Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling 1st Edition

by Eddy Krygiel (Author), Brad Nies (Author), Steve McDowell (Foreword)

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ISBN-13: 978-0470239605

ISBN-10: 0470239603

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Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale.

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Practice Integrated Sustainable Design with BIM

Learn why BIM is an important tool for sustainability
Understand when and how to evaluate the effect of green resources on your projects
Understand Building Information Modeling, from concept to construction
See how to best use 3D geometric models instead of 2D CAD designs
Factor sustainability into the design process, leveraging free environmental resources
Set up a BIM model and identify material quantities to figure upstream impact and downstream consequences
Transform traditional processes into new workflows that integrate the entire design team and emphasize green solutions from the start

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Practice Integrated Sustainable Design with BIM

Learn why BIM is an important tool for sustainability
Understand when and how to evaluate the effect of green resources on your projects
Understand Building Information Modeling, from concept to construction
See how to best use 3D geometric models instead of 2D CAD designs
Factor sustainability into the design process, leveraging free environmental resources
Set up a BIM model and identify material quantities to figure upstream impact and downstream consequences
Transform traditional processes into new workflows that integrate the entire design team and emphasize green solutions from the start

Publisher : Sybex; 1st edition (April 28, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 268 pages
ISBN-10 : 0470239603
ISBN-13 : 978-0470239605
Item Weight : 1.12 pounds
Dimensions : 7.4 x 0.51 x 9.2 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #1,511 in Architecture (Books)

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Itsagoodwitch

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019

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Great book

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Good class, and the book gives good insights on ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2015

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I took the author's class through Boston Arch College. Good class, and the book gives good insights on how to parametrically design with sustainability in mind. Bravo.

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Ken Tso

It's a book for update architecture field

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013

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Everybody is talking about the green architecture. This is one of kind book for that. It brings out the concept for what you need.

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Michaelson Sarmiento

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020

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Haven't dived into it but the book seems great.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013

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I am pretty sure I purchased a new book but the one I received was used with markings in it. Other than that, everything is fine.

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Excellent topic, but little practical content

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2009

I hesitate to give this book a negative review because I think the subject matter is extremely important. Both BIM and Sustainable Design are the future of architecture and there is still enormous potential to create synergies between the two, using the power of BIM to create more sustainable solutions.

However, I was personally disappointed by the actual content of this book and ended up returning it. Amazon was nice enough to refund it no questions asked, so I feel like I owe them some explanation. For me, there was very little new, practical information on how to actually integrate BIM and Sustainable Design.

The first section discusses the history of Sustainable Design (going back to the pyramids of Egypt) and answers basic questions like what is sustainable design, why is it important, what is LEED, etc. If you have no experience whatsoever with sustainable design, you might find this interesting. If you have even a moderate level of knowledge of sustainable design (as most architects today do) there is no new information here.

The second section discusses what BIM is, how it works, and why it is important. Again, if you have never heard of BIM this might be news to you. If you have already been working in BIM for even a couple of months, you will probably skip over this section, too.

Then there's a section on Integrated Design. It's an important topic and a growing field of interest in sustainable design, but there's no practical, hands-on information on how to use BIM in Integrated Design.

What little practical information on using BIM there is doesn't begin until about page 127 and it is disappointing. The main BIM program disussed (and practically the only one) is Revit and pretty much all of the strategies for using Revit for sustainable design I had already learned in the "Mastering Revit Architecture 2010" book by Greg Demchak, Tatjana Dzambazova, and Eddy Krygiel. There are instructions for how to change your geographic north to make accurate sun studies. There is discussion of how to calculate surface areas, how to export to energy modeling programs using gbXML, and how to track and calculate recycled content material volumes. All of this is explained even better in the Mastering Revit book, which also contains much more information on using Revit and costs less.

I hope that future editions of this book will contain more practical, innovative content, targeted at people actually using both BIM and sustainable design, who are already familiar with both of them.

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Essential design strategies

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2008

As BIM becomes common place in the architectural design community, the tools and thought processes for designers will be transformed. The expectations of those who hire and pay the designer will be heightened far beyond the current standard of care.

It's about time! CADD has held potential to automate, systematize, and streamline the construction industry for decades but has failed miserably to deliver. Currently with the advancement of BIM that potential is becoming a reality. We are on the cusp of a paradigm shift in our industry. Eddy Krygiel and Brad Nies have given us a glimpse of what the future holds. I am thinking every day about the impacts of what I do in my design work and with this cogent book I am more motivated to develop my basis of design concepts in a globally responsible manner. This text informs that basis with processes and theories in a very readable fashion

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mrhouse

very useful

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2009

Its' very useful for environment-friendly architecture planing.
they are introducing latest computer aided simulations and examples.

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