Foster + Partners’ Post

We recently spoke at Autodesk University AU 2025: The Design & Make Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Our session explored the topic of ‘Found in Translation: Industry Alignment of Practices to Translate BIM to Carbon’. Missed our sessions and interested in watching it back? 💻🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wXHqk This session unpacks the challenges of decarbonising buildings amid a multitude of standards and diverse BIM and carbon accounting processes used for assessing embodied carbon. Led by the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six practices from across the AEC industry conducted a case study revealing a 34% variation in embodied carbon assessments using the same Revit model. The discussion explores the root causes of these discrepancies, the complexities of converting BIM data into carbon insights, and offers guidelines to foster consistency, transparency, and actionable assessments that advance industry-wide decarbonisation. 🌟This talk has been recognised as a Top-Rated Class at AU 2025, out of over 500 learning sessions! Congratulations to everyone in the cohort. Speakers from Foster + Partners: Retha Swanepoel, Partner and Head of BIM & Design Systems Dana Far, BIM & Design Systems Coordinator Leandro Reati, BIM & Design Systems Coordinator Andrea Colombo, Structural BIM Coordinator Key contributions to this initiative by Chris Trott, Partner The presentation and the report are the result of a great collaboration between six practices from across the AEC industry, including: Arcadis, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), AECOM, Arup, and Ramboll. Associated reports: A Path to Alignment in the Built Environment 🔗https://brnw.ch/21wXHql A Guide to Alignment in the Built Environment 🔗https://brnw.ch/21wXHqj #AU2025 #Autodesk #BuiltEnvironment #Sustainability #WBCSD