Abstract:
The building sector has been identified as a major energy consumer since nearly half of the world’s energy use is associated with providing sufficient environmental conditioning in buildings, and about two thirds of this energy is used for heating, cooling and mechanical ventilation (Becerik-Gerber &
Rice, 2010). From a local perspective, residential consumption was stated as the third highest energy consumption after industrial and commercial. In this review paper, some energy-saving procedures with a focus on affordable housing (such as social, subsidized and prefabricated housing) in order to enclose these buildings to “affordable green housing system” with the lowest
increase in cost and the most compatibility with user’s behavior in the building is discussed. Then, the benefits of sustainable housing are stated and finally BIM, and how it influences the design of houses are mentioned.
Machine summary:
In this review paper, some energy-saving procedures with a focus on affordable housing (such as social, subsidized and prefabricated housing) in order to enclose these buildings to "affordable green housing system" with the lowest increase in cost and the most compatibility with user’s behavior in the building is discussed.
Building information modeling (BIM) has been a growing development within the past decade in the construction industry, paving the way towards a future in the virtually built environment (Azhar, Carlton, Olsen & Ahmad, 2011).
However, there has not been a significant amount of analysis performed on the impact BIM has on energy conservation practices especially in low-cost housing.
This research is intended to identify the potential capabilities of BIM software in relation to energy conservation practices in low-cost housing (Goedert & Meadati, 2008).
This research presents some energy-saving procedures with a focus on affordable housing (such as social, subsidized and prefabricated housing) in order to enclose these buildings to "affordable green housing system" with the lowest increase in cost and the most compatibility with user’s behavior in the building.
In the case of the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industry, technological progress has been severely constrained by the limited intelligence of such applications in representing buildings and being able to extract relevant information from the representation that is needed for design, analysis, construction management, operation, and other purposes.
Implementing BIM will require changes to current practices in the design and construction of buildings, but many countries show that the process is possible.
Green BIM: successful sustainable design with building information modeling.