Bentley Systems Incorporated announced the general availability of new Carbon Analysis capabilities within its iTwin Experience platform.
With the new Carbon Analysis tool, engineers can explore alternative, lower-carbon design solutions and visualise embodied carbon, simplifying the complicated work of carbon reporting.
Embodied carbon is the term used to describe an asset’s carbon footprint before it is put into use.
It includes greenhouse gas emissions from the extraction of raw materials through the production process.
Bentley’s Carbon Analysis tools offer a thorough evaluation of the carbon impact of a design.
This includes raw material extraction up to the point at which products are sent from the factory, which adds substantial embodied carbon.
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Savina Carluccio, the Executive Director of the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), said, “Between now and 2050, embodied carbon related to new infrastructure is projected to account for half of the world’s carbon footprint, even before the infrastructure is put to use.”
She added, “The infrastructure sector must act urgently to reduce embodied carbon at scale. Digital technologies like Bentley’s Carbon Analysis capabilities will play a crucial role by enabling more carbon-efficient material choices in infrastructure designs.”
The new features simplify the carbon reporting process and provide real-time insights into the carbon consequences of design decisions by seamlessly integrating design data with the user’s preferred carbon assessment tool.
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Carbon analysis reporting has been labour- and time-intensive, especially for large infrastructure projects.
Bentley’s new solution tackles these issues with capabilities like automatic material quantification, accurate embodied carbon report production, and real-time carbon output visualisation via cloud-based heat maps integrated into 3D digital twin models.
Bentley’s Carbon Analysis skills have already been used by the environmental and sustainability consulting firm WSP during an Early Access Program.
