Future AIM Development Plans

The current version of the AIM Report (released in October 2026) includes many important features and updates to the original version that launched in August 2026. More feature additions are planned for the coming years, and some of those features are described below.

Additional measures

The current version of AIM includes 39 energy efficiency measures (ECMs). These were selected from an initial list of more than 200 measures that can apply to laboratory facilities, and were chosen for their relative importance and feasibility of implementation in the software, with a focus on energy savings and on retrofit measures in existing facilities. Additional future versions will include measures focused on emissions reductions and those applicable to new construction facilities.

Emissions calculations

The current version of AIM provides energy savings calculations, including the impact of each measure on the Labs2Zero Energy Score of the building. In future, greenhouse gas emissions calculations will also be included.

New construction facilities

The current version of AIM applies only to retrofit projects for existing lab buildings. A future version of AIM will accommodate new construction facilities and measures. This aspect of the Labs2Zero program is known as Design2Zero.

Embodied carbon calculations

Eventually, we intend to include embodied carbon impact calculations in the AIM Report's measures. While information on embodied carbon impacts is currently limited, this is a growth field and we plan to add these calculations when the needed data becomes available.