BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT)
bimCAT is a free and open-access Revit plug-in that supports the export of material quantities from Revit to CQD and allows synchronization between them. It is powered by the CQD database, and enables users to select materials based on project needs, assess embodied carbon reduction opportunities, and produce charts and reports from within Revit.
The BIM Climate Action Tool (bimCAT) Community Edition is available for download. You can also download it from the Autodesk App Store.
bimCAT gives you a fully functional carbon calculation tool inside your Revit project.
- Export material quantities from Revit into the web application
- Identify each material (concrete, steel, gypsum…)
- 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 web model
- Annotate your Revit model & components so you can reuse your work
- Save libraries of materials and assemblies for future use
bimCAT currently supports Revit 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. To install, download the MSI and double-click the file to install it. bimCAT is also available from the Autodesk app store. Both versions have the same functionality and updates, except that the Community Edition can be installed without Admin permissions. We do not recommend installing both.
bimCAT is a free sustainability plugin from BuildingTransparency Canada Society, a British Columbia environmental nonprofit.
- Software development by 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.