Sustainable Design
The most important contribution Autodesk can make to sustainability is to provide our customers with the very best design innovation software—enabling smarter, more sustainable design decisions at every step of the design process. Our mission is to:

• Empower our customers to make simpler, smarter, more sustainable design decisions
• Boost awareness and adoption of sustainable design practices
• Optimize the environmental impact of our own operations

Autodesk CEO Carl Bass at RMI2009
RMI2009 brought together leaders in technology and industry to discuss the challenges of ending the fossil-fuel era and explore viable solutions using energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. Autodesk CEO Carl Bass spoke on a panel entitled Natural Capitalism and Transformational Design with industry luminaries Janine Benyus, Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson, and Amory Lovins.


Autodesk’s Carbon Footprint Shows Progress
Autodesk has released its second corporate carbon footprint representing business activities from fiscal year 2009. We have made progress in both measuring and reducing our carbon footprint and continue to strive for further improvements.


Autodesk Launches Clean Tech Partner Program
The Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program grants free design and engineering software to startups and early-stage clean technology companies who are working to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

Guide to High Performance Building
The Autodesk Guide to Sustainable Design illustrates sustainable design principles and technologies for more energy-efficient buildings and environmentally conscious infrastructure projects. Learn how decisions made early in the process can significantly improve the efficient use of energy, water, materials and land in a final project design.