Visualization of Building Energy Performance in Building Information Models (2013)
article⁄Visualization of Building Energy Performance in Building Information Models (2013)
abstract⁄This paper presents the results of research and development of Building Energy Simulation BES visualization methods. In this effort the authors used Building Information Modeling BIM Authoring Tools’ Application Programming Interface API to visualize BES results in BIM. We also used an external database to store and manage the objectbased simulation results from a BES tool. Based on these methods, we created a prototype Building Energy Performance Visualization BEPV, which translates information from the result database to the Energy Performance Indicator EPI parameter in BIM. Using the prototype, when BIM models are created for building design, the building energy performance can be expressed visually as colorcoding on the BIM, allowing users to see energy flows directly. The developed prototype lets architects use BIM as a common user interface for building design and performance visualization, and may improve their designs in early stages.
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| Year |
2013 |
| Authors |
Jeong, WoonSeong; Kim, Jong Bum; Clayton, Mark J.; Haberl, Jeff S.; Yan, Wei. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture |
| Pages |
87-92 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
visualization-building-energy-performance-building-information |
