The Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) industry is often cited as a primary contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. While the climate challenges from emissions are significant, our opportunities to create positive impact are even greater. And this gives me a lot of hope for the future.
At Autodesk, we see architects as essential to decarbonizing our built environment. We know that by working together, we have the opportunity to enable you with better products and technologies to help you achieve your decarbonization and sustainability goals. Here is the good news. The technologies and tools you need for new workflows, analytics, and insights for low-carbon design strategies already exist.
That’s why in this issue of the 2030 Commitment Newsletter, we are sharing how Autodesk technology is supporting new possibilities for low carbon design, including how AECO business and practice leaders at some of the world’s most innovative firms are making decarbonization an essential outcome in their approach to projects. There are also new developments in the Autodesk portfolio of tools that make it easier for you to understand the carbon impacts of your projects while they are being designed. And we’re providing access to Autodesk Learn for free, where you can get step-by-step tutorials in assessing total carbon impacts of your Revit models through Autodesk Insight and the Design Data Exchange (DDx) workflow for your AIA 2030 Commitment reporting.
Every day I see how architects like you are solving some of the world’s biggest challenges to design a better world for all. Your curiosity and willingness to try new technologies is driving our industry forward towards a more sustainable future and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to design a more sustainable world for generations to come.
Want to know how architecture and other AECO businesses are leveraging technology to decarbonize buildings? See Autodesk EVP of AEC Solutions Amy Bunszel in conversation with sustainability leaders from Perkins&Will, ARUP, and WBCSD about how they are preparing their practices and delivering now on low carbon buildings and infrastructure.
How does AI drive “actionable predictions” in early-stage design? How can you get more out of your BIM data to better understand the carbon impacts of your designs? Dive deep with David Bruce Lee and Marina Bourderonnet of Fame Architecture, as they sit with Autodesk product managers Ian Molloy and Ellis Herman to discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating analysis capabilities more seamlessly into design software.
Do you design in Revit? Want to add carbon analysis to the repertoire of useful things you can do with a Revit model? Check out new content from Autodesk Learn, where you can learn the basics of setting up your Revit model for analysis with Autodesk Insight, and then report your analysis data directly from Insight to Revit through a Direct Data Exchange workflow.
Did you know? Nearly 70% AEC business leaders indicated sustainability is good for short-term business success in 2024, an increase of 25% from the previous year.