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Using Revit in Green Building
Sustainable Design with Revit Architecture
(Source: Jigsaw CAD)
The ability to perform a whole building evaluation in terms of energy and water usage - in addition to carbon emissions - early on in the design process is vital in any 'green' building project. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is incredibly beneficial as it allows designers to make informed design decisions regarding geometry, spatial relationships, geographical information, quantities, and properties of building components utilizing a centralized model. BIM, supported by the appropriate technology, has the potential to reduce the cost of sustainable design by making the information required for informed sustainable design solutions and analysis readily available as part of the evolving design process. Revit building produces drawings with the added advantage of parametric change technology, allowing for changes and consistency to be achieved throughout. Schedules can be produced directly from this central model, which makes possible material re-use, recycling, reduced waste inefficiency and other well-organized comparisons between design options.
Efficient specification management
The environmental impact of extracting, processing and transporting building materials makes careful selection an important aspect of sustainable design. Revit helps designers automate the co-ordination of project specifications.
Increased energy efficiency
Energy analysis is crucial to a building design strategy. Revit can provide detailed and reliable design information to help complete energy analysis early in the design cycle, enabling designers to make decisions about how the building is placed on a site and evaluate day lighting options for energy savings.
Supports Eco-design Principles:
- Understanding local climate, culture, and place
- Understanding the type of building
- Reducing the required consumption of resources
- Using free/local resources and natural systems
- Using man-made systems efficiently
- Applying renewable energy generation technologies
- Off-setting negative impacts
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