High performing green buildings can be constructed by using BIM

What defines a green building?  A building which performs effectively after its construction, utilizes most of the natural energy resources for meeting up its energy requirements and which is constructed with effective utilization of materials and resources can be considered as a green building.  When it comes to building performance after construction, green buildings have effective mechanism for controlling temperature and lighting uses of the building as effective HVAC and electrical systems are designed for them during preconstruction. Energy conservation remains the major focus of these buildings which are developed with the support of cutting edge technology.

The deteriorating environmental conditions are the major reasons behind the acceptance of green building concept. Construction industry has done a huge damage to environment and is continuously doing so as large number of construction activities are executed every day by AEC professionals. Construction activities which are taking place all over the world are leading to rapid deforestation which is ultimately resulting into ecological misbalance. Today the entire world is facing problems such as extreme winters, highly scorching summers and unpredicted floods etc. and all this clearly indicates that something is going wrong, when it comes to maintaining ecological balance.

Green construction is huge step towards fixing environmental problems. When a green building is constructed design and construction professionals focus on saving energy and water use and they also concentrate on minimizing wastage of materials. But how is this done by them. Execution of energy modeling services in the early design phase is tremendously important for developing green buildings. By executing energy modeling services, key building professionals can develop high performing architectural, structural and MEP design. Building design software Revit is highly useful for carrying out energy modeling services since building professionals can quickly convert design and construction data that is stored within BIM models into energy models. His data can be analyzed effectively by BIM modelers for identifying building performance. One the basis of that, changes can be made to design for improving building’s performance.

So it’s clear that highly effective green buildings can be constructed considering the fact that energy modeling services are executed during design phase.