Autodesk Forma’s environmental impact analysis for architects

Understand area metrics relevant to your site and evaluate how design decisions impact your project scope.

Evaluate your site's sun exposure by assessing sunlight hours at various points on the ground or building façade for any date.

Ensure your project meets daylight requirements by identifying and redesigning areas with insufficient or excessive daylight.

Use detailed or rapid wind analysis to assess how your building mass is impacted by the wind conditions on site.

Improve thermal comfort of outdoor areas using analysis results informed by the sun, wind, and local weather data.

Measure buildings' embodied carbon impact and work towards carbon objectives with iterative design and parameter changes.  

Assess the site's noise conditions from rail and road by rapid or detailed noise analysis and gauge the effect of design decisions on noise reduction.

Identify a site's yearly solar energy potential and optimal panel placements, and refine design decisions to meet sustainability goals.

Extend Forma's capabilities by using the Forma API to craft your own personalised analysis extensions.