Building information modelling and green buildings: challenges and opportunities (original) (raw)
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The advent of building information modelling (BIM) is revolutionising the conventional practices of the construction industry and has reinforced the impact of the design process on the building project's overall life cycle. The industry is also moving towards sustainability through owners being committed to having green rated buildings and infrastructure. However, green buildings and their rating systems face several obstacles and shortcomings that hinder their sustainability. Several studies have considered BIM for sustainability aspects, but these were not connected directly with such obstacles. This paper is a literature review that links the obstacles and shortcomings faced in green buildings and their associated rating systems with the potential capabilities of BIM. The limitations of BIM in the green building industry was also addressed. The main obstacles and shortcomings faced are high upfront costs and delays, design complexities and documentation requirements, superior performance enhancement requirements, and skewness towards environmental sustainability. The paper was written from a realisation that a more consolidated future research direction is needed in academic studies that address the quest for sustainability though BIM. Findings indicate future areas of BIM technology research include fully automating BIM-rating system integration, collaboration and intellectual property issues, and the unaccommodating contractual approaches for multiple party involvement needed in a BIM platform.
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PurposeThe construction sector is increasingly engaged to explore the potential application of building information modelling (BIM) for the sustainability of the buildings. BIM can be applied conjugated to certification methods to evaluate the sustainability of the buildings, and it is known as building sustainability assessment (BSA). This article aims to explore applications of BIM in the sustainability analysis of buildings, including five types of BSA.Design/methodology/approachA literature review from 2009 to 2020 considering a combination of search terms related to BIM and BSA complemented the analysis. The bibliometric analysis indicates an increase in the number of publications on this topic of study in the last five years. A peak occurred in 2015 and 2020, with 51 and 66 publications, respectively.FindingsThe results showed that BIM contributes to achieving part of the sustainability requirements from BSA, especially quantitative requirements that are related to material an...
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Green Building Information Modelling is a novel approach which address the momentous need of sustainability. It offers more standardized way of creating buildings which in turn optimize the building performances while attending to the sustainable requirements. Comprising numerous techniques, Green BIM ensures more accurate and comprehensive building performances to optimize the energy efficiency of buildings. Thus, there is a considerable advantage to create more energy efficient buildings using Green BIM. However, the use of Green BIM for existing green buildings is very less while new green buildings are managed using Green BIM. Hence, this research focused to assess the applicability of integrating Green Building Information Modelling for existing green buildings through a practical implementation and identifying the potential challenges. Conducting a comprehensive literature survey first, Green BIM techniques and data requirements of Green BIM were reviewed. A single case study ...