Navigation of Reduzer ​

Reduzer is organized into two parts: the Workspace, where you work on your projects, and the Libraries, where you store and access materials and other data that can be used accross all projects.

When you're in the a project in the workspace and want to add a product to your project, the product data is retrieved from the Libraries.

Workspace ​

The workspace is where can find your projects, create new projects, and work on projects.

• Projects - You can efficiently manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Construction Objects - Within each project, you have the flexibility to define various construction objects, such as buildings, schools, gymnasiums, bridges, and similar structures.
• Versions - Create as many versions as necessary to compare and contrast different aspects like size, materials, construction techniques, and more within the construction object. These versions can be sorted within the different construction phases for better organization and tracking.

Versions ​

Versions of a Construction Object are independent variations of the design, and can be used to create alternatives. You can at any time create a duplicate of an existing version, and then make edits to the duplicate to investigate how that changes the results. Each version belongs to a project phase. Project phases are simply a way to organize your versions as the design develops over time.

Main version ​

Each Construction Object should have a main version. The main version is used when dispalying results for the Construction Object, and when displaing results for the Project as a whole. You can mark a version as Main by clicking the star icon. In each project phase, you can designate one Starred version (or none). The Starred version from the latest project phase becomes the main version, and is used in the results when comparing construction objects, and in the project results.

Contents of a version ​

A version can have Materials, Energy use, and Travel added to it. You can of course add these manually if you wish, but reduzer also makes it easy to automatically add or import the data while creating a new version.

Design parameters ​

A version also has Design parameters. Design parameters are a quick and convenient way to make changes to a version without having to change the content manually. Some examples of design parameters are floor areas, number of stories, external wall areas, window areas, slab areas, and many more. As long as the contents of the version are linked with the design parameters, a change in a design parameter will automatically update the contents.

Libraries ​

In the libraries, you will find the data you need to do the calculations. Here, you can for example compare the emissions of different products and components.

There are four libraries: Product, Component, Template, and Activities (coming).

Each library is divided into a Global, Company, and My library:

• Global library: This is the main library, and the data is managed by reduzer
• Company library: Shared with all users of your company account, and you, as the users, are the managers of this library
• My library: This is your personal user library. Only you have access.