Integrating sustainable building rating systems with building information models
01 Jan 2008-
TL;DR: In this paper, the transition from conventional to sustainable building depends on a number of factors, including technological, environmental, economic and social, from a computer-aided design perspective.
Abstract: The transition from conventional to sustainable building depends on a number of factors— technological, environmental, economic and social. From a computer-aided design perspective, the first two are perhaps the most significant. We are working on a project with an emphasis on developing tools, to evaluate environmental consequences for design decision-making. Our current thrust is given to reducing energy usage as well as carbon emissions in buildings.
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TL;DR: In this article, a case study was conducted on Salisbury University's Perdue School of Business building to demonstrate the use of BIM for sustainable design and the LEED ® certification process.
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...Recent studies indicate that the demand for sustainable building facilities with minimal environmental impact is increasing [1,4,7]....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the existing green BIM literature and outline the most important directions for future research, and suggest that a "one-stop-shop" BIM for environmental sustainability monitoring and management over a building's full life cycle should be considered.
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TL;DR: A systematic review of the development of green rating systems is presented in this article, where the authors identify the similarity, difference, strength and weakness of green ratings, and examine whether they fully assess the projects in all aspects of sustainability.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a methodology that integrates BIM with the Canadian green building certification system (LEED) and explain how this integration would assist project teams in making sustainability related decisions while accumulating the required number of points based on the applied green building rating system.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a holistic approach that strategically plans for BIM execution in green building projects is proposed, where the authors find that green BIM can improve project outcomes, and facilitate the accomplishment of established sustainability goals.
Abstract: Companies that embrace both building information modeling (BIM) and green building are making conscientious efforts to pursue the synergies between the two, namely the green BIM practice. When done right, project teams find that green BIM can improve project outcomes, and facilitate the accomplishment of established sustainability goals. Nevertheless, green BIM remains an emerging trend to the majority of the industry, and its full potential is yet to be explored according to recent market research reports. The hypothesis of this research is that for companies to succeed in practicing green BIM, a holistic approach that strategically plans for BIM execution in green building projects is needed. The BIM project execution planning guidelines (PEPG) is widely adopted today to offer general guidance and standardized workflow of strategic BIM implementation. PEPG is not meant to and lacks the specificity to address green building projects in particular. However, the popularity of PEPG is conceived as a...
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01 Mar 2005
TL;DR: This book discusses green building construction, commissioning, and economic analysis of green buildings in the coming years, as well as future directions.
Abstract: Foreword.Preface.Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview.PART I. GREEN BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.Chapter 2. Background.Chapter 3. Green Building Assessment.Chapter 4. The Green Building Process.Chapter 5. Ecological Design.PART II. GREEN BUILDING SYSTEMS.Chapter 6. Sustainable Sites and Landscaping.Chapter 7. Energy and Atmosphere.Chapter 8. The Building Hydrologic System.Chapter 9. Closing Materials Loops.Chapter 10. Indoor Environmental Quality.PART III. GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONING, AND ECONOMICS, AND FUTURE GREEN BUILDINGS.Chapter 11. Construction Options.Chapter 12. Building Commissioning.Chapter 13. Economic Analysis of Green Buildings.Chapter 14. Future Directions.Appendix A. Overview of LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB).Appendix B. Rinker Hall LEED Certification.Index.
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...” (Kibert, 2005) The main obstacles are lack of design competences and tools to aid in the process of creating sustainable designs....
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...(Kibert, 2005) The main obstacles are lack of design competences and tools to aid in the process of creating sustainable designs....
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present information that could be used to compare and contrast sustainable building rating systems, which can be used for comparison and contrast of building rating system and sustainability.
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to offer information that could be used to compare and contrast sustainable building rating systems.
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TL;DR: The Building Design Advisor is intended as a research tool, teaching aid and, eventually, as a practical professional tool to facilitate both strategic and detailed decision-making throughout the design process from the early schematic phases of building design through to the detailed specification of building components and systems.
Abstract: Research and development of a new sophisticated software environment to support building design decisions are presented. This new software, the Building Design Advisor (BDA), is intended as a research tool, teaching aid and, eventually, as a practical professional tool to facilitate both strategic and detailed decision-making throughout the design process from the early schematic phases of building design through to the detailed specification of building components and systems. BDA supports the integrated, concurrent use of multiple simulation tools and databases, while allowing output to support multicriterion judgement. BDA's ultimate aims are to address the data needs of whole building life cycle analysis: design, construction, commissioning, operation, performance and demolition. Cette communication presente les travaux de recherche et de developpement portant sur un nouvel environnement logiciel sophistique destine a faciliter la prise de decisions en matieee de concepts de construction. Ce nouveau l...
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...For instance, a tool such as the Building Design Advisor (BDA) is built around an object-oriented representation of the building and its context, which is mapped onto corresponding representations of multiple tools and databases (Papamichael, 1999)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors define pre-project planning as the process that encompasses all the tasks between project initiation and detailed design, and show a positive relationship between comprehensive preproject planning and enhanced project performance.
Abstract: Green buildings help in sustainability, in terms of achieving energy efficiency and minimizing the utilization of natural resources. Additional benefits include long-term sustainable building management and maintenance. There is, therefore, compelling motivation for the building of sustainable projects. This inspiration has led to the development of the leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) rating systems and projects by the United States Green Building Council and the Canadian Green Building Council. Proper building project management (BPM) of such projects is warranted. Pre-project planning is a crucial part of BPM that ensures delivery and performance of construction projects. Pre-project planning is defined as the process that encompasses all the tasks between project initiation and detailed design. There is a positive relationship between comprehensive pre-project planning and enhanced project performance. Given the motivation for environmentally sustainable projects and prope...
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