Architecture, Engineering and Construction Executive will Share Insights on Best Practices for High-Performance Green Building

Waltham, MA, July 12, 2010 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced today that Phil Bernstein, vice president of industry strategy and relations for Autodesk’s architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) solutions division will participate in a panel discussion during today’s green building conference convened by the Obama Administration. The White House will be hosting a meeting on the government’s leadership in promoting sustainable buildings. The panel discussions will focus on leveraging scale and the role of government leading by example, financing sustainable building efforts, and the call for innovation in research and technology.


According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), buildings account for 72 percent of the country’s electricity consumption and nearly 40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. Mr. Bernstein will provide insight on best practices and the latest R&D from the commercial sector to aid the federal government in its effort to meet new energy efficiency and sustainability standards.



Topics of discussion will include:

· How federal challenges correspond with those of the commercial sector. Rapidly accelerating energy conservation standards are creating a huge demand for easy, accurate assessment of energy consumption of both new and existing buildings.

· Rapid adoption of new methodologies within the private sector. Innovations in the private sector are based on the accelerating use of digital technologies that allow the rapid capture of conditions, documentation of those conditions, and analysis of the results. Such methodologies require a systems approach to projects, connected by both process and technology innovation.

· How the disaggregated and underemployed private sector would benefit from government initiatives. By requiring innovation in delivery and technology, the federal government could create an industry standard and better utilize the industry’s employment base, which has been hit hard by the recession.



Details at a glance: Autodesk Executive Discusses Green Building

What: Panel; Federal Leadership and Sustainable Buildings

Who: Phil Bernstein, vice president industry strategy and relations for architecture, engineering and construction, Autodesk

When: Today, July 20, 2010; 8:30 am - 12:30 pm EST

Where: Old Executive Office Building, Washington, DC.



About the Conference

This conference is the first in a continuing series of clean energy-related forums lead by Federal Environmental Executive Michelle Moore. Keynote presentations will be given by federal officials including Martha Johnson, GSA Administrator. The “Innovation and New Developments in Commercial Sector” panel is one of three discussions that will take place during the conference and will be moderated by Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. Other panels during the conference will address leveraging scale to meet building performance goals and innovative financing.



About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are built. Fortune 100 companies ¾ as well as the last 14 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects ¾ use Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money, enhance quality, and foster innovation for competitive advantage. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com