Early option appraisal
Compare facade, building and assembly choices before specifications are final.
Relevant outputs
Option comparisonWLC intensityHotspots
Use cases
Use CASCA wherever early design choices need carbon evidence.
Support project decisions, facade studies, research comparisons and teaching exercises with clear whole-life carbon, energy and comfort outputs.
Who it supports
Different teams, one comparison basis.
CASCA helps teams keep early carbon, energy and comfort conversations connected while the design is still flexible.
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Design projects
Compare options before specifications and quantities are locked in.
02Facade and envelope teams
Link glazing and build-up choices to carbon, energy and comfort outcomes.
03Consulting teams
Turn early assumptions into readable evidence for reviews and workshops.
04Research
Run repeatable scenario studies across materials, locations and assumptions.
05Teaching
Make whole-life carbon relationships visible in studios and coursework.
Design projects
Support project decisions while options are still open.
Use CASCA to compare design directions before the team has committed to final assemblies, quantities or facade specifications.
Client and team workshops
Use readable visuals to explain trade-offs without overloading the conversation.
Relevant outputs
Output cardsEnergy chartsRisk flags
Design review
Bring structured carbon, energy and comfort evidence into review meetings.
Relevant outputs
Module resultsRating bandsCertificate view
Facade and envelope teams
Connect facade choices to carbon, energy and comfort outcomes.
Test glazing, build-up, orientation and internal gain assumptions while reviewing operational energy, overheating risk and room-scale whole-life carbon together.
Room-scale trade-offs
Use CASCA to bring enough simulation-backed feedback into early facade decisions without replacing detailed specialist modelling.
- Compare glazing and room build-up assumptions.
- Review operational energy and comfort risk together.
- Connect facade decisions back to room-scale whole-life carbon.
Consulting teams
Give early advice a clearer evidence base.
CASCA helps consultants communicate what is driving the result, where the hotspots are, and whether a design option is moving in the right direction.
Sustainability consultants
Compare embodied carbon, operational energy and whole-life totals across early-stage scenarios.
Envelope consultants
Review facade assumptions alongside energy and comfort implications before detailed modelling starts.
Building physicists
Connect room-scale performance checks with wider carbon appraisal and project assumptions.
Research
Repeatable scenario studies for carbon, energy and comfort.
Use a consistent structure to test how assumptions affect option rankings, hotspot patterns and whole-life carbon totals.
Scenario testing
Change assemblies, glazing, study periods, locations or operational assumptions and compare the effect consistently.
Method comparison
Investigate how assumptions influence embodied carbon, operational energy and whole-life totals.
Benchmark comparison
Use rating-style bands and clear output visuals to make scenario results easier to interpret.
Teaching
Make whole-life carbon relationships easier to explain.
Use CASCA in studios, coursework and lectures to show how material choices, glazing assumptions, energy performance and comfort criteria interact.
Carbon literacy through design choices
CASCA turns abstract whole-life carbon principles into visible option studies that students can question, compare and explain.
Studio exercises
Compare options using visible carbon, energy and comfort outputs.
Carbon literacy
Translate abstract carbon concepts into design consequences.
Option appraisal
Explain why one option performs better than another.