Add Embodied Carbon Data

There are now two pathways to report embodied carbon data: 

• First way: Choose a Whole-Building or Interiors-only project and fill out the required information for the subsequent Project Type. When you go to "Track Design Data," and select Yes on the Embodied Carbon tile, this will open several fields. These include the required fields of predicted embodied carbon, carbon modeling tool, time, scope, and LCA stages. The version of the carbon modeling tool, phase of the project, and building construction type may also be entered as an optional field. If the embodied carbon reported calculation includes furnishings and equipment, please click the check box. Additionally, the scope and LCA stages allow for multiple selections.

• Note: For definitions, the ECHO Project authors acknowledge “that while OmniClass is predominantly used in North America, various
  construction classification systems are utilized globally. International entities are encouraged to adapt the Assessment Inclusions section of the schema to align with their respective classification systems as needed. The working group chose to leverage OmniClass Table 21 for determining assessment inclusions." See more on ECHO here.

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Biogenic carbon may also be tracked. Selecting Yes to “Was biogenic carbon included?” will open an optional field for further description, including notes on any assumptions made that you would like to document.

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• Second way: Choose the Embodied Carbon Only project type when creating a new project. 

It will then prompt you to input the required project information including estimated occupancy year, energy code, and project use types and the area with both conditioned and unconditioned values. 

Once completing the Extended project information, you will be prompted to input Track Data. 

Upon clicking Track Data, you will be brought to the following page where you will input the required fields of predicted embodied carbon, carbon modeling tool, time, scope, and LCA stages. The version of the carbon modeling tool, phase of the project, and building construction type may also be entered as an optional field. If the embodied carbon reported calculation includes furnishings and equipment, please click the check box. Additionally, the scope and LCA stages allow for multiple selections.

Note: What's different from the Whole-building and Interiors-only embodied carbon data tracking is via the Embodied Carbon Only project, you can input additional embodied carbon data including global warming potential (GWP) by LCA stage and scope. Each input will be added to sum the building's total GWP (kgCO2e).

Additionally, at this time, you are unable to utilize the bulk upload spreadsheet for Embodied Carbon Only projects. AIA team and developers will address this later in 2025.