Contents
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 GREEN BUILDINGS1
1.2 BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) 2
1.3 NEED FOR STUDY 3
1.4 OBJECTIVE 4
1.5 SCOPE OF WORK AND METHODOLOGY 4
1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH 4
1.7 THESIS TIMELINE 4
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM) 5
2.1.1 ADVANTAGES OF BIM 6
2.1.2 DISADVANTAGES OF BIM 6
2.2 GREEN BUILDINGS6
2.2.1 INDIAN GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (IGBC) 6
2.2.2 PRECERTIFICATION PROCESS 8
2.2.3 IGBC NEW BUILDING CREDITS 9
2.3 GREEN BIM10
2.4 DATA EXTRACTION METHOD 11
2.4.1 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 11
2.4.2 INTERNAL ANALYSIS 12
2.5 RESEARCH GAP14
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
3.1 OVERVIEW 16
3.2 PROPOSED FRAMEWORK 16
3.3 FRAMEWORK FOR PLUG-IN DEVELOPMENT 19
4 DATA COLLECTION 21
4.1 BIM ISSUES USED FOR GREEN BUILDING ANALYSIS 21
4.2 SOFTWARE USED 21
4.3 CASE STUDY 22
4.3.1 CASE STUDY 1 23
4.3.2 CASE STUDY 2 23
4.3.3 CASE STUDY 3 23
5 ANALYSIS 24
5.1 SURVEY ANALYSIS 24
5.2 PRACTICAL APPROACH 26
5.2.1 INPUT PROCESS 28
5.2.2 OUTPUT 32
5.3 ADVANTAGES OF USING PLUG-IN 34
5.4 LIMITATIONS OF PLUG-IN 35
6 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE 36
7 REFERENCES 37
8 ANNEXURE i
8.1 QUESTIONNAIRE i
8.1.1 CREDIT EARNED AND ANALYSIS TYPE i
8.1.2 CREDIT ALLOCATION STAGE AND SOFTWARE USED ii
8.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ii