How important is sustainable design to Autodesk?
We are a software company, and we figure out what we can do through our digital tools to enable people to make better decisions. Anything that we can do to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings can have a big impact on emissions. We use Building Information Modeling to describe a building as completely as possible, so we can compute in real time the energy footprint of a building.
“3D printing will revolutionize the kinds of products that people can create.”
Amar Hanspal, Senior Vice President, Autodesk
How can technologies improve a building’s performance?
We can deliver energy efficiency improvements of 30-40% while also making people more comfortable. When you swipe your card as you enter the building, the building will know that you need to get to a certain floor and it will turn on the lights and air conditioning to your preference before you arrive.
What impact will 3D printing have on building design and construction?
Building materials are being wasted because we’re still using processes from the industrial revolution. With the new technology, some of the shapes and materials in buildings are being replaced by 3D printed facades, connections, joints.
