Assess the carbon footprint of your infrastructure design in minutes

From streamlining the end-to-end carbon reporting process to offering new levels of data transparency within live design models, Bentley’s web-based Carbon Analysis offers a suite of capabilities that make sustainability a more natural part of infrastructure design.

Starting with carbon assessment preparation, Carbon Analysis simplifies what can be a painstaking data management exercise by aggregating all project and asset data—sourced inside or outside Bentley—through an iTwin (Bentley’s infrastructure digital twin). Missing material data from your design files? Integrated workflows calculate material volume and quantities automatically, inputting precise data within the solution and eliminating any need for estimations or spreadsheet management. Then, all it takes is one click to generate a highly accurate carbon report from lifecycle stages A1-A3 from a trusted LCA database—an easily repeatable process since all data is stored automatically.

Beyond reporting, Carbon Analysis takes this embodied carbon data further by pulling it straight into the live design. Appearing as a simple, cloud-based heatmap within the 3D model, users can see the impact that individual design elements have on their environmental footprint. Integrated workflows to optimize for decarbonization are also built into the solution, rendering the process of making material changes—then quickly seeing their impact—a seamless part of the design and construction process.

Here’s how it works, step by step:

1. Link to all data models and project assets with an iTwin
2. Calculate any missing material quantity and volume data automatically, filling in data programmatically
3. Group project assets using an intuitive Grouping and Mapping feature
4. Export data to a trusted third-party LCA database, where carbon reporting from lifecycle phases A1-A3 is generated with one click (Run as many assessments as needed. All customized data is saved, making the process of additional reporting more efficient each time.)
5. View embodied carbon within the live 3D model as a heat map within each design element.
6. Optimize designs for decarbonization, then see the impact of changes to embodied carbon

Carbon Analysis gives infrastructure designers and engineers the capabilities that they need to support sustainable design and make inroads in accelerating decarbonization.