C.Scale is a whole life carbon software platform making climate action effortless for every designer, engineer, and owner.
Model your first project in 5 minutes or less!
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Get started by entering basic project details and C.Scale fills in the rest.
Spot major contributors to your emissions and identify key actions.
Build an AI-assisted LCA, or import partial analysis and C.Scale will infer missing scope.
Inform specs and streamline LEED and regulatory compliance.
Complete the picture with as-built data collaboratively with the full project team.
Predict Carbon Emissions
Build your baseline with six basic inputs
Explore low-carbon scenarios before you’re in BIM
Set project targets and choose optimal strategies
PERFORM DETAILED ASSESSMENTS
Define assemblies following your firm’s internal standards
Highlight and address the biggest emitter
Access project-specific insights without a BIM model
Benchmark Your Portfolio
Benchmark and compare performance across groups of buildings
Model campuses with static portfolios
Group projects by type with dynamic portfolios
Streamline Reporting
Easy exports to the AIA 2030 DDx platform
Simple project reports accessible to all team members
Download raw data for use in internal dashboard tools
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“We had been looking for the right workflow tool to do reporting on our projects that allows for engagement within our design teams. C.Scale gives us the ability to make informed decisions earlier in the design process.”
Keith Hempel, FAIA
President, Chief Design Officer @ LPA Design Studios
“C.Scale supports our goal to raise the middle and engage project teams that would otherwise not be able to measure embodied carbon. We want all teams to understand what levers they can pull to improve a building’s carbon emissions.”
Mara Baum, FAIA
Partner @ DIALOG
“I used graphics from C.Scale to convince a client to do adaptive reuse on an existing building with a PassivHaus addition versus knocking a whole building down. I'm on board!”
Timothy Lock, AIA
Management Partner @ OPAL
“C.Scale has brought holistic carbon analysis to every member of our firm. Within minutes, we can establish baselines and guide the conversation with our teams to find opportunities to reduce and optimize the carbon impact of our designs.”
Gwen Fuertes, AIA
Senior Associate @ Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
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GET STARTED FREEOnce you have the data necessary to use other tools, the most important decisions are already made... including architect selection.
Expertise is needed to master complex tools, conduct bottom-up analysis, and interpret results.
LCAs and reports are scattered in PDFs and spreadsheets and siloed across organizations, so data is impossible to access.
Keeping up with reporting requirements and formats is best done by dedicated consultants who can keep up with the latest standards.
C.Scale’s lightweight analysis allows teams to assess carbon emissions up front, helping win work from sophisticated clients.
C.Scale enables everyone—from a junior designer to a sustainability expert to the head of marketing—to engage in climate action.
C.Scale allows firms to collect data across many projects to find hot spots, establish benchmarks, and glean insights from across the firm.
Project data is translated into submittal formats. Use the same workflow for multiple certifications, standards, and regulations.
20m
sqft
C.Scale is helping decarbonize over 20 million square feet of new construction and retrofit projects.
<1%
cost
Embodied carbon reductions of up to 46% are possible at a less than 1% cost premium.
Source: 2024 RMI Report
100%
adoption
From a 20-person affordable housing firm to a 2,500-person multidisciplinary firm, our customers use C.Scale on 100% of their projects.
“We used C.Scale in the proposal stage... I think it set us apart, as we were up against the best firms in the country. What's really amazing is that when we did a detailed LCA, the embodied carbon results were within 5% of the C.Scale estimates!”
Rebecca Sharkey
Design Principal @ EHDD
A preliminary assessment takes less than 30 minutes, and a more detailed assessment should only take a few hours.
C.Scale is free to individual users and all organizations can create a free starter account including up to 3 projects. Reach out for info on how to upgrade to unlimited access.
Concept-level results represent concept-level designs and are highly uncertain. As more data is entered in the platform, more precise assessment become possible.
You can dig into our methodology and data sources in our documentation. It’s fairly comprehensive but if something is missing - let us know!
C.Scale is used in coursework at Stanford, Yale, Howard University, UW, and many more schools across North America. Supporting the next generation of practitioners is an essential part of our mission, and we’re here to help!
C.Scale loves desk crits! If you are having issues on a particular project, reach out and we’d be happy to help.
Model your first project in 5 minutes or less!
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