Our new AI chat understands natural language queries and quickly searches through thousands of datapoints to help you find the materials you need directly in the project. The AI will consider both the query and project information, such as country and tool being used to find the right data, as well as the history of queries and responses during the session.

The AI chat can only be accessed in the new user interface, so if you are not already using that, you can enable it from the Building materials query with this New interface button.

In the new interface, you can access the AI chat by first clicking the + Add resource button which opens the search overlay. From here, you can search for resources directly with text or using filters, as well as open the AI chat.

The AI chat is available as a BETA version. The following guidance will help you get the best results based on the cases that are currently supported in this version.

The AI will consider the project location if this is available, otherwise you can specify the location to search in the query. Being more explicit with the type of material you need will deliver better results. For example, "Show me low carbon galvanized steel in France" rather than “Show me low carbon steel in France”, would help the AI find more relevant results, but both would work.
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Search using terms such as "sustainable" or "low carbon" and the AI will return a list of materials in ascending order of Global Warming Potential (GWP) value, based on benchmarks.

Search using terms such as "average" or "typical" materials and the AI will return a list of generic materials or materials with an average GWP value, based on benchmarks.

It's also possible to search for a specific material from a specific country without specifying whether it needs to be low carbon or an average material, if you just need a locally produced material. In this case, results will be in descending order of best match to your query. For example, “Show me all mineral wool insulation in Finland”.
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You can also search for materials from a specific manufacturer, and this can be a parameter for any of the above searches as well.