• Rendering of FortWhyte Alive Buffalo Crossing wooden two-story building

    How AECO Can Make a Difference with Carbon Emissions and Building Design

    We are all witnessing the impact of climate change. I often wonder what the world will be like when I’m 70 years old—and, more importantly, for my young children when they are the same age. The buildings that we are designing today…


  • Discover What’s New in Autodesk Forma: June 2024 Update  

    Autodesk Forma recently celebrated a year since launch—a significant milestone that also represents a year’s worth of valuable user feedback and learnings gained. Forma’s current capabilities such as its sustainability-focused predictive analytics, automation, conceptual design and collaboration tools are quickly being recognized…


  • Autodesk Insight

    Engineer confirms accuracy of Autodesk energy analysis tools

    Written by Heather Johnson It’s a dilemma faced by architects and engineers when considering early-stage design analysis:  which is more important– accuracy or precision?  Accuracy refers to the closeness of a measurement to an actual or known value, while precision is related…


  • Revit helps architecture meet Architecture 2030 Challenge

    Using Revit and Insight to achieve Architecture 2030 Challenge goals

    Written by Heather R. Johnson With dedicated sustainability staff and using Autodesk Revit and Insight, included in the Autodesk Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Collection, firms are on their way to achieving their targets for meeting the Architecture 2030 challenge. Multi-disciplinary design studio…


  • Autodesk Revit's energy performance analysis helps design high-performance building

    3 videos to help you get started with energy performance analysis in Revit

    Did you know that a subscription to Revit or the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection includes access to Insight, a powerful tool for energy performance analysis? Insight is a cloud-based simulation platform integrated with Revit that provides centralized access to performance data and advanced analysis…


  • sustainably design city

    5 Ways Revit Supports Green Building

    If you’re not already using Revit to support green building in your designs, you should be. Sustainable building design is moving from being a good-to-have to a must-have for building projects worldwide, as more clients are demanding architects and engineers design buildings…