CarboLifeCalc
An embodied carbon calculator for the built environment.
https://github.com/davidveld/carbolifecalc
Category: Consumption
Sub Category: Buildings and Heating
Keywords
material-mapping revit revit-material-quantities
Last synced: about 14 hours ago
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A Quick-Action Carbon Whole Life Carbon Assessment calculator using Revit material quantities.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/davidveld/carbolifecalc
- Owner: DavidVeld
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-07-26T11:33:07.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-06-26T21:54:08.000Z (5 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-06-29T20:38:31.044Z (1 day ago)
- Topics: material-mapping, revit, revit-material-quantities
- Language: C#
- Homepage:
- Size: 66.7 MB
- Stars: 30
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 0
- Releases: 13
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
README.md
CarboLifeCalc
CarboLifeCalc is a free and open-source embodied carbon calculator for the built environment. It transforms material quantities into meaningful carbon metrics using environmental product declarations (EPDs) and other carbon data sources—giving you near-instant feedback on the environmental impact of your design.
Key Features
- Calculates embodied carbon from material quantities
- Supports data from EPDs and carbon databases
- Works with Autodesk Revit
- Compatible with Rhino Grasshopper
- Visualizes carbon footprint with charts and heatmaps
- Exports results in CSV and JSON formats (Raw date, OneClickLCA, ItructE 3.0 or LCAx)
- Open-source and community-driven
- Works as a stand alone application
- Works within the Revit Viewer, thus a revit Licence is not required for the data extraction
How It Works (3 Steps)
1. Connect Your Design
- Link your project from Autodesk Revit or Rhino Grasshopper.
- Automatically extract material quantities from your building model.
2. Map Materials to Carbon Data
- Match materials to embodied carbon values using EPDs or built-in databases.
- Customize or import your own datasets as needed.
3. Analyze and Export Results
- View real-time visual feedback including charts, summaries, and color-coded heatmaps.
- Export your results for reporting or further analysis.
Why Use CarboLifeCalc?
- Raise awareness of embodied carbon in design decisions.
- Support sustainable building practices.
- Integrate seamlessly into your existing design workflow.
- Access a powerful tool without licensing fees.
Get Started
- Download the latest release from the Releases page.
- Follow the setup instructions in the Wiki.
- Start analyzing your models in Revit or Grasshopper.
Support the Project
If you find CarboLife helpful, consider supporting its development by buying me a coffee:
Your support helps keep the project alive and evolving!
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Design Better Initiative
Owner metadata
- Name:
- Login: DavidVeld
- Email:
- Kind: user
- Description:
- Website: www.davidveld.nl
- Location: London
- Twitter:
- Company:
- Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10852481?u=ed542bbdcf65973faaefb41a8c0a09d2760a8921&v=4
- Repositories: 1
- Last ynced at: 2024-12-06T21:42:22.059Z
- Profile URL: https://github.com/DavidVeld
GitHub Events
Total
- Create event: 1
- Issues event: 2
- Release event: 1
- Watch event: 5
- Issue comment event: 3
- Push event: 37
Last Year
- Create event: 1
- Issues event: 2
- Release event: 1
- Watch event: 5
- Issue comment event: 3
- Push event: 37
Committers metadata
Last synced: 5 days ago
Total Commits: 297
Total Committers: 2
Avg Commits per committer: 148.5
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.192
Commits in past year: 42
Committers in past year: 2
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 21.0
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.071
| Name | Commits | |
|---|---|---|
| David In't veld | d****d@g****m | 240 |
| David Veld | d****d@w****m | 57 |
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Issue and Pull Request metadata
Last synced: 1 day ago
Total issues: 5
Total pull requests: 2
Average time to close issues: 11 months
Average time to close pull requests: less than a minute
Total issue authors: 5
Total pull request authors: 1
Average comments per issue: 1.4
Average comments per pull request: 0.0
Merged pull request: 2
Bot issues: 0
Bot pull requests: 0
Past year issues: 1
Past year pull requests: 0
Past year average time to close issues: about 6 hours
Past year average time to close pull requests: N/A
Past year issue authors: 1
Past year pull request authors: 0
Past year average comments per issue: 2.0
Past year average comments per pull request: 0
Past year merged pull request: 0
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0
Top Issue Authors
- whysosocold (1)
- DuncanLithgow (1)
- iamcosmonaut (1)
- ErwinMeulman (1)
- chriskearns (1)
Top Pull Request Authors
- DavidVeld (2)
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Dependencies
- WPFToolkit 3.5.50211.1
- WPFToolkit.DataVisualization 3.5.50211.1
- LiveCharts 0.9.7
- LiveCharts.Wpf 0.9.7
Score: 4.0943445622221