NYDesigns, with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), brings you the Embedded Energy Calculator, a free online tool to assist you make sustainable and impactful decisions in your creative process.
Embedded energy looks at the sum total of energy used to extract or mine raw materials, manufacture the raw materials into a product, and transport that product to market. Find out how much energy you use currently in your design process – and how to reach your design goals with less enegy expenditures.
Try out our tool and tell us what we can do better. Join our beta community today.
Embedded energy looks at the sum total of energy used to extract or mine raw materials, manufacture the raw materials into a product, and transport that product to market. Find out how much energy you use currently in your design process – and how to reach your design goals with less enegy expenditures.
Try out our tool and tell us what we can do better. Join our beta community today.
37 BTUs
recycling potential of urban solid waste
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capetown,
Start saving energy from the beginning
The Embedded Energy Calculator allows designers
to view materials in terms of energy. Every choice
has a traceable energy outcome.
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Make smart choices
Compare energy values among a variety of
materials. Choose the right material for the right job,
and reduce your energy impacts in the process.
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Invite others to evaluate your project and
encourage family, friends and colleagues to assess
their own energy impacts.
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