CarbonScape Docs

Welcome to CarbonScape!

CarbonScape makes LCA for early-stage design easy. We help you to make carbon-aware decisions by providing clear, transparent and understandable data and model strategies on project and portfolio level.

Rough is good enough! our motto to early stage LCA stands central. We believe simplified ball park figures stimulate better conversations and help steer away from data-paralysis.

When and why to use CarbonScape

Explore - Find the biggest potential for reduction from day one of the design process.

Track and Trace - Follow changes throughout the project to control and steer design decisions, creating lasting carbon impact with your stakeholders.

Portfolio Management - Prepare for ESG compliance, gain insights into your portfolio, its impact on the environment and inform your green portfolio strategies.

Don’t know where to start? Have a look at our
`Carbon Guidelines`⁠
⁠

Where do we get our environmental data from?

Our dataset is based on data from

Ökobaudat⁠

, a German database that is free, open and transparent. This enables us and you to verify data, and understand it when using it in our calculations. We use data compliant with ISO15408+A2.

Interested in using a different dataset? Don’t hesitate to
`get in touch`⁠
!

What is included in the public release?

We want to enable everyone to make effective carbon decisions in their designs and promote comparability. CarbonScape comes with two default libraries:

Ökobaudat Our baseline library with all components and elements found in the database.

CarbonScape library A library of sane defaults for the world’s most common materials such as concrete, glass, timber and steel alongside components such as windows, facade build ups and structures to get you started.

Standardized templates to get calculating fast.

All functionality to create your own materials and connect to third-party software.

How does our funding work?

CarbonScape is an initiative by

MVRDV⁠

, a global operating Dutch architecture company with over 300 employees. We are currently funded by MVRDV in their mission for a greener, more equitable world.

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