Autodesk partners with Clinton Climate Initiative
Published Wed 20 May 2009
Autodesk is joining with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to help cities lower their greenhouse gas emmissions.
The announcement was made at the Seoul C40 Large Cities Climate Summit 2009, where Autodesk will join the CCI and Microsoft Corporation to aid the project’s web-based software.
Project Two Degrees emissions tracking software enables cities to calculate the carbon footprint of both municipal operations and the communities they service in a uniform way. Additionally, it allows cities to plan meaningful actions that save energy and money to make an impact in the fight against climate change.
In the initial pilot phase, participants in the C40, a group of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change, will be the first to be invited to use the emissions tracking software.
Autodesk will provide the technology, initially based on Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, that will act as the model-based visualisation environment used to view, evaluate and compare the results of analysis and monitoring in the C40 city. Autodesk will also provide building performance analysis tools.
“We welcome the important contribution Autodesk is making to help build more sustainable cities by providing the digital mapping tools for Project Two Degrees,” said Ira C. Magaziner, chairman of the Clinton Climate Initiative. “Many of the world’s cities have made public pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Project Two Degrees provides them with a common platform for measurement of emissions reductions and exchange of best practices.”
