Overview

BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) is a free and open-access Revit plug-in that supports the export of material quantities from Autodesk Revit to Web App and allows synchronization between them. It is powered by the bimCAT database and enables users to select materials based on project needs, assess embodied carbon reduction opportunities, and produce charts and reports from within Revit.

Download BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) from Autodesk App Store

Download BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) Community Edition

BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) gives you a fully functional CQD inside your Revit project.

• Export material quantities from Revit into Web App

• Identify each material (concrete, steel, gypsum…)

  • BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) starts you with a reasonable guess

  • User should refine each material search

• Evaluate climate impact based on product specific 3rd party verified EPDs.

• Visualize hot spots and biggest carbon reduction opportunities

• Generate graphs and reports

• Synchronize between Revit and the bimCAT model in the web

• Annotate your Revit model & components so you can reuse your work

• Save libraries of materials and assemblies for future use

BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) currently supports Revit 2021-2025. To install, download the MSI and double-click the file to install it.

We expect BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) will also be available shortly from the Autodesk app store.

bimCAT is a free sustainability plugin from bimCAT Carbon Action Technology Society, a British Columbia environmental nonprofit.

· Software development by C-Change Labs, Inc. found at c-change-labs.com

· Developed in partnership with Perkins+Will, Autodesk, and Building Transparency

· Library Browser original design courtesy of the Design Technology Team at ZGF Architects

· tally® original design courtesy of KT Innovations

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, which made creation of this tool possible.

Feedback

You may be familiar with Web App’s purple Report Bugs & Feedback button, but there is a second bug reporting path inside Revit, which helps us troubleshoot issues in the Revit environment. See Report a Bug section for details.