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Abstract
To conduct an environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings, the potential benefits of coupling LCA and Building Information Modelling (BIM) has gained a lot of attention among researchers recently. The expected efficiency gains, mainly coming from establishing the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) in an automated way, can improve the process significantly. However, the application of BIM and building model’s varying Levels of Development (LOD) have implications on how the LCI should be structured and which LCA datasets can be used. The structure and completeness as well as granularity of a building model have to be clarified before deciding for the assessment workflow and tools used. Aiming for an efficient yet complete assessment, the implications of a workflow of establishing the LCI in Revit are discussed, refining the inventory in Excel and finally assessing the complete building in SimaPro. The study discusses the potentials, challenges and learnings from two BIM-LCA case studies investigated as part of the PEF4buildings project and presents the workflow developed based on these case studies.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Life-Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering |
Subtitle of host publication | Towards an Integrated Vision |
Editors | Robby Caspeele, Luc Taerwe, Dan Frangopol |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
Pages | 841 - 846 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-138-62633-1 |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2019 |
Event | 6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: IALCCE 2018 - Ghent, Belgium Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering |
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Abbreviated title | IALCCE 2018 |
Country/Territory | Belgium |
City | Ghent |
Period | 28/10/18 → 31/10/18 |
Other | IALCCE 2018 - The Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Engineering |
Keywords
- Building Information Modelling
- BIM
- Life Cycle Assessment
- LCA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Building and Construction
Fields of Expertise
- Sustainable Systems
Activities
- 1 Talk at conference or symposium
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The coupling of BIM and LCA – Challenges identified through case study implementation
Martin Röck (Speaker), Delphine Ramon (Speaker) & Karen Allacker (Speaker)
29 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at conference or symposium › Science to science