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authors |
Barry McAuley, Alan Hore, Roger West |
year |
2012 |
title |
Use of Building Information Modelling in responding to Low Carbon Construction Innovations: An Irish Perspective |
source |
Proceedings of the Joint CIB W055, W065, W089, W118, TG76, TG78, TG81 & TG84 International Conference on Management of Construction: Research to Practice, Montreal, Jun 26 – 29th, 2012 |
summary |
At present the Irish construction industry is facing one of its most uncertain and challenging periods
and will see major cuts in all areas of the economy in 2012. Despite this, Ireland pushes forward in
sustainability initiatives with the Government ruling that environmentally-friendly policies are to get
priority in competing for State contracts worth up to €16 billion a year. This and further initiatives
are in place, so as to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20% by the year 2020.By the end of
2018 the public sector must own or rent only buildings with high energy-saving standards and
promote the conversion of existing buildings to "nearly zero" standards. Furthermore, the "retrofitting"
of Ireland's existing building stock will challenge Ireland to meet carbon targets. This paper
outlines how Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be utilised on future and present public
works projects in Ireland to significantly assist the Irish Government in managing a low carbon
energy future. The paper will focus on the application of a sophisticated BIM model in helping to
predict the performance of buildings or assess retrofit/upgrade options in managing low carbon
construction. The authors’ data collation methodology involved the testing and analysis of a BIM
model for a public works project, used during a four day workshop in late 2011. The workshop proved
a success and provided the platform for the Irish Government to see first-hand, how a collaborative
BIM model used on public works projects could provide a low carbon future for both future and
existing building stock |
keywords |
Building Information Modelling, Low Carbon Construction, Public Works Projects, Sustainability |
series |
convr:2000
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type |
normal paper |
email |
barrymcauley@gmail.com |
more |
http://arrow.dit.ie/beschreccon/9/ |
content |
content.pdf (843,858 bytes) |
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2012/07/03 17:39 |
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