Abstract
Sustainability in construction has attracted considerable attention from scholars as well as from regulatory bodies. However, early design stage sustainability analysis remains problematic because of the conflicting factors affecting sustainability, the limited and fragmented project data in hand at early design stage and deficiencies of existing sustainability analysis software for quick evaluation of conceptual design alternatives. BIM's building information management and integration capabilities present opportunities to support early design sustainability analysis. In this paper, early findings of an on-going
BIM based early design sustainability analysis application development project are presented. Through literature review and in-depth interviews conducted with a sustainability professional, a categorization of the information needed for quick evaluation of different conceptual design alternatives from a sustainability point of view is developed. The categorization developed and presented in this paper aims to guide further stages of the project of the development of the application and also to support the writing of a BIM Execution Plan for projects where holistic early design sustainability analysis is intended.
BIM based early design sustainability analysis application development project are presented. Through literature review and in-depth interviews conducted with a sustainability professional, a categorization of the information needed for quick evaluation of different conceptual design alternatives from a sustainability point of view is developed. The categorization developed and presented in this paper aims to guide further stages of the project of the development of the application and also to support the writing of a BIM Execution Plan for projects where holistic early design sustainability analysis is intended.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ARCOM doctoral workshop on BIM |
| Subtitle of host publication | management and interoperability |
| Publisher | Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) |
| Pages | 47-55 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | ARCOM Doctoral Workshop on BIM Management and Interoperability - Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 20 Jun 2013 → 20 Jun 2013 https://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/workshops/2013-06-20_Birmingham.pdf |
Workshop
| Workshop | ARCOM Doctoral Workshop on BIM Management and Interoperability |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Birmingham |
| Period | 20/06/13 → 20/06/13 |
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Keywords
- design
- information management
- information technology
- sustainability