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In this tutorial we will go over the basics. Together, we will create a new project and a preset carbon calculation for your project. You can add a project at any level of detail, from some rough numbers or a napkin sketch to a complete BIM model. For this tutorial we will be using in Spijkenisse by as an example.
Want to learn more? Follow the links in the headers to the detailled pages.
To get started you will need a CarbonSpace account.

Sign in to

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Landing page
On the landing page click on Login or, if you do not have an account already Create new account. A dialogue will open up where you can provide your email to create an account.

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Navigating

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Home is where you find and create all your workspaces, projects and libraries.
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Projects contain information related to individual design projects. You can add location and other information to it using the
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icon. This is also where you create your first calculation in this tutorial.
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Libraries contain information that is shared across all projects in your workspace, such as material data or templates. Use them to make information easy to access across projects. As a new user, you will already have libraries for the Ökobaudat database, and CarbonSpace databases for both materials and components.
Projects and Libraries are grouped into Workspaces, allowing you to compare projects within your portfolio.

Create a

From the home page click
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to create a new project.
Here you collect all your project information in a folder-like structure, from calculations to project-specific components and materials.

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Home

Your first

In a calculation, we take a snapshot of the embodied carbon of a design based on whatever information you have at that moment in the design. We collect our quantities – how much wall, floor, roof, etc do I have in my building? – and we attach material data – what is it made of? The result is a report with a carbon footprint and a performance breakdown.
Click on + and choose
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to add a new calculation to your project. In the dropdown menu choose the quickscan template to hit the ground running with prefilled information.
Your new calculation will have four tabs: Report, Inventory, Edit, and Details.

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Report
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Inventory
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Materials
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Details

Report - Your dashboard for embodied carbon

- The bill of quantities

Materials - What is it made of

Details- Explore your carbon data


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