Add whole life carbon to your workflow in minutes.

Our whole life carbon API is continuously improved by data scientists, vetted by architects, and validated by third-party reviewers. We obsess about your whole life carbon estimates so you can focus on building your product, your buildings, and your core business.
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How It Works

How c.scale works
Send our API a very simple (or very detailed) description of the project, using only the data you already have.
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The calculation combines heuristics,  industry knowledge, and machine learning models based on real data from thousands of buildings to reliably estimate emissions.
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Receive the emissions estimates, material quantity estimations, and richly detailed time series data your users need.
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Features Developers Love

COMPREHENSIVE WHOLE LIFE CARBON ANALYSIS

Expert made. Third party validated.

  • Includes embodied, operational, and landscape carbon emissions to give a “whole carbon” view of the project.

  • Based on data from 1,000+ real buildings from around the world.

  • Rigorously reviewed by subject matter experts and trusted by over thousands of users.

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C.Scale's comprehensive API is expert made and third party validated.
C.Scale API is customizable
Customizable

Easily adapt it to fit any product requirements.

  • Customize the reporting scope and supplement the model with your own data.

  • Use it for a single building, a campus, or a whole city.

  • Embed our team into yours temporarily or for ongoing support.

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Constant Updates

Always current. Always improving.

  • Keep your carbon accounting methodology up-to-date without needing to monitor the state of carbon accounting.

  • The model is automatically updated as new standards, requirements, and data sets emerge.

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C.Scale API is always current and always improving.
Works like other services you already use.
Developer-friendly

Works like other services you already use.

  • RESTful API with JSON requests/responses and standard HTTP protocols.

  • Dedicated support by the team that built the model.

  • Comprehensive documentation for easy implementation.

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Your users want reliable carbon estimates.

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What Customers Say...

c.scale is one of the most exciting new tools out there for charting the course to zero carbon buildings, at the point when the most impactful design decisions can be made.

Eli from Autodesk

Ellis Martinez, Hon. AIA
Senior Product Manager, Embodied and Total Carbon

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What Customers Say...

c.scale is one of the most exciting new tools out there for charting the course to zero carbon buildings, at the point when the most impactful design decisions can be made.

Eli from Autodesk

Ellis Martinez, Hon. AIA
Senior Product Manager, Embodied and Total Carbon

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Frequently Asked Questions

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