Unlock BENG reports with AI: find product specifications faster and smarter

What is a BENG Report and why is it important?

Since 2021, every new construction project must comply with the BENG requirements. These are legal requirements for the energy performance of buildings, based on three indicators:

1. Energy requirements (kWh/m² per year)
2. Primary fossil energy use
3. Share of renewable energy

To demonstrate that a building meets these requirements, BENG reports are drawn up prior to the planning application. This includes not only the score on the above indicators, but also an extensive list of architectural and installation specifications that influence energy performance. Think about:

• Fire resistance of facades
• Type of glass and insulation values
• Heating, Ventilation, Cooling and Hot Water Installation Types
• PV installations and powers
• Specific products and components with properties, performances and positions

In other words: a large amount of technical data, packaged in a PDF.

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Why are BENG reports so valuable?

For suppliers, construction partners and suppliers, the BENG report is a concrete overview of:

• Which products are prescribed
• What properties these products should have
• What performance is expected
• Which combinations of systems were used

Only: this data is often spread over hundreds of pages, and only a small part is relevant to you as a subcontractor. But to find them, you have to manually go through the reports. This is time-consuming and error-prone. And that while it is precisely that data that is crucial for your work preparation, purchasing and production control.

That's why automatic extraction is so valuable. With the help of a UTS-AI agent, a custom-trained AI model, you can only extract the specifications that are relevant to you from a BENG report, structure them and make them immediately available for:

• Work preparation: all input in one place for calculators, planners and engineers
• Production control: integration with your ERP or production software for automatic processing
• Procurement & logistics: direct insight into material types and volumes per project phase

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Why is that often not possible now?

Very simple: a BENG report is a PDF. A document, often hundreds of pages, containing all information textually or with drawings. This often involves dozens to hundreds of specifications, spread over several chapters and without a uniform structure.

Manually going through such a report takes time. Lots of time. And you quickly miss the details or connections between systems. As a result, the report stays on the shelf, while you can actually get valuable commercial and technical insights from it.

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The solution: automatic extraction of product specifications

With smart data extraction and AI technology, you can get product specifications directly from the BENG report. Think about:

• Automatic recognition of materials, dimensions, installations and positions
• Extraction of insulation values, powers and EPC-related parameters
• Structuring all data in a searchable database or dashboard

This provides you with an overview, speed and new opportunities.

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A concrete case study

Suppose you are a carpentry factory that supplies frames for a major new construction project. Instead of waiting for separate cutlery or drawings, you can do it BENG Report analyze automatically to get crucial production information out of the table. Think about:

• The number of frames per building section or type of house
• The type of material (wood, plastic, aluminum) that is prescribed
• The insulation values and U values of the glass
• The exact dimensions and positions of windows and doors inside the building
• Specific requirements for airtightness or gap sealing

By automatically extracting this data from dozens of reports, a structured overview per type of home or unit is created. This makes it possible to:

• Preparing production early
• Custom-made parts and materials to be purchased
• To manage project management more tightly
• And to free up capacity in the workplace in a timely manner

This way, the BENG report becomes a direct input source for your internal processes, from work preparation to execution.

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And what does that mean?

By using BENG reports smartly, you can:

• Identify commercial opportunities more quickly See where your product or service has a chance, and act proactively on it.
• Save time Automate the work that is now manual, error-prone, and time-consuming.
• Using data for product strategy Analyze trends in insulation values, system requirements or supplier choices.
• Finding a better connection in the construction chain By knowing what is being asked at an early stage, you can switch earlier and better connect to the construction process.

Ready to take advantage of BENG data?

Bee Flawless Workflow we develop smart solutions for the manufacturing industry. Think of AI doc to data agents that automatically extract product specifications from BENG reports, and dashboards that immediately help you plan, control or produce better. Do you work with projects where BENG reports play a role? Or are you curious about how this data can help you sell, plan or develop smarter? Then we'd love to show you how to go from PDF to competitive advantage. Watch our solutions or take contact with us.