RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluating Sustainability of Architectural Designs Using Building Information Modeling
T. H. Nguyen1, *, T. Shehab1, Z. Gao2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 1
Last Page: 8
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-4-1
DOI: 10.2174/18748368010040100001
Article History:
Received Date: 2/09/2009Revision Received Date: 19/12/2009
Acceptance Date: 21/12/2009
Electronic publication date: 19/1/2010
Collection year: 2010
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
BIM (Building Information Modeling) has been recently implemented by many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction firms due to its productivity gains and long term benefits. This paper presents the development and implementation of a sustainability assessment framework for an architectural design using BIM technology in extracting data from the digital building model needed for determining the level of sustainability. The sustainability assessment is based on the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, a widely accepted national standards for sustainable building design in the United States. The architectural design of a hotel project is used as a case study to verify the applicability of the framework.