BIM in small scale sustainable design
Levy, Francois
BIM in small scale sustainable design - New Jersey John Wiley & Sons 2012 - xiii,292p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Building Information Modelsand Modeling ix
Thecostof buildings ix
See, change x
BIMfortherestof us xi
Whatthis book is, and isn't xii
Awordonthecasestudies xiii
BIM and Sustainable Design 1
The emergence of Building Information
Modeling 1
BIM for design 6
High-performancearchitecture 16
Casestudy: Moonrise Ranch 23
Design Software 29
BIM applications 29
Complementary software 38
Further reading 49
Case Study: Parameterized Hauer Curtain Wall 49
Site Analysis 55
Developing a site model 57
Analyzing the site 65
Case Study: House in Sonoma 74
Massing Analysis 79
Creating massing models 79
Perimeter/volume ratios: optimizing for
envelope quantity 83
Confirming desirable and undesirable views 85
Preliminary cost and feasibility analysis 87
Preliminary passive heating and cooling
design data 89
Case Study: New High School 100
Solar Geometry and Daylighting 105
Shade from the sun 106
Daylighting 116
Case Study: Ross Street House 128
Passive Cooling 133
Appropriate responses for local climates 135
Rules ofthumband sizing guidelines for
cooling strategies 139
Case Study: Hadlow College Rural
Regeneration Centre 153
Passive Heating 159
Rules ofthumband sizing guidelines for heating strategies 160
Whole-building heat loss 162
Whole-building heat gain 170
Case Study: Battelle Darby Creek
Environmental Center 177
Onsite Energy Systems 183
Solar photovoltaics 185
Azimuth and elevation 192
Solarthermal systems 192
Wind turbines 197
Case Study: Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction 200
Building Hydrology 205
Site design for water 206
Rainwater harvesting 209
Plumbing fixture efficiency 214
Sizing constructed wetlands 215
Gutter sizing 220
Case Study: Bee Ranch 221
Materials and Waste 225
Material takeoffs and cost calculation Advanced framing 232
Sheet materials 237
Preliminary life cycle analysis 239
LEED material calculations 243
Case Study: Loblolly House 245
Collaboration 249
Imported backgrounds 249
Exporting files 251
Project coordination 264
Case Study: Paisano Senior Housing 272
Afterword 275
Bibliography and References 279
Index 283
9780470590898
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BIM in small scale sustainable design - New Jersey John Wiley & Sons 2012 - xiii,292p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Building Information Modelsand Modeling ix
Thecostof buildings ix
See, change x
BIMfortherestof us xi
Whatthis book is, and isn't xii
Awordonthecasestudies xiii
BIM and Sustainable Design 1
The emergence of Building Information
Modeling 1
BIM for design 6
High-performancearchitecture 16
Casestudy: Moonrise Ranch 23
Design Software 29
BIM applications 29
Complementary software 38
Further reading 49
Case Study: Parameterized Hauer Curtain Wall 49
Site Analysis 55
Developing a site model 57
Analyzing the site 65
Case Study: House in Sonoma 74
Massing Analysis 79
Creating massing models 79
Perimeter/volume ratios: optimizing for
envelope quantity 83
Confirming desirable and undesirable views 85
Preliminary cost and feasibility analysis 87
Preliminary passive heating and cooling
design data 89
Case Study: New High School 100
Solar Geometry and Daylighting 105
Shade from the sun 106
Daylighting 116
Case Study: Ross Street House 128
Passive Cooling 133
Appropriate responses for local climates 135
Rules ofthumband sizing guidelines for
cooling strategies 139
Case Study: Hadlow College Rural
Regeneration Centre 153
Passive Heating 159
Rules ofthumband sizing guidelines for heating strategies 160
Whole-building heat loss 162
Whole-building heat gain 170
Case Study: Battelle Darby Creek
Environmental Center 177
Onsite Energy Systems 183
Solar photovoltaics 185
Azimuth and elevation 192
Solarthermal systems 192
Wind turbines 197
Case Study: Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction 200
Building Hydrology 205
Site design for water 206
Rainwater harvesting 209
Plumbing fixture efficiency 214
Sizing constructed wetlands 215
Gutter sizing 220
Case Study: Bee Ranch 221
Materials and Waste 225
Material takeoffs and cost calculation Advanced framing 232
Sheet materials 237
Preliminary life cycle analysis 239
LEED material calculations 243
Case Study: Loblolly House 245
Collaboration 249
Imported backgrounds 249
Exporting files 251
Project coordination 264
Case Study: Paisano Senior Housing 272
Afterword 275
Bibliography and References 279
Index 283
9780470590898
690 / LEV