Improved Workflows for Environmental Building Certification : An investigation in Sweden
(2024) 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design: (Re)Thinking Resilience, PLEA 2024 In PLEA 2024: (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings p.845-850- Abstract
Environmental Building Certification (EBC) assessments, involving modelling, simulation, and grading calculation, are often time-consuming, prompting a need for streamlining. This investigation assesses existing Building Energy Modelling (BEM) workflows for Swedish context of EBC, focusing on extracting building geometry from Autodesk Revit with minimal information losses, and considering both low learning curve and automation. The methodology involves a comparative study, a review of BEM workflows and resources, and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the developed workflow. Results show that none of the analysed BEM tools fully meet the criteria of good Building Information Modelling to Building Energy Modelling (BIM-BEM)... (More)
Environmental Building Certification (EBC) assessments, involving modelling, simulation, and grading calculation, are often time-consuming, prompting a need for streamlining. This investigation assesses existing Building Energy Modelling (BEM) workflows for Swedish context of EBC, focusing on extracting building geometry from Autodesk Revit with minimal information losses, and considering both low learning curve and automation. The methodology involves a comparative study, a review of BEM workflows and resources, and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the developed workflow. Results show that none of the analysed BEM tools fully meet the criteria of good Building Information Modelling to Building Energy Modelling (BIM-BEM) interoperability, compatibility for Swedish EBC, and high post-simulation automation. Challenges include thermal comfort assessments, limited alternatives for BEM tools in Swedish EBC assessments, and scarce reliable BIM-BEM interoperability approaches from Revit. The developed BEM workflow using Grasshopper for Rhinoceros demonstrates high potential but still not entirely unsuitable for Swedish EBC assessments.
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- author
- Tan, Ji Onn ; Gremmelspacher, Jonas ; Czachura, Agnieszka LU and Bernardo, Luis Ricardo
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Building Energy Modelling (BEM), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Environmental Building Certification, Interoperability, Scripting
- host publication
- PLEA 2024 : (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings - (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings
- series title
- PLEA 2024: (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings
- editor
- Widera, Barbara ; Rudnicka-Bogusz, Marta ; Onyszkiewicz, Jakub and Wozniczka, Agata
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawskiej
- conference name
- 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design: (Re)Thinking Resilience, PLEA 2024
- conference location
- Wroclaw, Poland
- conference dates
- 2024-06-26 - 2024-06-28
- external identifiers
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- scopus:105023711593
- ISBN
- 9788374932752
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3e516b32-7135-48d9-8f14-1b32bb944d95
- date added to LUP
- 2026-02-10 10:09:59
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- 2026-02-10 10:09:59
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abstract = {{<p>Environmental Building Certification (EBC) assessments, involving modelling, simulation, and grading calculation, are often time-consuming, prompting a need for streamlining. This investigation assesses existing Building Energy Modelling (BEM) workflows for Swedish context of EBC, focusing on extracting building geometry from Autodesk Revit with minimal information losses, and considering both low learning curve and automation. The methodology involves a comparative study, a review of BEM workflows and resources, and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the developed workflow. Results show that none of the analysed BEM tools fully meet the criteria of good Building Information Modelling to Building Energy Modelling (BIM-BEM) interoperability, compatibility for Swedish EBC, and high post-simulation automation. Challenges include thermal comfort assessments, limited alternatives for BEM tools in Swedish EBC assessments, and scarce reliable BIM-BEM interoperability approaches from Revit. The developed BEM workflow using Grasshopper for Rhinoceros demonstrates high potential but still not entirely unsuitable for Swedish EBC assessments.</p>}},
author = {{Tan, Ji Onn and Gremmelspacher, Jonas and Czachura, Agnieszka and Bernardo, Luis Ricardo}},
booktitle = {{PLEA 2024 : (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings}},
editor = {{Widera, Barbara and Rudnicka-Bogusz, Marta and Onyszkiewicz, Jakub and Wozniczka, Agata}},
isbn = {{9788374932752}},
keywords = {{Building Energy Modelling (BEM); Building Information Modelling (BIM); Environmental Building Certification; Interoperability; Scripting}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{845--850}},
publisher = {{Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wroclawskiej}},
series = {{PLEA 2024: (Re)Thinking Resilience - Proceedings of 37th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, the Book of Proceedings}},
title = {{Improved Workflows for Environmental Building Certification : An investigation in Sweden}},
year = {{2024}},
}