This review explores Autocase, a cloud-based tool that automates the triple bottom line (TBL) cost benefit analysis of buildings and infrastructure projects, with a focus on sustainability. TBL is a general accounting framework that considers three criteria—financial, social, and environmental—when evaluating any business venture, project, or performance, and it provides the analysis results in hard numbers, making it especially pertinent in the AEC industry where every project undeniably has a long-term cost.
Prior to Autocase, TBL analysis for AEC projects was manually done by specialized firms and was prohibitively expensive. Autocase’s automation capability not only makes the analysis more accessible, it also allows many more design alternatives to be tested and trade-offs weighed, helping to arrive at more informed and hopefully better designs.
