Sustainability is slowly but surely climbing up on the priority list of many of our customers, and Autodesk has already created several products that can enable and enhance their sustainability workflows. Traditionally, these solutions are mostly point-to-point integrations that rely heavily on third-party data sets. In order to support the growing demand for scalable sustainability solutions, we've built a new Sustainability Data API on Autodesk Platform Services that enables rapid third-party data set integrations. In this session, we'll explain how this works and show you how this API is being used within Autodesk products.

More than 80% of Autodesk customers have said they're prioritizing climate action as a top UN Sustainability Goal. However, they're facing practical obstacles, such as navigating the maze of data collection to the hurdles of interoperability and nuanced analysis. Join this panel discussion with sustainability tech partners Oris, EHDD, One Click LCA, and SimaPro as they discuss how technology enables customers to achieve sustainable outcomes even amid these challenges. By showcasing real-world examples and sharing insights, they'll illustrate how innovative solutions can pave the way for transformative change, even in the face of daunting data obstacles. Join us as we discuss the evolving landscape where sustainability and technology converge. Discover the emerging trends and innovations that promise to reshape the way we approach sustainability in architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing. Together, we'll navigate the complexities, uncover opportunities, and catalyze a data-driven shift toward a greener tomorrow.

The Autodesk Factory Experience at AU is where attendees get a hands-on experience of the concept-to-production process using Autodesk Fusion software. Last year, the Autodesk team designed and developed a customizable keypad for Autodesk apps, using PCBs, 3D printing, injection molding, and sheet fabrication. Attendees had explored the mini-factory floor and tailored their own keypads with computer numerical control (CNC)-engraved keys with frequently used Autodesk app commands. The AU 2024 Factory Experience: Keypad 2.0 Sustainability Redesign is focused on Autodesk's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency in manufacturing. This overview will cover insights into common product design and manufacturing challenges that many companies face in their efforts to reduce energy consumption and prioritize eco-friendly, nonpolluting processes that are safe for employees, communities, and consumers—with help from brilliant Fusion design social influencers, sustainability partners, and amazing Autodeskers!

The next generation of Insight in Revit 2025 software is a powerful tool for predicting carbon usage in building designs from the earliest design stages. With this highly accessible tool, anyone can participate in the process of making critical decisions regarding the sustainable design of a building. By combining Revit model data with the open-source EnergyPlus engine, fast and accurate energy calculations become easy for all Revit users. Learn how Victus Engineering, a small MEP firm in St. Paul, Minnesota, used the next generation of Insight to design a sustainable library building. From the earliest schematic design stages, Victus engineers used Insight in combination with other Revit tools like Systems Analysis to select and rightsize equipment, design sustainable systems, and drive conversations with the architect regarding the overall direction of the design. Design more-sustainable buildings, reduce carbon usage, and meet stringent sustainability goals with this powerful tool.

Uncover how Autodesk's transformative cloud technologies are reshaping the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and bolstering sustainability. This session will dive into Ramboll's digital transformation journey, using Autodesk solutions in a data-centered approach—part of a broader data and AI strategy. Ramboll and Autodesk's innovative partnership, "Together for Better Outcomes," addresses industry challenges and delivers superior results. A distinct case study features Camino, a key solution developed in this partnership, along with tools like the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform, Autodesk Forma software, and Revit software. These tools equip every project member with vital knowledge, fostering sustainable decisions from design to construction. Detailed examples will underline how a data-centered strategy curtails resource waste and energy consumption, emphasizing the role a data platform plays in sustainability.

Are you passionate about reducing your carbon footprint but find the realm of lifecycle assessment (LCA) and eco-design a bit daunting? Not sure where to start? Then this class was designed just for you! We'll guide you through an end-to-end workflow, using design and manufacturing sustainability solutions such as the Manufacturing Sustainability Insights add-on for Autodesk Fusion software, as well as SimaPro and generative design. We'll help you evaluate existing designs, identify key carbon contributors, and discover how these tools can be harnessed to design and manufacture parts with significantly minimized carbon impacts. Don't miss this chance to transform your design approach and contribute to a more sustainable future. Join us as we navigate the path to more environmentally friendly design practices together!

