BuildingScope™
BuildingScope™ is a web-based software tool for easy modeling and interactive analysis of life-cycle energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in building construction and operation. BuildingScope can be used to quantify and optimize carbon footprints based on a full life-cycle modeling of buildings.
BuildingScope™ is packaged with an extensive life cycle inventory (LCI) database covering a broad range of building construction materials, transport models, energy sources, and domestic/international emission factors (including accurate electricity emission factors by grid region and country). BuildingScope™ also provides automatic domestic/international transport distance calculations.
The modeling and analysis include these key features:
- Energy use and GHG emissions in the construction phase -- including materials, freight transport, energy, and water used to produce modular components, assemblies and entire buildings.
- Carbon emissions and sequestration due to land-use changes, landscaping, and concrete carbonation at the building site.
- Solid waste and wastewater generated during construction and at end of life.
- Energy and water used and wastewater generated during the operational phase of buildings.
- Time-delayed GHG emissions and time-based carbon storage in building life cycles.
- Powerful hierarchical modeling capability, allowing users to efficiently construct and reuse custom model elements such as material combinations, components, assemblies, etc.
BuildingScope™ complies with applicable international standards (ISO 14040 series, PAS 2050) for life-cycle assessment and product carbon footprint analysis.
BuildingScope™ is available to subscribers at www.cleanmetrics.net/buildingscope. Please Contact us to arrange a web-based demonstration and to discuss how we can personalize BuildingScope™ for your specific application.
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