This paper illustrates our findings concerning space based design methodologies and interoperability issues for today's Building Information Modeling (BIM) environments. A method is elaborated which enables building designers to perform an automated energy use analysis, based oil an Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) model derived from a commercial BIM environment, in this case Autodesk Revit 9.1. A prototype application was built, which evaluates the building model as well as vendor-neutral exchange mechanisms, in accordance with the Flemish Energy Performance Regulation (EPR) standard. Several issues regarding the need for space-based building models are identified and algorithms are developed to overcome possible shortcomings.
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Meeus, W., Van Campenhout, J., De Meyer, R., Verstraeten, R., Lateur, G., & Pauwels, P. (2008). IFC-based calculation of the Flemish energy performance standard. In eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (pp. 437–443). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203883327.ch49
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