Digital tools provide an essential means for infrastructure project stakeholders—from engineers and designers to contractors and clients—to assess and report lifecycle impacts toward reducing the overall environmental impact of an envisioned asset. LCPro and Carb0nise, two of the digital tools developed by WSP, enable the identification and selection of the most environmentally friendly design solutions, including materials, and the results can be made visible to all relevant project stakeholders. Projects can then apply the material and structural options with the lowest embodied carbon for newly constructed, refurbished or repurposed structures.
The following article explores LCPro and Carb0nise—their use in infrastructure projects and evolving development.
