From the Founder’s Desk
Dear Valued Partner,
A Warm Welcome to Ecomatrix Engineering.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Ecomatrix Engineering.
Every building starts as an idea. Turning that idea into a building that performs well takes good design, sound engineering, and the right decisions at the right time.
I trained as an architect at Sir J.J. College of Architecture in Mumbai and later completed a Master’s in Sustainable Building at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Somewhere along that journey, one question became increasingly important to me:
How Do We Know How a Building Will Perform Before it is Built?
That question led me deeper into building performance simulation and energy modeling, and eventually took me to Canada. Over the years, I worked on energy modeling and building performance projects across North America, gaining firsthand experience with the standards, codes, design practices, and project expectations that shape the industry today.
In 2018, I started building what would become ECO Matrix in Canada. With support from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), we explored ways to make building performance analysis more systematic and help project teams evaluate multiple design possibilities rather than relying on a single solution. That work eventually evolved into our parametric optimization methodology, which was presented at Building Simulation 2025 in Brisbane through IBPSA.
In 2024, I returned to India and began building the team that is now Ecomatrix Engineering in Nagpur.
Today, we work with architects, engineers, developers, and building owners across India and North America. Our experience spans energy modeling, HVAC load calculations, CFD analysis, daylighting, and BIM/MEP coordination, including work involving ASHRAE 90.1, NECB, LEED, and other North American building performance requirements.
But technical expertise is only part of what we are trying to build.
We believe engineering can be made better when it is supported by the right technology. That belief has led us to develop solutions such as the Ecomatrix Optimization Platform and VentiQ, helping teams evaluate alternatives, understand building performance, and make better decisions earlier in the design process.
“Technology is the Means. Better Buildings and Clearer Decisions are the Goal.”
As Ecomatrix grows, our focus remains simple: combine strong engineering fundamentals, practical project experience, and digital innovation to help our clients create buildings that perform better — and to make the process of getting there more efficient.
I am proud of the journey that brought us here, from architecture in Mumbai to building performance work in Canada, and now to building a growing engineering practice in Nagpur with a global outlook.
If you have a project where building performance matters, I’d be glad to hear about it.
Anup Rathi
Founder & Director – Ecomatrix Engineering
