# Nio — AI Structural Optimisation

> Nio is the carbon-aware AI co-pilot for structural engineers. It optimises steel and concrete structures for lower embodied carbon — suggesting leaner, code-compliant sections in real time inside Revit, Tekla and Autodesk (or from SAF files), and reserving full finite-element analysis (FEA) for shortlisted candidates.

Operated by Nio Energy (Vienna, Austria). This page — https://structural-optimisation.com — is the structural-optimisation product. The company's main site is https://nio.energy and the material take-off product is https://material-take-off.com.

## What it does
- **Real-time structural optimisation** — spots overbuilt members as you model and proposes smaller, code-compliant sections that carry the same load, without redesigning connections or load paths.
- **Generative design** — proposes multiple functionally identical alternatives per element, ranked by carbon, cost and constructability; the engineer accepts, refines or rejects each.
- **FEA-aware intelligence** — models trained on decades of finite-element results predict utilisation and code compliance in milliseconds; full FEA is run only on the shortlist.

## Key facts
- Design codes: EC3 / EN 1993 (steel), equivalent concrete codes, and ASCE.
- Carbon databases: ÖKOBAUDAT (DE), ICE (UK), plus EPD International, INIES, KBOB and regional EPD registers.
- Typical result: ~22% median reduction in embodied carbon from safe, like-for-like section swaps, with no change to load paths.
- Local-first: source models and files never have to leave the user's machine.
- Integrations: Revit, Tekla, Autodesk; reads SAF (Structural Analysis Format) files.
- Audience: structural engineers working on steel and concrete buildings.

## Pages
- [Home](https://structural-optimisation.com/): product overview, how it works, impact, FAQ and contact.

## Contact
- Email: hello@nio.energy
- Talk to an engineer: https://structural-optimisation.com/#contact