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.
A review of construction companies' attitudes to sustainability
In the last decade several initiatives have been taken to encourage the construction industry to support the agenda of sustainable development. On the basis of public disclosures made by companies listed on the UK Stock Exchange this paper reviews current attitudes to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The findings suggest that very few of the major companies positively embrace these ideas. It is subsequently argued that the fragmented and diverse nature of the industry further complicates the transition towards sustainable construction. The conclusion is that even though the construction industry has its own sustainability agenda, relatively few companies have changed their business paradigm.