Using Building Information Modeling to Assess the Initial Embodied Energy of a Building

Shrivastava, Sandeep; Chini, Abdol R.

doi:10.1080/15623599.2012.10773184

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“…Nevertheless, Nguyen et al (2010) claim lack of substantial information regarding the evaluation of the building sustainability performance in the composed digital BIM models. In addition, the current BIM technology has limited impact on the green building process (Jrade and Jalaei 2013) and the data shall be exported to the sustainability analysis tools in which requires significant time and effort for modification and matching of the input format to the sustainability analysis tools (Zabalza et al 2009;Shrivastava and Chini 2012). BIM technology can further be explored by the use of extract, transform and load (ETL) technology to manage big sets of data sources of different data formats and data models.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Integrated BIM-Based Framework for the Energy Assessment of Building Upstream Flow

Shadram¹,

Johansson²,

Lu³

et al. 2015

Iccrem 2015

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The construction and operation of buildings account for a significant part of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Most design approaches to reduce the use of energy are focusing on the operational phase of a building's life. Consequently, the embodied energy from the upstream flow, including production of building material and components, transport and assembly on-site, is often disregarded in the development of energy-efficient buildings. The purpose of this research is to propose a method to facilitate the assessment of the embodied energy and carbon footprint during the design and planning stage from the production of building material and components including the transportation to site. The framework makes use of Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and supply chain information stored in a relational database of building materials and components, Building Information Models (BIM) for the assessment of the embedded energy in the building. Further, the feature manipulation engine (FME) is used to track transportation distances and transportation times from Google Map (GM) for the assessment of embedded energy from supplier to the construction site. Finally, a prototype is developed to demonstrate the practical application of the framework and to observe possible limitations and barriers.

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Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Integrated BIM-Based Framework for the Energy Assessment of Building Upstream Flow

Shadram¹,

Johansson²,

Lu³

et al. 2015

Iccrem 2015

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“…This is reflected in the definition given for BIM in the Digital Britain report: 'BIM has been described as a game-changing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and cultural process for the construction sector' [14]. BIM facilitates project data management throughout the building's life cycle [7] which results in benefits which include increased efficiency and reductions in clashes, construction time, carbon and cost [35]. Research has demonstrated that amongst the benefits that BIM brings, facilitation of stakeholder collaboration has the greatest impact [36].…”

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“…Some are based purely on modelling or hypothetical case studies, whereas others include real-life projects. In one example, BIM was used to create various structural system alternative models and assess their initial EC in order to conclude to the design with the lowest initial EC [7]. Other research has examined the incorporation of EC information to a BIM model so that both EC and OC can be considered at the same time in different design solutions.…”

Section: Case Studies Of Ec Calculation At Early Design Stage Throughmentioning

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Building Information Modelling (Bim) as an Enabler for Whole-Building Embodied Energy and Carbon Calculation in Early-Stage Building Design

Banteli¹,

Stevenson²

2017

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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In recent years, there has been a worldwide effort to reduce carbon emissions from buildings. Operational energy (OE) reduction has been the main focus of the Industry as it accounts for a greater proportion of carbon emissions throughout the building life and is easier than embodied energy (EE) to predict. However, as OE is reduced, embodied energy and carbon emissions become more significant. Further to this, early-stage design decisions are crucial as they determine a significant portion of a building's life-cycle impacts and cannot easily be amended later in the life of a building. Currently though, there is a lack of legislation and guidance relating to embodied carbon (EC) in buildings. This, together with the UK construction industry fragmentation, creates a significant barrier to dealing with embodied carbon at the design stage. The UK Government has mandated the implementation of collaborative 3D BIM for all public-sector projects. This step aims to tackle cost and carbon emission reduction targets by encouraging the construction Industry to operate more collaboratively thereby enabling greater efficiency. Since BIM empowers communications and stores information into one single digital model it has the potential to enable whole-building EC calculations. This can facilitate EC calculation to be included in early-design stage. This paper looks at literature that relates to BIM and EC's role in early-stage design and draws conclusions on how BIM can enable EC calculation inclusion to early-stage design. It establishes a correlation between the matrix of information required for BIM and the information required for whole-building EC calculations. This research aims to reveal the actors and processes involved in providing this information and suggest the project stages that EC calculations should take place in early-stage design. The future benefit is to inform practice and policy to enable EC reduction through BIM in order to meet overall carbon targets.

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“…Construction waste becomes a non-value adding activity that always affects project performance in the form of cost overruns and/or delays. Globally, building waste production of 2 to 3 billion ton per year is estimated (Shrivastava and Chini, 2012). According to statistical data, C&D debris frequently makes up 10% to 30% of the waste received at many landfill sites around the world (Begum et al, 2007).…”

Section: Previous Study On Wastage In Constructionmentioning

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Management of Construction Waste in Nuclear and Thermal Power Plant Projects in India

Seethapathy¹,

Henderson²

2017

JCDC

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Waste in construction is important both from the perspective of productivity and from environmental considerations. Mostly actual quantum of waste generation exceeds the percentage envisaged initially, causing needless utilization of both natural and human resources. It is understood from project and construction managers during site survey that there is plenty of scope for enhancing project productivity simply by minimizing waste out of construction and also saving the cost as well as extraction of natural resources. This paper attempts to identify the causes towards generation of waste of different types of building materials during various stages of construction in different power plant projects in India. Subsequent to identification, methods are proposed to mitigate the generation of construction wastes by adopting appropriate construction and management checks and methods, which allow waste reduction. The use of various building materials in different types of projects has different impact on the amount of waste generation, environment, and cost. Research data were gathered from the analysis of five power plant projects under construction or already completed in different states in India. The causes of such occurrences of each item and details have been analysed from the questionnaire survey and the same was processed for normalizing, data cleaning, and reliability analysis done through SPSS. The result of the first questionnaire was used along with site inputs/factual data to project the tabulation of perception versus reality. Furthermore, a second questionnaire was initiated for the validation of the above using non parametric statistic test and suitable recommendations were given to reduce wastage. The research paper reveals the major root causes for material wastage in construction of power plant projects and proper awareness to be created to the relevant project team by training. The findings of this paper would help in enhancing project productivity during construction, cost savings to the extent of 1.667% to 1.941% of total project cost and minimizing the extraction of natural resources.

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Using Building Information Modeling to Assess the Initial Embodied Energy of a Building

Cited by 29 publications

References 3 publications

An Integrated BIM-Based Framework for the Energy Assessment of Building Upstream Flow

An Integrated BIM-Based Framework for the Energy Assessment of Building Upstream Flow

Building Information Modelling (Bim) as an Enabler for Whole-Building Embodied Energy and Carbon Calculation in Early-Stage Building Design

Management of Construction Waste in Nuclear and Thermal Power Plant Projects in India

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