Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Management

Sustainable Design

Virtual Design & Construction

<p>The global movement of decarbonization in buildings is growing. Yet the industry is characterized by a multitude of standards and diverse BIM and carbon accounting processes used for assessing embodied carbon. Under the guidance of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six leading architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) companies&mdash;AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Foster + Partners, Ramboll, and SOM&mdash;collaborated to demonstrate these discrepancies on a case study that revealed a 34% variation in the firms' approaches to embodied carbon assessment using the same Revit model. Join our panel discussion to unpack the reasons behind this disparity, explore the complexities of translating BIM data into carbon insights, and propose guidelines to consider when undertaking an embodied carbon assessment. This technical discourse will identify opportunities for alignment and transparency within the industry, promoting actionable carbon assessments driven by BIM to support decarbonization efforts.</p>
<p>Expertise will be shared from our contributors: Andrea Colombo (Foster +&nbsp;Partners), Dana Far (Foster +&nbsp;Partners), Eric Stimmel (SOM),&nbsp;Javier Sanchez Hernandez (AECOM),&nbsp;Jordan Woodson (Arup), Laura Gomez Hernandez (AECOM), Leandro Reati (Foster +&nbsp;Partners), Margarida Goncalves (Arcadis), Monica Lucas (Ramboll), Retha Swanepoel (Foster +&nbsp;Partners), Rob Cairns (Ramboll), and Sandra Petkute (Arcadis)</p>

Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon 

Panel

Nashville

BIM/VDC Manager

Consultant

Green Building

Technology Manager

CAD Management & IT

Let's face it, emissions from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry are too high and one of the key issues is there are no agreed-upon processes for measuring embodied carbon. Join this panel discussion to hear a deep dive into how a group of companies conducted a proof of concept (POC) to address this complexity. Under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six AEC leading companies—AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Foster + Partners, Ramboll, and SOM—spent more than six months on this POC. The cohort of building information modeling (BIM) and sustainability experts from the various firms investigated the processes behind translating BIM data into material quantities to measure embodied carbon (EC). The goal: Identify best practices toward establishing industry-wide guidelines for EC analysis to create actionable benchmarks. Join this fascinating technical discussion into how we aligned, agreed on assumptions, and drew conclusions. 

Hear how these POC insights might help decarbonize the industry from our contributors:  Paul Astle (Ramboll), Javier Sanchez Hernandez (AECOM), Laura Gomez Hernandez (AECOM), Caoimhe Loftus (Arcadis), Ian Lumsden (Arup), Blerina Celniku (Foster and Partners), Monica Lucas (Ramboll), Eric Stimmel (SOM), and Mirko Farnetani (SOM).


Industry Alignment of BIM Data to Decarbonize Buildings

San Diego

Let's face it, emissions from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry are too high and one of the key issues is there are no agreed-upon 

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Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon

Industry Alignment of BIM Data to Decarbonize Buildings