PR - As part of its on-going commitment to support the practice of
sustainable design and green building in the architecture, engineering
and construction (AEC) industries, Autodesk, Inc. today
announced two acquisitions to improve building performance analysis in
the building information modeling (BIM) process. A
utodesk announced
that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets
related to the Ecotect software tools for conceptual building
performance analysis from both Square One Research Ltd. and Dr. Andrew
Marsh. Autodesk also announced that it has completed the acquisition of
substantially all the assets of Green Building Studio, Inc., a provider
of web-based whole building energy, water and carbon-emission analysis
software. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.
"Buildings are a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, so
to combat climate change it is critical for the building industry to
rapidly adopt sustainable design practices that will lead to buildings
which are appreciably more efficient and eventually carbon neutral,"
said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president, Autodesk AEC solutions. "The
addition of these tools to our technology portfolio will help make it
easier for architects, engineers and designers to understand the impact
of their design decisions on building performance earlier in the design
process so they can optimize for reduced environmental impact."
The acquisitions of Ecotect and the Green Building Studio assets
will support Autodesk's vision to deliver software that enables
architects and engineers to design more sustainable projects. With
improved building performance analysis capabilities, Autodesk will be
uniquely positioned to offer a comprehensive suite of software
solutions for sustainable design and analysis, enabling a BIM process
that can facilitate cost-effective design and delivery of
high-performing, resource-efficient buildings and infrastructure.
Square One Research, Ltd. and Dr. Andrew Marsh, creator of the
Ecotect environmental design and analysis tools, are based in Isle of
Man. The Ecotect tools can measure how fundamental criteria, such as
solar, thermal, shading, lighting, and airflow, will affect building
performance in the conceptual and detailed phases of design. Their
capability to forecast building performance over time better equips
architects and engineers to deliver more energy efficient and
sustainable building designs.
"Square One Research and Autodesk share a commitment to using
technology to make the design and construction of sustainable,
high-performance buildings easier and more efficient," said Dr. Andrew
J. Marsh, Co-Founder and Head of Research & Development, Square One
Research. "We are pleased to join Autodesk and look forward to helping
develop and deliver simple and effective building performance analysis
to architects and engineers around the world."
The Autodesk Green Building Studio analysis tools, now available at http://www.autodesk.com/greenbuildingstudio,
provide improved design insight through whole building energy, water
and carbon-emission analysis, helping architects and designers to
maximize building economic and environmental performance. The tools are
compatible with Autodesk design software as well as software from other
industry providers through the Green Building XML (gbXML) schema and
can now be directly accessed from within the Revit platform for BIM
with a new plug-in now available for download. Green Building Studio
Inc. launched the Green Building Studio web service in 2004.
To read more about how Autodesk and its customers are addressing sustainable design, please visit http://www.autodesk.com/green.
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