A benchmark study of BIM-based whole-building life-cycle assessment tools and processes

Q4 Engineering

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI:10.1080/2093761X.2017.1302839

Joshua Schultz, K. Ku, Matt Gindlesparger, J. Doerfler

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Abstract

AbstractAs comprehensive sustainable design methods advance, whole-building life-cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming an important part of sustainable practices. The goal of this research is to evaluate the LCA tool Tally to establish a baseline process for LCA based on building information modelling (BIM). In order to generate benchmarks for whole-building LCA, the architecture, engineering, and construction industry must agree with the United States (US) government on a standard method of measuring embodied carbon in conjunction with a design tool. This paper involves a literature review and two case studies as a comparative software analysis between two whole-building LCA tools: the Autodesk-Revit-based Tally plugin and the Athena Impact Estimator (IE). The case studies include two different unit spaces – walls only in Case 1 and walls, windows, doors, floors, and roof in Case 2 – that were analysed in Tally and the Athena IE to compare the user input parameters, outputs, life-cycle inventory (LCI) datab...

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基于bim的全建筑生命周期评估工具和流程的基准研究

摘要随着综合可持续设计方法的发展，建筑全生命周期评价(LCA)正成为可持续设计实践的重要组成部分。本研究的目的是评估LCA工具，以建立基于建筑信息模型(BIM)的LCA基线过程。为了产生整体建筑LCA的基准，建筑、工程和建筑行业必须与美国政府就测量隐含碳的标准方法达成一致，并结合设计工具。本文包括文献综述和两个案例研究，作为两种整体建筑LCA工具的比较软件分析:基于autodesk - revit的Tally插件和Athena Impact Estimator (IE)。案例研究包括两个不同的单元空间——案例1中的墙壁和案例2中的墙壁、窗户、门、地板和屋顶——在塔利和雅典娜IE中进行了分析，以比较用户输入参数、输出、生命周期清单(LCI)数据……

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International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development Engineering-Building and Construction

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development is the official publication of the Sustainable Building Research Center and serves as a resource to professionals and academics within the architecture and sustainability community. The International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development aims to support its academic community by disseminating studies on sustainable building technology, focusing on issues related to sustainable approaches in the construction industry to reduce waste and mass consumption, integration of advanced architectural technologies and environmentalism, sustainable building maintenance, life cycle cost (LCC), social issues, education and public policies relating to urban development and architecture .