Bentley Systems’ New Carbon Analysis Capabilities Help Reduce Infrastructure’s Carbon Footprint
Bentley Systems has announced the general availability of new Carbon Analysis capabilities in iTwin Experience to assess and reduce carbon impacts for more sustainable infrastructure. These capabilities enable infrastructure engineers to simplify carbon reporting, visualize embodied carbon, and rapidly explore alternatives for better designs.
The new features deliver a 'cradle-to-gate' assessment of a design's carbon footprint, from raw material extraction until it leaves the factory's gate. They seamlessly integrate design data with chosen carbon assessment tools, allowing professionals to link carbon footprints directly to design choices and see impacts dynamically change across iterations.
Key benefits include automated material quantification, easy reporting, and in-content 3D visualizations. WSP, an early user, reported significant time savings in creating carbon reports, reducing feedback loops from months to days.
Bentley Systems ha annunciato la disponibilità generale delle nuove capacità di analisi del carbonio in iTwin Experience per valutare e ridurre gli impatti del carbonio per un'infrastruttura più sostenibile. Queste capacità consentono agli ingegneri delle infrastrutture di semplificare il reporting sul carbonio, visualizzare il carbonio incorporato e esplorare rapidamente alternative per design migliori.
Le nuove funzionalità offrono una valutazione 'dalla culla alla porta' dell'impronta di carbonio di un progetto, dall'estrazione della materia prima fino a quando lascia il cancello della fabbrica. Si integrano perfettamente con i dati di design e gli strumenti di valutazione del carbonio scelti, consentendo ai professionisti di collegare le impronte di carbonio direttamente alle scelte progettuali e vedere gli impatti cambiare dinamicamente tra le iterazioni.
I principali vantaggi includono quantificazione automatizzata dei materiali, reporting semplice e visualizzazioni 3D integrate. WSP, un utente precoce, ha riferito notevoli risparmi di tempo nella creazione dei report sul carbonio, riducendo i cicli di feedback da mesi a giorni.
Bentley Systems ha anunciado la disponibilidad general de nuevas capacidades de análisis de carbono en iTwin Experience para evaluar y reducir los impactos del carbono en infraestructuras más sostenibles. Estas capacidades permiten a los ingenieros de infraestructura simplificar la elaboración de informes de carbono, visualizar el carbono incorporado y explorar rápidamente alternativas para obtener mejores diseños.
Las nuevas características ofrecen una evaluación 'de la cuna a la puerta' de la huella de carbono de un diseño, desde la extracción de materia prima hasta que sale de la puerta de la fábrica. Se integran sin problemas con los datos de diseño y las herramientas de evaluación de carbono elegidas, lo que permite a los profesionales vincular las huellas de carbono directamente a las elecciones de diseño y ver los impactos cambiar dinámicamente a través de las iteraciones.
Los beneficios clave incluyen cuantificación automatizada de materiales, informes fáciles y visualizaciones 3D en el contenido. WSP, un usuario temprano, informó ahorros significativos de tiempo en la creación de informes de carbono, reduciendo los ciclos de retroalimentación de meses a días.
Bentley Systems는 지속 가능한 인프라를 위해 탄소 영향을 평가하고 줄이는 새로운 탄소 분석 기능의 일반 제공을 발표했습니다. 이러한 기능은 인프라 엔지니어가 탄소 보고를 간소화하고, 포함된 탄소를 시각화하며, 더 나은 디자인을 위한 대안을 신속하게 탐색할 수 있도록 해줍니다.
새로운 기능은 디자인의 탄소 발자국에 대한 '어린 시절부터 공장 문까지의 평가'를 제공하며, 원자재 추출부터 공장을 떠나는 시점까지의 과정을 포함합니다. 이 기능은 설계 데이터와 선택한 탄소 평가 도구를 원활하게 통합하여 전문가들이 설계 선택에 직접적으로 탄소 발자국을 연결하고 반복을 통해 영향을 동적으로 변경하는 모습을 볼 수 있게 합니다.
주요 이점으로는 자동화된 자재 정량화, 간편한 보고 및 콘텐츠 내 3D 시각화가 있습니다. 초기 사용자였던 WSP는 탄소 보고서를 작성하는 데 소요되는 시간을 크게 줄여 피드백 주기를 몇 개월에서 며칠로 단축했다고 보고했습니다.
