An integrated approach of building information modelling and life cycle assessment (BIM-LCA) for gas and solar water heating systems

Haddad, Assed; Silva, Arthur B.; Hammad, Ahmed W. A.; Najjar, Mohammad K.; Vazquez, Elaine Garrido; Tam, Vivian W.Y.

doi:10.1080/15623599.2022.2068179

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“…In addition, Ecotect focuses on assessing building and environmental comfort conditions, including various specific types of energy analysis and global sustainability assessment tools. Inim et al [43] developed her BIM software (SimulEICon) that makes it easier for users to select Gerber among other aspects of sustainability in the building design process. The researcher developed his EEPFD tool, which stands for Evaluative Energy Performance Feedback for Design.…”

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Evaluation of environmental impact and GHG emission with energy system modeling combined with LCA in building sector: A review

Kaghembega,

Chen,

Tchewafei

et al. 2023

E3S Web Conf.

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Entering the 21st century, building energy consumption ranks first in total energy consumption, environmental pollution is increasing, and the construction sector has become the main energy source. The ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal with fuels from renewable sources is a key factor in the development of net zero energy buildings. Therefore, it is important to analyze and organize previous and current research in this area to get an overview of the importance of built environmental assessment and net zero energy buildings. This review therefore summarizes the literature of previous life cycle assessment (LCA) and energy modeling studies conducted for environmental assessment of construction and construction-related industry sectors, considering construction products and entire building systems, buildings and civil structures. Bibliographic methods and scientometric analyzes have been adopted and proposed to tentatively explore research themes in this field. This observation indicates that BIM-LCA (Building Information Management Life Cycle Assessment) optimization is currently an important and inevitable research focus in the building-related energy field. Finally, there was a qualitative discussion on the achievement of key goals. We provided an up-to-date literature review on LCA construction, used energy system models to assess environmental impacts, and discussed key challenges in LCA construction, ongoing research, and possible solutions to solve the identified problems. The results also provide a comprehensive knowledge framework linking previous and current research areas with future research trends. The results provide researchers with an interdisciplinary focus on insights and solid engineering knowledge from the latest research on BIM-LCA.

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Evaluation of environmental impact and GHG emission with energy system modeling combined with LCA in building sector: A review

Kaghembega,

Chen,

Tchewafei

et al. 2023

E3S Web Conf.

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“…The tool permits the LCA of the building sector in large-scale cities considering different environmental impact categories. Haddad et al (2022) [20] proposed an environmental management tool for the selection of hot water systems for buildings considering BIM and LCA. The approach was tested by conducting a comparative analysis of solar-heating water systems and natural gas-heating water systems for a residential building in Brazil.…”

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Comparative Analysis of Resource and Climate Footprints for Different Heating Systems in Building Information Modeling

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Buildings play an important role to meet Sustainable Development Goals, especially regarding the use of resources and greenhouse gas emissions. They are increasingly designed with energy-efficient solutions regarding their operations, while the related use of natural resources is still insufficiently considered. In this article, a methodology in Building Information Modeling is proposed to measure the resource and climate footprints of buildings’ heating systems. The methodology is applied to a case study building in Germany. The studied heating systems include a gas condensing boiler, ground-source heat pump, ground-source heat pump with a photo-voltaic system and air-source heat pump backed up with a gas boiler. Next to the operational energy, the production and transport of the heating systems were also studied. Results show that heating system operations have the largest impact and that the variant of ground-source heat pump combined with photovoltaics (GSHP + PV) has the lowest impact. In comparison with the gas boiler (GB), savings of 75%, 47%, 80%, and 84% are addressed to climate, material, energy, and land footprints, respectively, while the water footprint of GSHP + PV is 73% higher than that of GB.

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Construction management students’ perception of BIM adoption and its implications in a non-mandated country

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2024

International Journal of Construction Management

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An integrated approach of building information modelling and life cycle assessment (BIM-LCA) for gas and solar water heating systems

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

Evaluation of environmental impact and GHG emission with energy system modeling combined with LCA in building sector: A review

Evaluation of environmental impact and GHG emission with energy system modeling combined with LCA in building sector: A review

Comparative Analysis of Resource and Climate Footprints for Different Heating Systems in Building Information Modeling

Construction management students’ perception of BIM adoption and its implications in a non-mandated country

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