Development of a Building Information Modeling Tool for Green Sustainable Building Design: A Review

摘要

BIM-Building Information Modeling is a 3-D digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry is an information intensive industry and all related processes employed during different phases of a project, including planning, designing, building, manufacturing, occupying, and maintenance, involve vast amounts of data that is used for a wide variety of purposes. Building information modeling (BIM) is a powerful shared knowledge resource which stores this data to support decision making about a facility through all these different phases in its life cycle.