Sustainable Design Webcast Series: Renovating for an Energy Efficient Future

Economic and social conditions are putting increased pressure on building owners to make new construction, and possibly more importantly, renovation & retrofit projects, more energy efficient, cost effective, and sustainable. This in turn impacts all downstream project stakeholders, including the architects, engineers and construction professionals involved in the design/build workflow.

This session focuses on Building Information Modeling (BIM) for renovation and building performance, and how BIM solutions can help with the creation and analysis of energy models that in turn determine the best designs for sustainability and efficiency – from all stakeholder perspectives.

• You’ll learn how existing building conditions are collected and consolidated from various sources to prepare for energy analysis and optimal building performance.
• We’ll show you how real world data can be integrated into a BIM model for an accurate look at the current state of a building’s energy performance.
• Finally, once an energy model is built to capture existing building conditions, you’ll learn how to analyze the model with various scenarios to reduce energy costs and consumption.

Applying energy efficient design principles and BIM technology to renovation projects not only minimizes energy and resource consumption, but maximizes the future potential of the building.