Renewable Energy Supplies Nearly 30 Percent of All Power Worldwide;
Sustainably Designed Offices Expanding in San Francisco, Milan, Beijing
and Farnborough, UK
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2012--
Autodesk,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) deepens its investment in sustainable operations,
opening five new green office spaces this year in San Francisco, Milan,
Beijing and Farnborough, UK. The company is targeting LEED certification
for its new facilities, which would bring Autodesk’s total to 13
LEED-certified offices, covering 25 percent of its 1.8 million square
foot real estate portfolio.
“At Autodesk, we are focused on accelerating sustainable innovation, and
one way we do this to use our own facilities and operations as a testing
ground for new ideas, workflows and solutions,” said Joe Chen, vice
president of corporate real estate and facilities at Autodesk. “By using
our own software to design and build these spaces, we’re not only
reducing our greenhouse gas footprint, but also providing real working
examples of sustainable design for our customers.”
New Spaces Feature Reduced Energy, Green Power and Repurposed and
Recycled Materials
Each of the new office spaces is a major contributor to Autodesk’s
environmental impact reduction strategy; most are powered by green
energy, bringing renewables to nearly 30 percent of the company’s energy
use. The office designs include reduced lighting energy requirements of
up to 35 percent and increased ventilation efficiency of up to 30
percent as compared to American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards. Many of the new spaces
feature efficient plumbing fixtures, which can reduce water use by more
than 40 percent over conventional fixtures. And all offices prioritize
re-used, recycled and locally sourced materials and furnishings, as well
as utilize low- or no-VOC finishes. The spaces were all designed to meet
or exceed LEED certifications.
Reducing Carbon Impacts through Sustainable Design Choices
Autodesk uses its own 3D
design software to design collaborative, open office spaces for its
more than 7,000 employees worldwide. Partly through the use of sustainable
design in its real estate portfolio, Autodesk has been able to help
reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent since 2009.
In the company’s newly-opened San Francisco Steuart Tower space,
cloud-based energy analysis powered by Green
Building Studio within Autodesk Revit
software helped ensure efficient design. In the UK’s new Farnborough
office, an environmentally-focused design helped Autodesk save $1M in
overall costs every two years. The project’s design partner used
Autodesk 3ds
Max Design visualization software to help create photorealistic
renderings that helped educate employees about the new space, resulting
in more working from the space than in previous offices. And in Beijing,
the company’s new offices were designed with daylighting in mind, which
will be modeled in Autodesk Ecotect
Analysis to supplement the LEED submission process.
For many of the new office spaces, Autodesk and its design teams
employed Building
Information Modeling (BIM), an intelligent 3D model-based design
process. BIM provides insight for creating and managing building and
infrastructure projects faster, more economically, and with less
environmental impact.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is a leader in 3D
design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the
manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and
entertainment industries -- including the last 17 Academy Award winners
for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software to design, visualize
and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in
1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information
about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com/.
Autodesk, AutoCAD, Green Building Studio, 3ds Max, Ecotect and Revit
are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its
subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
Academy Award is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks
belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter
product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any
time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or
graphical errors that may appear in this document.
© 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source: Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk, Inc.
Carolyn Rohrer, 415-547-2428
carolyn.rohrer@autodesk.com
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