C.Scale
C.Scale helps AEC and RE professionals measure, manage, and reduce whole life carbon emissions
Definition
A whole-life carbon tool that helps teams set climate-positive design strategies at concept stage and refine them through delivery. C.Scale estimates the relative impact of choices on embodied, operational, and landscape carbon—when changes are cheapest and influence is highest. Why nowTime-bound targets for the built environment won’t be met if carbon is only quantified late in design. C.Scale moves carbon to the front of the process, so early decisions align with project-level reduction goals from day one. How it works (with scarce data) Accepts a minimum set of project inputs—no detailed model required. Combines region-specific background data, forward-looking projections, peer-reviewed research, and ML models to generate comparative results. Acts like a “shoebox” study for carbon: not a final answer, but a fast way to see which strategies are promising, unlikely, or worth deeper analysis. What you can test Embodied carbon moves: structure, envelope, materials, ass
In Depth
C.Scale provides embodied carbon estimation tools for early-stage building design. AI generates rapid embodied carbon estimates from preliminary design parameters (building type, size, structural system, materials), enabling carbon-informed design decisions during schematic design when the most impactful choices are made.
Tool Details
Free Plan
More than 30 days
Examples
A whole-life carbon tool that helps teams set climate-positive design strategies at concept stage and refine them through delivery
Nomic Use Cases
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Frequently Asked Questions
A whole-life carbon tool that helps teams set climate-positive design strategies at concept stage and refine them through delivery. C.Scale estimates the relative impact of choices on embodied, operational, and landscape carbon—when changes are cheapest and influence is highest. Why nowTime-bound targets for the built environment won’t be met if carbon is only quantified late in design. C.Scale moves carbon to the front of the process, so early decisions align with project-level reduction goals from day one. How it works (with scarce data) Accepts a minimum set of project inputs—no detailed model required. Combines region-specific background data, forward-looking projections, peer-reviewed research, and ML models to generate comparative results. Acts like a “shoebox” study for carbon: not a final answer, but a fast way to see which strategies are promising, unlikely, or worth deeper analysis. What you can test Embodied carbon moves: structure, envelope, materials, ass
A whole-life carbon tool that helps teams set climate-positive design strategies at concept stage and refine them through delivery.
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