Article: Designing a greener building with BIM: building information modeling and sustainable design analysis.(STUDIO)

Adoption of the LEED standard is growing. With many building owners and operators now requiring that their new building projects achieve LEED certification, it is important for architects to perform faster and more accurate energy analyses in the early stages of building design.

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As one might imagine, complex engineering analyses of architectural design decisions are critical to achieving LEED certification. Many design firms outsource this engineering analysis, as it is time consuming and costly to do in-house. Now, design innovation technology tools, combined with the building information modeling (BIM) process, can provide robust ...

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