Abstract
Many existing building energy performance
assessment frameworks, quantifying and categorising
buildings post occupancy, offer limited feedback on
design decisions. An environment providing decision
makers with pertinent information to assess the
consequences of each design decision in a timely,
cost effective and practical manner is required to
promote viable low-energy solutions from the outset.
This paper outlines a performance-based strategy
utilising building effectiveness communication ratios
stored in Building Information Models (BIM).
Decision makers will be capable of rating the
buildings energy performance throughout its natural
life cycle without imposing adverse penalties on
facilities located in dissimilar climatic zones
subjected to stringent building codes and regulations.
With this advancement in building energy
assessment in place, a progressive improvement in
energy efficiency for the building stock is a feasible
and realistic target.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Title of host publication | Building Simulation 2005 |
| Place of Publication | Montreal |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2005 |
Authors (Note for portal: view the doc link for the full list of authors)
- Authors
- Elmer Morrissey1 , Marcus Keane1 , James ODonnell1&2 and John McCarthy1 1 IRUSE, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland 2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, USA