Sustainable Engineering Process

Carbon Footprint and Impact Evaluation Toolset - CarbonFIT

What Is It?

CarbonFIT is a package of computing tools developed by PB to help clients make the connection between land use choices and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It includes modules to calculate emissions from building operations, traffic generated by land use patterns, and building construction, with more modules to come. CarbonFIT was developed in the San Francisco office, in part to help clients comply with California's AB32 and SB375 requirements. It is designed to run on top of the ArcGIS platform and to utilize the CommunityViz suite. When connected to visualization tools such as the in-house package Decision Commons, PB has a product that sets us apart from our competitors.

CFIT Applications:

• Analyze alternative land use/transportation scenarios
• Estimate amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption
• Provide real-time analysis and data visualization

Key PB experts: Jignesh Mehta, Tiffany Batac, Jay Mezher, Andrea Barry

Above - CFIT employed in tandem with Decision Commons