CONVERTING CONVENTIONAL BUILDINGS INTO GREEN BUILDINGS USING BIM TECHNOLOGY

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 235 - 248, 31.12.2024

Mohammed Sameer

https://doi.org/10.53600/ajesa.1200052

Abstract

Through the uses of BIM (Building Information Modelling) Using the BIM methodology known as BIM 6D, we may acquire the building's energy model. The information contained in the digital model enables us to mimic the building's actual energy behavior and recommend strategies for improving the building's performance and making it more sustainable. BIM 6D simulation enables us to make judgments about building design and operation not only for new buildings but also for current building rehabilitation. Using BIM 6D allows for a full analysis of the energy impact of the aforementioned rehabilitation, as well as the suggestion of additional optimization options, resulting in higher quality and convenience in the use of the sustainable building. Our study topic is a residential building in Iraq with an area of 224 square meters that is being rehabilitated to obtain a reduction in energy consumption and to make it an environmentally friendly building After applying all possible improvement options, it was concluded that the reduction in energy consumption amounts to 50% of the current consumption of the building, and this percentage is considered very large and feasible. We were able to examine how a set of simulated optimization techniques performed in BIM 6D delivers energy savings of up to 50% overall and up to 28% just by modifying the building's heating and cooling system.

Keywords

Energy Management, BIM, sustainable buildings, BIM-6D, Energy Simulation.

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