult platform software, which provides the ability to quickly and accurately assess the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of a commercial property. This can then be used to produce fully-costed retrofit packages for delivering improvements in energy performance.