Acknowledgements

With thanks to Autodesk for the support provided by their pro bono consulting team in reviewing early drafts of the calculation methodology and case studies, notably: Bogdan Teodorescu; Casandra Armeanu; Snezhina Shukina; and Roberto Jiménez.

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Contributors

• Lead Author
  • Louise Foulkes
• Contributing Authors
  • Dr. Elizabeth Hausler
  • Lizzie Blaisdell Collins, P.E., S.E., LEED AP
  • Pierre Paya
  • Monica Schroeder
• Design, Layout, and Digitalization
  • Joel Herold
  • Atrianne Dolom
  • Samriddhi Chitrakar
  • Kerstin Vogdes Diehn
• Reviewers
  • Girlie Lopez
  • Anna Pavan
  • Manuela Pinilla Rodriguez
  • Liva Shrestha
• Editing
  • Richard Preston