Sustainable Design and Building Information Modelling: Case Study of Energy Plus House, Hieron's Wood, Derbyshire UK

Ceranic, Boris; Latham, Derek; Dean, Angela

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.12.163

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“…Autodesk Revit is a commercially available Computer Aided Design (CAD) software that enables the user to follow a BIM workflow for any AEC project. Revit was chosen both because of its widespread application within the construction industry (AEC, 2013; Kurul et al, 2013) and the fact that it is among the leading BIM software platforms in several academic studies (Ceranic et al, 2015;Garcia and Zhu, 2015;Han et al, 2018). Based on the National Building Specification (NBS) in 2014 (NBS, 2014) and 2016 (NBS, 2016), as well as a similar survey conducted in Canada by the IBC in 2013 (IBC, 2013), Revit is the most used tool in the UK and Canada followed by a Computed Aided Design tool (CAD).…”

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Building Information Modeling-Based Building Energy Modeling: Investigation of Interoperability and Simulation Results

Elnabawi

2020

Front. Built Environ.

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There is increasing need to apply building information modeling (BIM) to low energy buildings, this includes building energy modeling (BEM). If a building energy model can be flawlessly generated from a BIM model, the energy simulation process can be better integrated within the design, can be more competent, and timesaving. However, concerns about both the reliability and integrity of the data transfer process and the interoperability between the BIM and BEM prevent any implementation of BIM-based energy modeling on a large scale. This study addresses the accuracy and integrity of BIM-based energy modeling by investigating how well Autodesk's Revit (BIM), in conjunction with two of the most used energy modeling programs (BEM) known as DesignBuilder and Virtual Environment (IES-ve), were integrated in terms of interoperability, including location and weather files, geometry, construction and materials, thermal zones, occupancy operating schedules, and HVAC systems. All misrepresented data during the interoperability process were identified, followed by benchmarking between the BIM-based energy modeling simulation outcomes and the actual energy consumption of the case study, to assess the reliability of the process. The investigation has revealed a number of interoperability issues regarding the BIM data input and BEM data interpretation. Overall, BIM-based energy modeling proved to be a promising tool for sustainable and low energy building design, however, the BIM to BEM process is a non-standardized method of producing building energy models as it varies from one modeler to another, and the BIM to BEM process. All these might slow down any possible application for the process and might cause some uncertainties for the professionals in the field applying it.

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Building Information Modeling-Based Building Energy Modeling: Investigation of Interoperability and Simulation Results

Elnabawi

2020

Front. Built Environ.

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“…It was concluded that an envelope has to maintain full breathability and allow for a free and unobstructed moisture movement. Thus the final construction of the external wall for the actual build was fully breathable and composed of, from the outside in, 150mm dry stone walling (with a partial bed of lime mortar for stability, but with random air gaps), 10mm air gap, 450mm hempcrete infill with 150x100mm sycamore frame and lime render on the inside [6], providing uninterrupted moisture movement.…”

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“…As the hempcrete surrounding sycamore goes through its intermittent periods of wetting and drying, thus changing its moisture content [6], hygrothermal tests were conducted according to ISO 9869 and ASTM C1046 standards specified in [14], [15], recording heat flux and dynamic changes of U-values, to evaluates the building envelope performance and its impact on the sycamore frame. To signify those results, a building envelope performance monitoring of the guest bedroom south facing wall is presented below, covering 3 weeks of typical heating period from 20/02/18-12/03/18 (see Fig.…”

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“…Although the research on physical and mechanical properties of sycamore as a material have been investigated and reported in the literature [5], none has tested it as the structural material in real building conditions nor monitored its structural integrity in varied moisture conditions over the long period of the time (a longitudinal performance monitoring of at least five years in the Hieron's Wood research project is proposed). Thus, the proposed performance monitoring strategy includes regular testing of its moisture content, condition and integrity of the sycamore structural frame, including measuring the temperature and relative humidity of its immediate environment [6].…”

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Innovative Approach to Sustainable Material Sourcing and Its Impact on Building Performance

Rajpurohit

Ceranic

Latham

2018

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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In this paper, a novel use of building materials and their impact on the building performance and its climatic adaptability is explored, based on a complex case study of a unique low energy sustainable building project. In particular, an innovative use of sycamore and its suitability as a structural and constructional timber has been investigated and reported, given that the current codes of practice deem that is not appropriate for structural applications due to its durability. A research method of in-situ longitudinal study has been adopted, concentrating on the monitoring and assessment of its structural performance and conditions in which it might deteriorate. On the component level, the research reports on the methods and standards of sycamore grading and classification, service classes, resistance to decay, impact of the moisture movement and results of its laboratory and in situ testing. On the system level, the climatic adaptability of the building as a whole has been analysed via dynamic performance simulation and compared to the in situ measurements. This was important in order to develop a holistic building performance monitoring strategy, but in particular, to understand the impact of building microclimate on the sycamore frame and hempcrete components of the external load-bearing wall. So far research has concluded that sycamore can be used as structural and constructional material in building design, but due attention has to be paid to construction detailing and provision of a breathable, low humidity environment with an effective resistance to decay and insect attack. This includes measures that ensure a low equilibrium moisture content conditions, effective ventilation provision and appropriate service class uses. It is important to state however, given the single site locality of sycamore sourcing, that results can only be interpreted in the context of the given case study, i.e. they cannot be extrapolated to broader geographical extents.

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“…It is also observed that some standards and guidelines requested the energy modelling to comply with standard sustainability assessment such as LEED.In the design phase, Asl et al(2015)developed a BIM-Based Performance Optimization (BPOpt) to probe the effects of different design alternatives on energy performance through an open-source visual programming user interface and cloud-based simulation Kim et al (2016). assessed the impact of window size, position, and orientation on building energy load using BIM Ceranic et al (2015). presented an integrated approach that uses BIM and sustainable design analysis (SLA) so that energy calculations could be predetermined before referring to the exact specification of building materials, which has significantly minimised the modelling time.…”

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A mixed review of the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for sustainability

Chong

Lee

Wang

2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a digitalised technology under a collaborative working platform. Certain aspects of sustainability have been highlighted in recent BIM studies; however, no prior in-depth review has focused on BIM standards or guidelines and its uses for sustainability. This paper provides a mixed review to determine the current stateof-the-art BIM development for sustainability. A systematic review approach was adopted to analyse two main sources of literature, namely, BIM standards and guidelines; and peerreviewed academic publications. The result reveals that although there has been a significant amount of research and development about the use of BIM during various project phases, little work has been conducted about how it could be applied in refurbishment and demolition. Certain significant insights and implications have been uncovered, namely: (a) new BIM tools are required for assessing sustainability criteria; (b) the need for improved interoperability among BIM software and energy simulation tools; (c) BIM uses into various aspects of refurbishment and demolition have to be streamlined; and (d) an innovative procurement system is needed to adapt social sustainability into the project.

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Sustainable Design and Building Information Modelling: Case Study of Energy Plus House, Hieron's Wood, Derbyshire UK

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Building Information Modeling-Based Building Energy Modeling: Investigation of Interoperability and Simulation Results

Building Information Modeling-Based Building Energy Modeling: Investigation of Interoperability and Simulation Results

Innovative Approach to Sustainable Material Sourcing and Its Impact on Building Performance

A mixed review of the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for sustainability

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