Bentley Systems a annoncé la disponibilité générale de nouvelles capacités d'analyse du carbone dans iTwin Experience pour évaluer et réduire les impacts carbone afin de créer une infrastructure plus durable. Ces capacités permettent aux ingénieurs d'infrastructure de simplifier la déclaration de carbone, visualiser le carbone incorporé et explorer rapidement des alternatives pour de meilleurs designs.
Les nouvelles fonctionnalités offrent une évaluation 'de la production à la porte' de l'empreinte carbone d'un projet, de l'extraction des matières premières jusqu'à ce qu'il quitte l'usine. Elles intègrent parfaitement les données de conception avec les outils d'évaluation du carbone choisis, permettant aux professionnels de lier les empreintes carbone directement aux choix de conception et de voir les impacts changer dynamiquement à travers les itérations.
Les principaux avantages incluent quantification automatisée des matériaux, rapports faciles et visualisations 3D intégrées. WSP, un utilisateur précoce, a rapporté des économies de temps significatives dans la création de rapports sur le carbone, réduisant les boucles de rétroaction de mois à jours.
Bentley Systems hat die allgemeine Verfügbarkeit neuer Kohlenstoffanalysefähigkeiten in iTwin Experience bekannt gegeben, um die Kohlenstoffauswirkungen zu bewerten und zu reduzieren und so eine nachhaltigere Infrastruktur zu schaffen. Diese Fähigkeiten ermöglichen es Infrastrukturtechnikern, die Kohlenstoffberichterstattung zu vereinfachen, verkörperten Kohlenstoff zu visualisieren und schnell Alternativen zu erkunden, um bessere Designs zu erzielen.
Die neuen Funktionen bieten eine 'Wiege bis zur Tür'-Bewertung des Kohlenstoff-Fußabdrucks eines Designs, von der Rohstoffgewinnung bis zum Verlassen des Werkstors. Sie integrieren Design-Daten nahtlos mit den gewählten Kohlenstoffbewertungstools, sodass Fachleute Kohlenstoff-Fußabdrücke direkt mit Designentscheidungen verknüpfen und die Auswirkungen dynamisch über Iterationen hinweg sehen können.
Wichtige Vorteile sind automatisierte Materialquantifizierung, einfaches Reporting und 3D-Visualisierungen im Inhalt. WSP, ein früher Nutzer, berichtete von erheblichen Zeitersparnissen bei der Erstellung von Kohlenstoffberichten, wodurch sich die Rückmeldeschleifen von Monaten auf Tage verkürzten.
- Launch of new Carbon Analysis capabilities in iTwin Experience
- Simplification of carbon reporting and visualization of embodied carbon
- Integration with users' chosen carbon assessment tools
- Automated material quantification for precise calculations
- Reduced time for carbon report generation (from months to days according to WSP)
- None.
Insights
Bentley Systems' new Carbon Analysis capabilities mark a significant advancement in sustainable infrastructure design. By integrating carbon footprint assessment directly into the design process, this tool addresses a critical gap in the industry's efforts to reduce embodied carbon emissions. The "cradle-to-gate" assessment approach focuses on the most impactful phases of infrastructure development, aligning with the urgent need to mitigate climate change.
The automation of material quantification and seamless integration with carbon assessment calculators streamline a traditionally cumbersome process. This efficiency gain could lead to more widespread adoption of carbon analysis in infrastructure projects, potentially driving down overall emissions in the sector. The 3D visualization feature is particularly innovative, allowing designers to immediately see the carbon impact of their decisions and explore alternatives rapidly.
While this tool represents a step forward, its true impact will depend on industry-wide adoption and how effectively it influences decision-making in favor of lower-carbon alternatives. The success of this initiative could position Bentley Systems as a leader in sustainable infrastructure software, potentially attracting environmentally conscious clients and investors.
From a financial perspective, Bentley Systems' introduction of Carbon Analysis capabilities could significantly enhance its market position. As global regulations increasingly mandate carbon reporting and reduction in construction, this tool addresses a growing market need. It could drive adoption of Bentley's iTwin Experience platform, potentially increasing recurring revenue streams.
