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Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Projects Through BIM and Related Platforms
12/2/2025Leave a Comment
Image: Southern Gateway, Dallas, Texas / SWA.
The ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Committee has released a new resource for landscape architects:
Guidelines for Project Performance Data Takeoff
- Radu Dicher, ASLA, LFA, Firmwide BIM Manager, SWA Group
- Eric Gilbey, ASLA, PLA, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Vectorworks
- Matt Perotto, ASLA, OALA, CSLA, Senior Associate, Janet Rosenberg & Studio
This resource provides high-level direction on how to use a variety of typical BIM and “BIM-proxy” tools to evaluate the impacts of embodied carbon in projects. And in a more general sense, it presents methodologies for executing “quantity takeoffs” from projects.
The guidelines provide options for different phases of the project lifecycle – from concept, schematic design, design development, to construction documentation. It outlines ways in which project data can provide outputs for embodied carbon assessments.
It also provides guidance for multiple BIM platforms, including workflows for Revit and Vectorworks, and covers “BIM-proxy” environments, such as Rhino.
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