| Title |
Issues and Prospects of BIM-to-BEM (Building Energy Model) |
| Authors |
Lee, Seo-Young ; Park, Cheol-Soo ; Kim, In-Han |
| Keywords |
Building Information Model ; Building Energy Model ; Industry Foundation Class ; BIM Authoring Tool ; EnergyPlus |
| Abstract |
Recently, interoperability between BIM (Building Information Model) and BEM (Building Energy Model) has been highlighted. Even though it has been widely recognized that there are significant potentials in BIM by data sharing and reuse, BIM has not been actively utilized for building energy simulation. With this in mind, in this paper, the authors investigated several issues: (1) limitation of Industry Foundation Class (IFC) and BIM authoring tools, (2) immature IFC data schema, (3) data mapping problem between BIM and BEM. Firstly, IFC files exported from major BIM authoring tools are not consistent with each other and don't include significant thermal parameters. In addition, building geometry, e. g. underground wall, is not properly exported. IFC data schema are not ready to describe detailed information on thermal and dynamic properties (efficiency, performance curves, etc.) of mechanical systems (HVAC, AHU), delivery systems (fans, pumps), and plants (boilers, chillers), which are very essential for BEM. Finally, most of the efforts on BIM-to-BEM are focused on data conversion (data-driven approach), without considering dynamic architectural design process which involves many different stakeholders. In near future, BIM-to-BEM interface should take into account design context and rational decision making so called 'process-driven approach'. |