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Crunching the carbon cost numbers: five software tools for architects
1/8 Screenshot of Sefaira in use, exploring daylighting for an example building massing
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5/8 Testing the use of 7D BIM on a BIM model for Cartwright Pickard’s Wembley Park project
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As engineers Elliott Wood and the Institution of Structural Engineers launch their Structural Carbon Tool,
Fran Williams takes a look at it and four other popular carbon-counting tools available to the profession, plus a couple from abroad
‘We want the tool to be used by as many people as possible who are involved in designing buildings and specifying materials so that collectively we can make better carbon-based decisions to reduce the carbon being used in construction,’ said Penny Gowler, associate director at Elliott Wood. ....

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