“AMICO” (Account Method of Infrastructures embodied CarbOn) for BIM
Federica Gallina- Roberto Giordano
- Massimiliano Lo Turco
- Benedetta Quaglio
- Andrea Tomalini
Published 2025-07-31
Keywords
- Infrastructures,
- Embodied carbon,
- Embodied Energy,
- Building Information Modeling (BIM),
- Visual Programme Language
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Copyright (c) 2025 Federica Gallina, Roberto Giordano, Massimiliano Lo Turco, Benedetta Quaglio, Andrea Tomalini
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Abstract
AMICO (Account Method of Infrastructures embodied CarbOn) is a research project conducted in partnership with Webuild group. The aim is to develop integrated tools for the analysis and evaluation of CO2 emissions (Embodied Carbon) and energy demand (Embodied Energy) of some phases of the infrastructure life cycle. The results of the study make it possible to identify which materials and processes have the most significant energy-environmental impact, and to define mitigation actions for progressive decarbonisation of the construction sector. In particular, the paper focuses on the importance of the project of digitising environmental data in a BIM environment.
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