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Rocky Mountain Institute's 'Green Footstep' helps designers reduce projects’ carbon emissions.
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The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has released Green Footstep, an online tool designed to help reduce carbon emissions in building construction and retrofit projects. The site, www.greenfootstep.org, shows architects, engineers and developers how much their building would contribute to global warming, and offers design suggestions to achieve carbon neutrality
RMI, a non-profit group whose mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources, notes that while many carbon calculators are available online, none address multiple building emissions over the building lifetime – information Green Footstep does provide.
“Green Footstep makes it easier for design professionals to set the design targets they'll need to achieve a carbon neutrality that includes not just operation, but also embodied carbon and others,” said Victor Olgyay, AIA, principal at RMI. “Just as a life cycle cost analysis of a green building design shows the operating costs you are saving over time, Green Footstep shows you the saved carbon.”
Green Footstep also shows designers how to comply with specific design goals, such as LEED's energy credits and the 2030 Challenge, the organization that has challenged designers to make all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030.
Green Footstep's web site also provides case studies so users can explore how the online tool has helped past projects reach their carbon-reduction goals. Users can also create a login that allows them to save and reload their own projects as they work on them.
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