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ALLPLAN eBook Guides AEC Teams on Reducing Carbon

by | Sep 8, 2025

Buildings and construction account for 34% of global emissions and half of material extraction. A new BIM-based checklist outlines how digital workflows can help project teams reduce carbon, manage costs, and improve performance across the building lifecycle.
ALLPLAN has published a new eBook “The Ultimate Sustainability Checklist for BIM Projects.” Copyright ALLPLAN

MUNICH, Germany, Sep 8, 2025 – Buildings and construction drive 34% of global carbon emissions and half of material extraction, putting pressure on the AEC sector. ALLPLAN’s e-book, “The Ultimate Sustainability Checklist for BIM Projects” provides data-backed steps across the project lifecycle to reduce carbon, manage materials, and strengthen outcomes.

“Sustainability starts long before construction begins,” says Eduardo Lazzarotto, chief product and strategy officer at ALLPLAN. “With this eBook, we’re equipping professionals with a practical framework to optimize their digital workflows – unlocking both environmental and economic value.”

Why Sustainability Can’t Wait

The construction sector faces climate pressures, and decarbonization needs more than targets. It calls for data-based decisions at each stage. ALLPLAN’s e-book provides digital workflows to help project teams plan and execute with lower carbon in mind.

Practical Guidance Across the Project Lifecycle

The e-book provides checklists for each phase of the building lifecycle, showing how BIM tools can support design decisions, improve workflows, and lower embodied carbon through material choices, layout efficiency, and building performance.

  • What’s Inside the eBookLife-cycle-based sustainability strategies for builds and renovations
  • How to leverage BIM for smarter material choices
  • Case studies and tested workflows
  • Digital tools for operation, renovation, and reuse
  • Checklists and step-by-step guides

ALLPLAN’s e-book highlights how BIM workflows enable carbon analysis, offsite planning, and digital collaboration to help AEC teams minimize emissions, lower costs, and boost project performance.

Source: Nemetschek Group

About ALLPLAN

ALLPLAN, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, provides BIM and 3D CAD software for architecture, civil and structural engineering, precast fabrication and infrastructure planning. Its platforms support the full design-to-build workflow, from concept and design to prefabrication and construction. The company’s offerings include building and bridge modeling, structural detailing, collaboration tools and precast management, with cloud-based features to enable interdisciplinary coordination. ALLPLAN employs about 700 people and reports more than 240,000 users worldwide. In 2024, the company generated roughly $56.4M in revenue. Its software is used across construction, infrastructure and building engineering industries to improve project planning, cost estimation and execution.