Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction [Paperback]

This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly explains the principles and practices of high performance design, the uses of building information modelling (BIM), and the materials and methods of smart construction. Power Systems, Architecture, Material Science, Civil Engineering and Information Systems are all given consideration, as interdisciplinary endeavours are at the heart of this green building revolution.

Part I. Concepts in Sustainability.- Chapter 1.The Problem is also the Solution: The Sustainability Paradox.- Chapter 2.Appreciating the Wicked Problem: A Systems Approach to Sustainable Cities.- Chapter 3.Circular Economy Research in the Built Environment: A Theoretical Contribution.- Part II. Building Information Modelling.- Chapter 4.- 1.Building Information Modelling: A Paradigm Shift in Construction  Farzad Khosrowshahi Iterative design using agile project management and BIM to improve building performance.- Chapter 5.Use of simulation through BIM-enabled Virtual Projects to enhance learning and soft employability skills in Architectural Technology education.- Chapter 6. Development of a Building Information Modelling (BIM) based real-time data integration system using a Building Management System (BMS).- Chapter 7.Procurement route and Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation effect on sustainable Higher Education Refurbishment projects.- Part III. Building Performance and Design.- Chapter 8.A novel transient experimental method for in situ measurements of the thermal performance of building fabrics.- Chapter 9.Energy Performance Analysis of Residential Buildings in Saudi Arabia (Multi Case Study).- Chapter 10.Fossil fuel reliant housing in Nigeria: physio-climatic regionalism as an energy/cost efficient perspective to providing thermal comfort.- Chapter 11.Predicting future overheating in a Passivhaus dwelling using cal“%