1. Method to Enable LCA Analysis through Each Level of Development of a BIM Model.
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Dupuis, M., April, A., Forgues, D., and Lesage, P.
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BUILDING information modeling ,THREE-dimensional modeling ,BUILDING design & construction ,INTELLIGENT buildings ,SUSTAINABILITY - Abstract
Whole Building life cycle assessment (LCA) calculations are increasingly done using building information modeling (BIM) data exports, but some challenges need to be overcome. BIM models lack data for a whole building LCA analysis. To counter this lack of detailed information, manual inputs are often required when using a static BIM model and cannot easily consider recalculations over the duration of the project. This paper presents a method to automatically perform LCA calculations early, at the first level of a BIM model's development (i.e. the LOD100 level), and to allow for easier updates of the calculation throughout the evolution of the BIM model. To achieve this goal, a novel data layer and format is proposed. This data layer fills the information gap between extracted BIM data and existing LCA data provided by common LCA databases such as ecoinvent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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