# Carbon Designer 3D: Why Early Optimization Matters

**URL:** <https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/carbon-designer-3d-why-early-optimization-matters/5369>\
**Category:** LCA Data & Tools\
**Tags:** lca-practice, tools, lca, oneclicklca\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/carbon-designer-3d-why-early-optimization-matters/5369 "2022-05-17T19:21:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aurimas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/aurimas/32/1522_2.png) [@Aurimas](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/Aurimas)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/carbon-designer-3d-why-early-optimization-matters/5369/1 "2022-05-17T19:21:47Z")

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Excited to share our latest LCA tool at One Click LCA: Carbon Designer 3D.

Establishing realistic baselines for embodied carbon assessments is key to achieving successful, low-carbon designs in practice. However, it can be time-consuming to produce baseline designs, especially when few details are known about a building in the early stages of the design process.

Carbon Designer 3D addresses this challenge by rapidly generating realistic building material quantities and life-cycle assessments for common building typologies while requiring very few inputs from the designer. Designers can quickly compare designs, identify embodied carbon hotspots visually, and make early embodied carbon-reducing design decisions informed by this feedback.

Learn more about the tool in our article in Architect magazine: [Carbon-Driven Design: Why Early Optimization Matters | Architect Magazine](https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/carbon-driven-design-why-early-optimization-matters) or at our website: [https://www.oneclicklca.com/carbon-designer-3d/](https://www.oneclicklca.com/carbon-designer-3d/)