Join us as we unveil EcoDesigner, a groundbreaking web app powered by SimaPro, the leading lifecycle analysis (LCA) solution. As we transition toward integrated sustainability focused on value creation, EcoDesigner stands at the forefront, enabling designers and nondesigners to access and collaborate on environmental assessments, amplifying the positive impact of their designs. By seamlessly extracting essential product data from Autodesk Fusion and Inventor software, EcoDesigner facilitates LCA calculations from any location and at any time. Discover how this tool can help you understand the carbon footprints of your designs and pinpoint areas for improvement, guiding you toward more-sustainable options. Learn how to identify hotspots for improvement and make informed eco-design decisions. This session will open new avenues in sustainable design, offering insights and practical tools to enrich your projects. Witness firsthand how EcoDesigner is revolutionizing sustainability in design.

Ever wondered how to couple sustainability and technical excellence for infrastructure design? We all know the answer: The earlier we start, the greater impact we can have. But how do we do so with little information? For this challenge, we're developing a new module—Carbon Baseline calculation—for our existing digital solution CARBONTRACKER (Autodesk Platform Services). The added value is clear: Very early in the project, have easy-to-use ratios for assets and inform all stakeholders of their project carbon impact, which leads to optioneering as design evolves. Finally, no other tool is needed for thorough simulations: CARBONTRACKER was developed for detailed design. In our session, you'll discover its use for transport projects within a lifecycle approach, optimization of design time and effort, and decision-making fostering. Sustainability should matter for all project phases. This new module pushes our cultural shift toward sustainability for all, since everybody is part of the sustainable solution!

Sustainable, low-carbon buildings play a pivotal role in environmental sustainability and economic decarbonization. In this session, we'll discuss how CPAC Green Construction and Autodesk initiated a design competition in Thailand to spur the next generation's interest in creating low-carbon, net-zero buildings. This competition uniquely pairs young architects with engineering students early in the design stage to promote systems thinking right from the conceptual stage. We provide these students with Autodesk Forma, Revit software, KIT CARBON (embodied carbon calculator software), and comprehensive online training, empowering them to shape sustainable, low-carbon buildings. Through the collaborative efforts of various associations and industry partners, the competition was a great success, attracting 88 teams from 12 universities.

Rebar detailing is the intricate process of scheduling rebar within concrete structures. This process requires a blend of expertise, coordination, and patience. In this session, we'll explore how Infrabuild (IB) has revolutionized the industry with innovative techniques and processes. Using building information modeling (BIM) and Autodesk Construction Cloud, IB has streamlined workflows, reduced waste, and kept track of key sustainability metrics. These tools, rarely used in this field, have been game changers. Learn how IB's use of Autodesk Construction Cloud has enhanced collaboration with customers, leading to optimal designs, less waste, and improved results. We'll also examine how cloud collaboration has redefined the detailing lifecycle by improving accuracy and comms, and reducing the construction cycle. Lastly, we'll explore sustainability practices that minimize environmental impact and maximize social and economic benefits, particularly given that concrete contributes to 6.5% of global carbon emissions. Be part of this insightful journey into the future.

Join Miguel Elizardo, Daniel Stine, and Autodesk Forma Representative Andrés D'Silva for an engaging case study and industry talk on sustainable architectural design. This session will spotlight Lake|Flato Architects' application of Autodesk Forma in competing for commissions and achieving WELL Pilot Credits and WELL Platinum Certification on its own office remodel. With a focus on outdoor thermal comfort and wind pattern analysis, participants will explore how data-driven insights from Autodesk Forma help inform Lake|Flato's approach to sustainable design, leading to successful project outcomes and enhanced client presentations

Explore Artelia Denmark's innovative journey using Autodesk Forma software to win a new project amid stiff competition. Learn how the firm used Forma software's sustainability analysis capabilities to create multiple iterations of its project design, testing variations for optimal sunlight, daylight, and noise conditions. Artelia's client had a keen interest in exploring several architectural possibilities before settling on the final design. With Forma, the firm was able to meet this need, demonstrating its commitment to sustainable, outcome-based design. This case study shows not only Artelia's innovative approach to design, but also how the right tools can provide the flexibility to test, analyze, and optimize designs to meet client expectations and gain a competitive edge.

Faced with the growing demand for companies to measure and reduce carbon on projects, global architecture, engineering, and construction company GHD partnered with Autodesk to explore methodologies and implement an approach that allows the GHD architectural team to assess both embodied and operational carbon in an iterative way through the use of next-generation Insight software. Using our Revit models, next-generation Insight empowers our team to make more-informed decisions by analyzing and exploring alternate design considerations and their potential sustainable impacts. The implementation of this at scale across the business has enhanced not only the design process, but also the project outcomes, and acts as a key strategic step in meeting both the industry's requirements as well as GHD's own internal sustainability objectives. Through this case study, attendees will gain an understanding of next-generation Insight software's capabilities through tangible examples of its application in design.

