Locally sourced materials are a good thing. Buildings that use local materials can qualify for a LEED credit. For example Regional Materials: "Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting...
Month: September 2015
AutoCASE is now Autodesk App Exchange Listed
"AutoCASE quantifies the financial, social, and environmental value of projects based on their designs. Start designing towards greener outcomes by knowing the value of your designs as you create them." We're on the Autodesk App Exchange:...
John Parker talking today the TRB 2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Workshop
John Parker is talking today at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2015 Environmental Analysis in Transportation Summer Workshop in San Diego, California. The workshop theme is "Better Transportation and Environmental Outcomes through Effective Partnerships.”...
Air Quality from Trees and Green Roofs
Three features coming in the new version of AutoCASE - air quality impacts from different types of green infrastructure, soil carbon, and mowing and pruning effects. A storm toppled air scrubber and carbon sink In AutoCASE, in addition to quantifying carbon and air...
The Cost of Obesity (Worked Out to Four Decimals)
From the Impact Infrastructure Toronto office - we'll round the value before adding it to AutoCASE: P.S. I'm not sure why Patrick Star from Sponge Bob Square Pants is on the board in the top left but he may be describing our new scheme for stormwater management...
AutoCASE for Stormwater Management – V2.0
The new version of AutoCASE looks great! You can expect to see it in a couple of weeks (we are just putting some finishing touches on it). Over the next few weeks I'll give you a sneak preview of some of the extensive list of new features. Different surface types,...
Back to School Two/Too
Farzad Islam was our second Economics Intern this summer. Farzad is an economics student at Ryerson University. Farzad worked on a summer-long project which involved refining the data for our transit cost-benefit analysis tool (BCE for Transit and soon to be AutoCASE...
Back to School
Impact Infrastructure's connections around the world continue to grow. In our research department we have benefited from the experience and hard work of students from China, Brazil, Hong Kong, and now Ghana. Nana Yaa Abrafi Boa-Amponsem is a student at the University...
A Round of AutoCASE Please – A Tonic for the Times
"We can think of a few folks who could benefit from a round or two with AutoCASE." A round WITH AutoCASE? We'd prefer a round OF AutoCASE - for everyone. From CleanTechnica - "...planning is one thing, and gaining political support for a plan is another thing...
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