by Muhammad Numan* 1, 2 , Usama Saadat1 , Muhammad Usman Farooq3
1 Civil Engineering Technology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, 51310, Pakistan
2 Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Lahore, 54890, Pakistan
3 Civil Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page # 1-7, 2024; DOI: 10.55708/js0302001
Keywords: BIM (Building Information Modeling), Sustainable Design, Green Building Practices, Performance Simulations, Green Building Certification Systems
Received: 26 December 2023, Revised: 31 January 2024, Accepted: 01 February 2024, Published Online: 17 February 2024
APA Style
Numan, M., Saadat, U., & Farooq, M. U. (2024). BIM and Sustainable Design: A Review of Strategies and Tools for Green Building Practices. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 3(2), 1-7. [DOI: 10.55708/js0302001]
Chicago/Turabian Style
Numan, Muhammad, Usama Saadat, and Muhammad Usman Farooq. “BIM and Sustainable Design: A Review of Strategies and Tools for Green Building Practices.” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 3, no. 2 (2024): 1-7. doi:10.55708/js0302001.
IEEE Style
M. Numan, U. Saadat, and M. U. Farooq, “BIM and Sustainable Design: A Review of Strategies and Tools for Green Building Practices,” Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 1-7, 2024, doi: 10.55708/js0302001.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) provides a robust foundation for driving sustainability across architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) practices. This paper presents a systematic review of literature elucidating the confluence of BIM tools and processes with accelerated performance simulations and green building certification systems needed to guide environmentally sensitive design. Integrated Revit-Insight 360 is shown to enable 21% lower energy use intensity (EUI) and 8.5% reduced lifecycle costs over baseline for an office building through rapid multi-objective optimization spanning orientation, envelope and HVAC properties. Enhanced integrated platforms perform detailed thermal zoning analysis capturing realistic solar gains and heat storage effects, right-sizing heating equipment by 7.2% over conventional workflows. Further, BIM automation mitigates nearly 50-80% of manual calculations for BEAM Plus, LEED prerequisites and accelerates documentation for certification. However, interoperability issues inhibiting holistic sustainability evaluations persist due to lack of modeling standards. Emerging tools exemplify modular green assessment connecting multi-vendor engines to resolve underlying technical barriers. As BIM object definitions and seamless analytical integration matures, widespread mainstreaming for sustainability is foreseeable. While current measured metrics revolve around energy use, emissions and green certification, future work needs to address social and economic indicators also enabled by data-rich BIMs. Nevertheless, coupled with continuous monitoring for validation, BIM provides the foundation for the AEC industry to progress towards comprehensive sustainable building lifecycles.
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