There are many solutions available to make construction greener by design. Tekla software products include embodied carbon calculation functionality. This helps structural designers and engineers make a difference with their work as authorities all over the world will soon require life cycle assessment reporting.
With Tekla software, structural designers and engineers can have a significant impact on the carbon handprints of their projects from early design phases to providing certified life cycle assessment (LCA) reports.
Tekla tools for embodied carbon calculation are based on model objects
Tekla Embodied Carbon tools help optimize and make rough estimates of the project’s carbon footprint during design. These tools included in the Tekla Structures and Tekla Structural Designer software are useful to all structural designers and engineers, particularly in the early design phase of a building. The tools help compare and optimize various structural alternatives based on different main materials, visualize the amount of carbon in a building information model, and make more informed decisions.
For example, by using Tekla Embodied Carbon Calculator’s filters, engineers can break down the embodied carbon values and separate results according to specific structural material, member type, slab type, and more, as well as view where the highest amount of embodied carbon is present within the structure. This level of detail provided by the software enables designers and engineers to really dive down into the data, which can be invaluable in reducing the building’s environmental impact and carbon output.
Integration with world-leading LCA tool: OneClick LCA
In addition to the built-in tools, the Tekla Structural Designer, Trimble Connect and Tekla Structures software products all integrate with OneClick LCA, the automated lifecycle assessment software with which users can evaluate and accordingly minimize the negative impact of construction projects on the environment. OneClick LCA is a powerful solution to map the design quantities to an LCA database, a vast library of global and local Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and to obtain a certified life cycle assessment report of the project.
Environmental engineers, too, benefit from the OneClick LCA integration, as their task is to deliver the life cycle assessment reports on the construction project’s carbon footprint required by local building authorities and building owners. OneClick LCA covers multiple internationally approved, official and certified LCA reports, such as BREEAM and LEED.
Trimble embodied carbon calculation offering
Tekla Structures embodied carbon calculation
Link to objects in the building information model
Dynamic carbon calculation
Visualize results
Report and extract from Tekla Structures
Available in Tekla Warehouse to all Tekla Structures customers on maintenance or on subscription
User-definable ECFs or EPDs (No database)
No certified LCA report document
Tekla Structural Designer embodied carbon calculation
Link to objects in the building information model
Dynamic carbon calculation
Visualize results
Report and extract from Tekla Structural Designer
Available to all Tekla Structural Designer customers on maintenance or on subscription
User-definable ECFs or EPDs (No database)
No certified LCA report document
Regional availability
Link to OneClick LCA from Trimble Connect, Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer
Benchmark and optimize products with carbon data
Obtain certified LCA report document (e.g. BREEAM, LEED)
No link to objects in the building information model
No dynamic calculation
Cannot be visualized in the model
OneClick LCA sold separately
