Calculate Embodied Carbon from a Regional Dataset
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Calculate Embodied Carbon from a Regional Dataset
with Autodesk · Climate & Carbon Management
Resolve a regional emission factor and calculate emissions for a quantity.
- List the datasets of the requested impact type and take the first. Each dataset names its data provider and version, which is what makes the resulting number auditable.
- Find the emission record for the target region, category, and year. Emission factors are strongly regional, so a factor from the wrong grid or the wrong year is simply the wrong answer.
- Read the record to capture the emission factor, its unit, and the unit the quantity must be expressed in before any calculation is submitted.
- Calculate total emissions for the quantity against the resolved record, passing the unit the record itself declares so the arithmetic cannot be done against a mismatched unit.
What you'll need to have ready
- datasetType: The dataset type to search: electricity, material, transportation, or construction.
- region: Region or country code the emission factor must apply to.
- category: Category to narrow the record search within the dataset.
- year: Data vintage year the factor should come from.
- quantity: The quantity to calculate emissions for, in the unit the record specifies.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow autodesk:calculate-regional-emissions, 4 operations: getDatasets → getRecords → getRecord → calculateEmissions. Specs on APIs.io.