Autodesk has announced the availability of major updates for the Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design for Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Launched earlier this year at the American Institute of Architects conference, the free online guide helps architecture, engineering and construction professionals make better informed decisions to achieve building performance goals.
The updated site now extends through the entire building lifecycle with new features and tools targeting green building retrofit and renovation projects, and an expanded focus on relevant issues of interest to building owners and energy service companies.
“The growing number of building regulations and new stimulus funding is creating rapid growth in the green retrofit market – a market that McGraw-Hill projects will reach $10 to $15 billion by 2014,” said Phil Bernstein, FAIA, VP industry strategy and relations for Autodesk’s Architecture, Engineering and Construction solutions arm.
“We enhanced and expanded the Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design to provide existing building owners, and AEC professionals, with practical tools and information to help them achieve optimum energy efficiency and minimal environmental impact for their renovation projects.”
The updated Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design site now features a unique graphical user interface that presents the user with two options, New Construction or Renovation, each customized to the visitor’s profession or industry selection. The guide offers detailed virtual walk-throughs for all phases of a new design or renovation project, allowing visitors to view key decision points at each stage of a building’s lifecycle: energy efficiency, water efficiency and carbon emissions. Along the way, users can learn how to effectively use building information modeling BIM process supported by tools for green analysis, visualization and simulation, to foster multidisciplinary collaboration from the earliest stages of a project and throughout the building lifecycle.
