BIM in Small-Scale Sustainable Design [Hardcover]

Any architect doing small or medium scaled projects who is also vested in sustainable design but is not yet doing BIM will enjoy this book's overall focus. -Architosh.com

This work is the leading guide to architectural design within a building information modeling (BIM) workflow, giving the practitioner a clear procedure when designing climate-load dominated buildings. The book incorporates new information related to BIM, integrated practice, and sustainable design, as well information on how designers can incorporate the latest technological tools. Each chapter addresses specific topics, such as natural ventilation for cooling, passive solar heating, rainwater harvesting and building hydrology, optimizing material use and reducing construction waste, and collaborating with consultants or other building professionals such as engineers and energy modelers.   Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Building Information Models and Modeling ix

The cost of buildings ix

See, change x

BIM for the rest of us xi

What this book is, and isn’t xii

A word on the case studies xiii

1 BIM and Sustainable Design 1

The emergence of Building Information Modeling 1

BIM for design 6

High-performance architecture 16

Case study: Moonrise Ranch 23

2 Design Software 29

BIM applications 29

Complementary software 38

Further reading 49

Case Study: Parameterized Hauer Curtain Wall 49

3 Site Analysis 55

Developing a site model 57

Analyzing the site 65

Case Study: Housl3,