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http://dx.doi.org/10.7315/CADCAM.2012.456

A Study on the Interoperability Improvement of IFC Property Information for Energy Performance Assessment in the Early Design Phase  

Kim, Inhan (Department of Architecture, Kyung Hee University)
Yoo, Hyunjae (Department of Architecture, Kyung Hee University)
Choi, Jungsik (Department of Architecture, Kyung Hee University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering / v.17, no.6, 2012 , pp. 456-465 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays, AEC industry tries to adopt BIM for low-carbon and eco-friendly building development. With increasing environment policies, many of global construction projects require the adoption of BIM for its many advantages. The advantages can be maximized with Open BIM since it can produce optimal results for various purposes of energy performance assessment. However there are some troubles in representation and property information in the process of Open BIM based energy performance assessment. To examine such troubles, this study focuses on differences between IFC of Open BIM and IDF format of Energy Plus known as the most accurate and diverse energy performance assessment. Two issues the study addresses are form representation and property information. The study figures out the different definition of IFC and IDF, and suggests the way of interoperability. The interoperability test of IFC for building energy performance assessment hope to develop of Open BIM based energy assessment.
Keywords
Energy Performance Assessment; Energy Plus; IFC; Interoperability; Open BIM; Space Boundary;
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