AEC discipline
Sustainability
Energy, embodied-carbon, certification, material, and building-performance resources.
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57 connected resources
Sustainability resources
AEC technology profiles classified for sustainability practice.
Autodesk Insight
AI-powered building performance analysis and carbon impact simulation
Open resource →BHoM
Open-source data model for AEC software interoperability
Open resource →BREEAM Score Estimator
Estimate BREEAM certification level and calculate your building project's sustainability score
Open resource →BuildSim
Cloud-based building energy modeling and performance simulation
Open resource →C.Scale
Whole-life carbon assessment tool for building design and construction
Open resource →CAALA
Parametric life-cycle assessment and CO2 decarbonization software for buildings
Open resource →CBE Thermal Comfort Tool
Free web-based thermal comfort calculations per ASHRAE, ISO, and EN standards
Open resource →CityDigitalTwin
AI-powered urban microclimate and energy simulation platform
Open resource →ClimateStudio
Environmental performance analysis plugin for Rhino
Open resource →EC3
Free embodied carbon calculator for construction materials
Open resource →Egnyte
AI-powered cloud content management for AEC teams
Open resource →Emidat
Automates Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) generation for building material manufacturers
Open resource →Measurabl
ESG data management and sustainability reporting platform for real estate portfolios
Open resource →N1 Circular
AI software for construction material reuse and circular economy management
Open resource →Q-Bot
Robot-applied spray-foam insulation for hard-to-reach underfloor voids
Open resource →Qflow
Real-time materials, waste, and carbon data capture for construction sites
Open resource →Tangible
AI-powered material takeoffs with live cost and carbon data for preconstruction teams
Open resource →Vizcab
Building carbon and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) platform for embodied-carbon budgeting and regulatory reporting
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Annual Heating Demand
Completed model result ÷ matching area vs verified target
Open resource →Building Site EUI
Annual site energy ÷ matching floor area → EUI; comparison targets remain separate
Open resource →Cleanroom HVAC Sizing
ISO 14644 air changes per hour → supply airflow
Open resource →Condensation Risk
Temp + RH → dew point and surface condensation risk
Open resource →Cooling Load
Envelope + solar + people + ventilation → BTU/h & tons
Open resource →Daylight Factor
Room and window geometry → early-stage daylight-factor screening, not certification
Open resource →Duct Sizing
Equal-friction → round diameter, velocity, rectangular
Open resource →Embodied Carbon by Material
Σ (mass × A1–A3 factor) → cradle-to-gate kgCO₂e
Open resource →Energy Demand
Completed model needs ÷ matching reference area
Open resource →Greywater System Sizing
Verified supply vs demand and engineered storage
Open resource →Heating Load
Envelope transmission + infiltration → design heating load
Open resource →Irrigation Flow Rate
GPM + area → precipitation rate and run time
Open resource →Kitchen Hood Airflow Checker
Scheduled airflow vs verified listed/design requirement
Open resource →Passive House Criteria
Selected PHPP/test values vs verified project criteria
Open resource →R-Value ↔ U-Value
Convert thermal R and U between SI and imperial units
Open resource →Rainwater Harvesting
Catchment + rainfall → annual harvestable yield
Open resource →Roof U-Value
Insulation + layers (upward flow) → roof U-value
Open resource →Solar Heat Gain
Window area · SHGC · orientation → peak solar gain (BTU/h)
Open resource →Solar Payback
Cost − incentives ÷ savings → payback period
Open resource →Spray Foam Coverage
Area + thickness → board feet, R-value, and sets to order
Open resource →Thermal Bridge
Linear heat loss (Ψ·L·ΔT) + fRsi mould-risk check
Open resource →U-Value
Homogeneous wall layers → series R-value and U-value; no automatic compliance verdict
Open resource →Wall Assembly U-Value
Layer build-up (ISO 6946) → assembly R and U-value
Open resource →Window Size for Daylighting
Room depth + target daylight factor → minimum glazing area
Open resource →Window U-Value
Glass + frame + edge → whole-window Uw (ISO 10077)
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Browse all calculators →Published guidance with an explicit, reviewed audience relationship to this discipline.
2021 IECC Insulation R-Values by Climate Zone
Read the 2021 IECC residential insulation table correctly, including climate zone, wood-frame wall alternatives, ceiling and floor values, fenestration limits, footnotes, and the separate commercial path.
Open resource →Exterior Cladding Comparison: Fire Evidence, Cost, Carbon, and Maintenance
Compare exterior cladding as complete project-specific assemblies using IBC fire evidence, installed bids, product-specific EPDs, service-life assumptions, maintenance plans, and local availability.
Open resource →How to Calculate Average Daylight Factor under NCC 2022
Calculate average daylight factor using the NCC 2022 F6V3 and H4V2 verification method, understand its limited application, and distinguish it from the IBC natural-light provisions.
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Building Facade Segmentation (Roboflow)
598 images with 10 classes (balcony, car, facade, fence, shop, street, traffic, vegetation, window) in COCO JSON, Pascal VOC, and YOLOv8 formats.
Open resource →BuildingsBench — 900K Building Energy Profiles
53.6M measurements from 3,053 meters in 1,636 buildings over 2 years, plus 900K synthetic profiles from NREL. NeurIPS 2023.
Open resource →CMP Facade Database
606 rectified facade images with manual pixel-level annotations across diverse architectural styles from the Czech Technical University.
Open resource →Cool, Quiet City — Urban Comfort
Smartwatch data on residents' perceptions of urban noise and heat collected via the Cozie smartwatch platform. Kaggle ML competition.
Open resource →EC3 — Embodied Carbon in Construction
150,000+ verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). Largest open-access database for embodied carbon in building materials.
Open resource →eTRIMS Image Database
60 annotated non-rectified facade images with 4-class and 8-class annotation variants covering irregular patterns.
Open resource →HZNU Facade Dataset
624 high-resolution buildings with 43,277 annotated windows (avg 4056×3856 px) from Hangzhou, China. Includes homography matrix annotations.
Open resource →IfcLCA — Embodied Carbon from BIM
Free, open-source browser-based embodied carbon calculator. Converts IFC models to CO2-equivalent data using Swiss national carbon databases.
Open resource →TBBR — Thermal Bridges on Building Rooftops
926 annotated images (68.5 GB) from 6 UAV flights with 5 channels (RGB + thermographic + height). 6,927 thermal bridge annotations.
Open resource →TUM-FACADE — Point Cloud Benchmark
33 annotated building facades with ~333 million annotated LiDAR points. Semantic segmentation: windows, doors, balconies, moldings.
Open resource →ZAHA — Large-Scale Point Cloud Facades
601 million annotated points in 5 and 15 class variants for large-scale facade semantic segmentation. Published at WACV 2025.
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Browse all datasets →Published task agents with an explicit discipline audience.
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Browse task agents →A human decision first
Being data-driven goes beyond technology
It starts with good questions, trusted evidence, and clear decisions.