Add and manage embodied carbon factors

To enable embodied carbon to be calculated in Tekla Structural Designer default embodied carbon factor (ECF) values have to be set up and saved. You can set up a local set of factors which apply to the current model only and a global set of factors which serve as the defaults for new models.

Set up a global set of factors

When setting up standard embodied carbon factors you should add them directly to a global settings set so that they are available for all new models.

This can be done as follows:

On the Home tab, click Settings
On the Embodied Carbon page of the dialog, click Edit...

The Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box is displayed from where you can manage the global set of factors for the active setting set.
When you have finished, click OK to close the dialog and OK to close Settings

Set up and edit the local set of factors

The local set of factors are initially inherited from the global set. Often you might want to customize these by making specific factors inactive. You might also want to add project specific factors, for example cladding for walls and roofs.

These operations should be performed using the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box, which is accessed as follows:

On the Home tab, click Embodied Carbon Factors

The Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box is displayed from where you can manage the local set of factors.
When you have finished, click OK to close the dialog.

Note: Changes to the local set do not get applied to new models unless they are saved to a global settings set.

Add factor

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
In the Category filter select the category appropriate to the factor you are about to add.

Tip: If you intend to enter several factors with similar characteristics you can specify additional Category/Entity filters in advance, before clicking Add factor. This way you don't have to respecify the filters for each factor.
Click Add factor

The Add factor dialog is displayed with any Category/Entity filters that you specified preselected.
If the factor being added is from manufacturers data and has an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), check the EPD box.
In the Name box enter a description for the factor that can be used to identify it uniquely.
Enter the factor.
Confirm that the Category/Entity filters are set as you require.
Click OK
The factor is added to the list.
You can now continue to add further factors, or if finished, click OK to close the dialog.

Edit factor

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
In the Category filter select the category appropriate to the factor you want to edit.
Select the factor to be edited from the list.
Click Edit factor

The Edit factor dialog is displayed.
Edit the values and filters as required.
Click OK

Remove factor

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
In the Category filter select the category appropriate to the factor you want to remove.
Select the factor to be removed from the list.
Click Remove factor

The factor is removed from the list.
Click OK

Reorder the list of factors

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
In the Category filter select the category appropriate to the factors you want to reorder.
Select a factor to be move and drag it to move it up or down the list.
Continue moving factors as required, or click OK when done.

Set a factor as active or inactive

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
In the Category filter select the category appropriate to the factors you want to activate/deactivate.
Check the box to the left of a factor to make it active, or uncheck to make inactive.
Click OK when done.

Export factors to a spreadsheet

Open the Embodied Carbon Factors dialog box
Click Export and choose to export either all factors, or active factors.

A spreadsheet opens listing the factors.