Autodesk believes in making an impact; that’s why we donate software to nonprofits and startups using Autodesk technology for environmental or social good. Through these donations, we aim to influence the adoption of sector-wide technologic innovations to drive industry transformation and advance a sustainable and resilient world.
To date, Autodesk’s Technology Impact Program has donated more than $160 million in Autodesk software to 4,000+ social impact startups and nonprofits across the world.
Heres how 10 organizations use Autodesk technology to design and make a better world:
- Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona used Fusion360 to prototype Habitat for Humanity’s first 3D-printed home in the U.S. The software helps home builders achieve faster, more efficient construction—blueprinting a possible future for affordable housing.
- UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, uses the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Collection to design better and safer relocation sites for refugees worldwide.
- Toggle uses the Product Design & Manufacturing (PD&M) Collection to accelerate renewable energy construction and make the most dangerous jobs in construction safer.
- Youth for Technology Foundation used Fusion 360 to support Nigerian students in redesigning a Gas Leakage Monitoring Device that provides an affordable solution to prevent gas fire outbreaks.
- SolarBuddy uses the PD&M Collection to design innovations to educate and inspire change agents to gift six million solar lights to children living in extreme energy poverty by 2030.
- Engineers Without Borders USA uses the AEC Collection to develop trained and committed engineers prepared to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.
- Ambercycle uses the PD&M and AEC Collections to build an ecosystem for closed loop textile production—eliminating polyester textile waste by turning old clothes into new ones.
- Humanmade uses the AEC and PD&M Collections in its advanced manufacturing workforce development program in San Francisco, empowering individuals to become the next generation of makers by providing access to the best training, tools, and facilities.
- Splash Social Enterprises uses the PD&M Collection to design low-cost rotationally molded handwashing and drinking stations for kids in schools in Ethiopia and India.
- CalWave uses CFD, Fusion 360, Inventor, 3ds Max, and Revit to design, build, and test an open ocean pilot to harness unused wave energy.
Are you interested in moving your impact work forward with Autodesk technology? Apply for Autodesk’s Technology Impact Program.