The efficiency gains promised by this tool—reducing carbon reporting time from weeks to days—could translate into cost savings for clients, making Bentley's offerings more attractive. This could lead to increased market share and customer retention. Moreover, by positioning itself at the forefront of sustainable infrastructure design, Bentley may attract ESG-focused investors and clients, potentially boosting its stock value.
However, the financial impact will depend on the tool's adoption rate and the company's ability to monetize this feature effectively. While it's currently offered at no additional cost to iTwin Experience users, it could drive up-sells of the platform or lead to new pricing models in the future. Investors should monitor user adoption rates and any changes in Bentley's revenue model related to this feature.
Example of Bentley’s Carbon Analysis capabilities: Embodied carbon grouping of common components for reporting. (Photo: Bentley Systems)
Embodied carbon is the carbon footprint of an asset before it is built, encompassing the greenhouse gases emitted during the construction process. Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities deliver a “cradle-to-gate” assessment of a design’s carbon footprint, from raw material extraction until it leaves the factory’s gate—which represent the largest contributors to embodied carbon.
“Between now and 2050, embodied carbon linked to new infrastructure, is projected to be responsible for half of the world’s carbon footprint released—even before the infrastructure is used,” added Savina Carluccio, executive director, International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI). “Given its significant contribution to global emissions, the sector must act with urgency to reduce embodied carbon at scale, as part of wider decarbonization and climate action efforts—from leveraging a highly connected and collaborative value chain to using new digital technologies that enable the selection and use of alternative, carbon-efficient materials in sustainable infrastructure designs.”
Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities seamlessly integrate a user’s design data with their chosen carbon assessment tool. This enables infrastructure professionals to link carbon footprints directly to their design choices and see those impacts dynamically change across design iterations.
“Carbon assessments should be standard practice for global infrastructure projects, but creating carbon reports isn’t easy,” said Chris Bradshaw, chief sustainability officer, Bentley Systems. “Using Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities helps transform the tedious task of carbon reporting into a smooth, automated process—providing infrastructure professionals with greater visibility into carbon impacts and helping them design sustainable infrastructure faster and more easily.”
Traditionally, producing a carbon analysis report is highly manual, time consuming, and costly, with multiple steps: organizing siloed data, translating the data into carbon metrics, and producing a final report. The process becomes even more difficult for large, complex infrastructure projects, which typically involve diverse stakeholders, datasets, data formats, and construction materials.
Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities help overcome these challenges through:
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Automated material quantification: Automatically ingest and aggregate project and asset data, files, and models—created from
Bentley software and other sources—into a digital twin, for a single, simplified view. By intelligently grouping common design elements and leveraging integrated workflows, automatically calculate the precise material volumes and quantities missing from design files, eliminating estimations and out-of-date spreadsheets.
- Easy reporting, every time: With a single click generate a highly accurate cradle-to-gate embodied carbon accounting in minutes through integration with a user’s chosen carbon assessment calculator. Since all data is dynamically stored, users can adjust material selections through the lifetime of a design, creating an easy, repeatable process.
- In-content 3D visualizations: Instantly see cradle-to-gate embodied carbon output as simple cloud-based heat maps in a live 3D digital twin model. This allows users to explore sustainable design and material alternatives in minutes to create higher-quality designs throughout the design and construction phase.
WSP, a global leader in environment and sustainability consulting, has been using Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities through an Early Access Program, launched last year.
Kelvin Saldanha, associate director, WSP, said, “In the past, there have been significant challenges when creating a carbon report for a proposed design. For example, the wide range of methodologies used to calculate embodied carbon made the process feel opaque. In addition, the process was time-consuming, as it required translating every detail into a full carbon evaluation. With Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities, our design team has better transparency to calculate, analyze, and report meaningful carbon footprint impacts within any design change—in real-time with the click of a button, which has greatly reduced feedback loops from months or weeks to days.”
Availability
Bentley’s new Carbon Analysis capabilities are available immediately to iTwin Experience users at no additional cost. An additional license to a carbon assessment calculator (e.g., EC3 or OneClickLCA) is required, which can be obtained by users from those vendors directly.
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About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than
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