Of environmental impact, 80% is determined at the design phase. Yet designers have no way to understand the impacts of their design choices. To enable such calculations to happen, Manufacturing Data Model offers promising opportunities for sustainability partners to use and enable impact analysis. In this presentation, we'll walk you through how ProtoTech Solutions and SimaPro used the new functionalities of the Manufacturing Data Model APIs to ease the extraction of critical data for impact calculations like user's design (component) information (last modified, version number, name, id, and so on), and bring the results information into the design using Manufacturing Data Model writeback custom properties capability. Overall, this presentation will showcase how Manufacturing Data Model is helping automate sustainability workflows for partners and customers.

This session will showcase how BHI implemented the Matterport and Autodesk Construction Cloud integration in a master planning project for a hospital in partnership with African Mission Healthcare (AMH) to transform its traditional construction workflows with the goal of enhancing collaboration, productivity, project management, and sustainability throughout the lifecycle of development. From capturing detailed 3D scans with Matterport's digital-twin platform to streamlining documentation and issue tracking via Autodesk's robust construction project management solution, attendees will learn about the strategic advantages of this integration.

Infrastructure development is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for a staggering 79% of global emissions. A substantial portion of these emissions stem from embodied carbon, which is found in the materials used in construction like concrete, steel, and glass. This session will explore the effects of embodied carbon in infrastructure and why minimizing embodied carbon is essential for meeting global sustainability targets. We will discuss how innovative technologies and tools can play a pivotal role in quantifying and reducing these emissions, and we'll present real-life applications where advanced technology has made measurable differences in cutting down the carbon footprint of large-scale infrastructure projects. Join us to learn how using the right tools can lead to more-responsible construction practice, helping pave the way toward a greener planet.

Sustainability and cost efficiency for residential building is more important than ever. We will present with our customer Haas an integrated workflow from the configurator, an automated detailed design process in Revit to fabrication and the construction site. This digital process allows prospects to visually configure and calculate any residential or family timber house. These visualization of the customer's request via the house configurator leads to a faster and high-quality discussion with the customer. Seamless transition from configuration to design in Autodesk Revit ensures that no extra detail design work must be carried out manually. That model is transferred into the fabrication process and finally all data is leveraged via BIM360/ACC BUILD on construction sites for project and quality management and daily logs.

Architects today are facing mounting pressure to meet sustainability targets from the onset of a project. The increasing recognition of our shared responsibility to the environment and its wellbeing is driving this shift. Unlocking collaboration among project stakeholders is critical in identifying decarbonization strategies, using Insight for Revit software as a cloud-based platform. This hands-on lab session will explore through real case studies how Insight for Revit facilitates the identification of decarbonization pathways and offers a solution that can help decrease total carbon emissions. In this hands-on lab, you'll experience the integration of carbon analysis into the design process, making sustainability a core consideration across all the design stages. By equipping the next generation of architects with invaluable and indispensable skills, you'll use emerging technologies for designing low-carbon buildings, while closing the communication gap with sustainability specialists.

There are still obstacles to sustainable design. Construction professionals know they must build faster, more efficiently, and more sustainably to meet global demands. The industry is moving away from waste and inefficiency, and is adopting smarter processes, connected teams, and workflows that ensure the right people have access to the data they need to make timely and confident decisions. That's why we need Revit software as a modeling tool; Autodesk Forma software with its conceptual design capabilities, predictive analytics, and design automation to help us to select the most-sustainable options in the early stages of the design process; Autodesk Docs software as our common data environment (CDE) and single source of truth; Design Collaboration to manage the exchange of design data between all project teams; Model Coordination for running efficient model coordination and automatic clash detection; Autodesk Build software for improved project, cost, and safety management; and Autodesk Takeoff software for early quantifications and estimations.

The construction industry is facing multiple challenges, such as increased demand for buildings, as well as sustainability pressures and skills shortages. Add to that the risk of natural disasters and global events, and the industry is forced to look at efficient, replicable, and sustainable practices. Industrialized construction is one of the ways the industry is trying to resolve these challenges. But the question remains: Is industrialized construction a solution, or can we do something more? In this class, you'll learn how the Manufacturing Informed Design API takes industrialized construction to the next level by introducing productization into the solution. It provides for defining, designing, and building with customizable construction products that are manufacturable and can be assembled on-site or in the shop. You'll learn how informed design supports Inventor and Revit software through Autodesk Construction Cloud in delivering sustainable and replicable solutions for homes, schools, and health care.