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A Building Lca Case Study Using Autodesk Ecotect And Bim Model, Endong Wang, Zhigang Shen, Charles Barryman
A Building Lca Case Study Using Autodesk Ecotect And Bim Model, Endong Wang, Zhigang Shen, Charles Barryman
Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Faculty Publications
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of utilizing building information model (BIM) to perform whole building Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). The research question addressed was how life cycle performance of a building was affected quantitatively by design configurations. Life cycle energy consumption and CO2 emission of a university building in the Midwest was calculated using Autodesk® Ecotect and BIM model. The study compared life cycle performance, i.e., CO2 emissions and energy consumptions, among different design configurations, as well as their distributions in the stages of the building’s life time. Sensitivity analysis was performed …