Inovues

INOVUES retrofits building glazing without removing, replacing, or drilling into anything. Its patented system mounts a unitized panel over the existing window, turning a single pane into an insulating assembly and letting modern energy-saving and smart glass technology reach facades that would otherwise never receive it. Around 70% of buildings have inefficient facades, windows account for a large share of what those buildings lose, and buildings are the largest energy-consuming and carbon-emitting sector there is.

The conventional fix is to tear the facade off, which costs a fortune and empties the floors for months, so it doesn't happen and the building keeps leaking for another thirty years. Non-destructive retrofit changes the calculus: the tenants stay, the glass stays, and the energy stops going out the window. The existing building stock is the emissions problem. Almost all of it will still be standing in 2050.