Integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and LEED's Location and Transportation Category
The selection and development of a project location is critical to the success of a green building project. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is one of the most popular Green Building certification systems in the world. Traditionally in LEED design, architects and designers have to analyze project location based on traditional maps with manual calculations, which require a significant amount of time and effort. In the meantime, the advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM) has brought about a promising new way of improving Green Building’s location analysis. This research presents an integration model of BIM in LEED certification to improve the efficiency of LEED’s location and transportation analysis. The framework of the integration model is introduced and demonstrated using a user interface for LEED’s analysis under the Autodesk Revit environment.
Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling
Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale.
TRANSIT-BASED HOUSING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: MARKET PROFILES AND RENT PREMIUMS
This article finds that residents of rail-based projects in the San Francisco Bay Area tend to be young professionals living alone or with someone else and earning middle-income salaries. Many work downtown or in other locations well served by transit and commute frequently by rail. It appears many of the residents consciously select residences near rail stops to increase their accessibility to job sites, suggesting residential sorting. Most transit-based households also have just one automobile available. Relaxing zoning standards to allow fewer parking spaces at rail-based projects and rewarding those buying condominiums near rail stops with "efficient-location" loans would likely further stimulate transit-oriented development. This research also shows that some multi-unit complexes near Bay Area suburban rail stations command higher rents.