Assessment of energy utilization and leakages in buildings with building information model energy

Automation in Civil Engineering Design in Assessing Building Energy Efficiency

“…Based on their study, it is believed that by linking a BIM model to energy simulation software, it brings tremendous sustainable advantages in building energy performance analysis. Furthermore, it also improved the design's team ability to assess the design assumptions and make well-informed decisions [10]. Based on their findings, Samuel et al in [10], Li and Xie in [15], and Gourlis and Kovacic in [16] are all agreed that the approach did not only accelerate the energy simulation process in achieving the energy saving design in an earlier stage but also assisted in achieving a more detailed and accurate results.…”

“…Furthermore, it also improved the design's team ability to assess the design assumptions and make well-informed decisions [10]. Based on their findings, Samuel et al in [10], Li and Xie in [15], and Gourlis and Kovacic in [16] are all agreed that the approach did not only accelerate the energy simulation process in achieving the energy saving design in an earlier stage but also assisted in achieving a more detailed and accurate results. However, Gourlis and Kovacic have discovered that the process from BIM to energy analysis software in many cases needs manual corrections at the middle stage of transition that can affect the simulation input data [16].…”

“…It is once stated, "global energy demand will increase by one third in the period of 2012 to 2035." British Petroleum (2013) also foresees that world primary energy usage will increase by 1.6% per annum from the year of 2010 to 2030 [10]. The building sector was discovered as the biggest contributor to energy consumption, which it takes more than one-third of all total energy and one-half of total electricity consumption worldwide [11].…”

“…Meanwhile, in the same year, Samuel et al in [10], Li and Xie in [15], and Gourlis and Kovacic in [16] have also explored the potential of the modelling, analysis and optimization of building energy efficiency using BIM and energy simulation software. Samuel et al have carried out an in-depth analysis on Arboleda Open BIM project in Santa Domingo using Vector Works Architects (BIM software) linking with IESVE software for energy simulation which had resulted to the delivery of the world's first energy building [10].…”

“…Meanwhile, in the same year, Samuel et al in [10], Li and Xie in [15], and Gourlis and Kovacic in [16] have also explored the potential of the modelling, analysis and optimization of building energy efficiency using BIM and energy simulation software. Samuel et al have carried out an in-depth analysis on Arboleda Open BIM project in Santa Domingo using Vector Works Architects (BIM software) linking with IESVE software for energy simulation which had resulted to the delivery of the world's first energy building [10]. While Li and Xie, and Gourlis and Kovacic have conducted their studies using the same software for BIM which is Autodesk Revit, linking with Autodesk Ecotect (or uploaded to Green Building Studio cloud) and EnergyPlus with OpenStudio Plug-in respectively for energy simulation purpose [15,16].…”