CESARE'24

Utilising BIM on LCC to Enhance Sustainability of Saudi Residential Projects Through Simulation. A Case Study of the KSA

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20m

Speaker

Prof. Charalampos Baniotopoulos (Prof at university of Birmingham)

Description

It has become increasingly important to use sustainability design and construction techniques in order to contribute to an environmentally conscious construction industry on a global scale. Furthermore, BIM can be used to facilitate better energy management, material and method optimisation, and reduce LCC environmental footprint.
This paper aims to explore the profound impact of using Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools to assist engineers in addressing the rising costs of a residential project in KSA and selecting an optimal Scenario for designing the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). As part of the project's material specifications, the BIM tool is used to create a 3D model of a house. In addition, this study will develop four alternative design scenarios based on varying wall and floor specifications, which will enable it to estimate the energy costs associated with LCC. It will improve building energy and environmental performance, which will allow the identification of the best alternative LCC scenarios. For scenarios will be analysed the four scenarios with Green Building Studio (GBS), a whole-building analysis software program. As a final step, the model will be transferred to One Click LCA, a web-based analysis service integrated with Revit, to analyse Scenario 1 in the actual design unit of the case and Scenario 4 after enhancing its specifications.
The results of this paper illustrate the relevance of integrating BIM tools into the optimisation of LCC/LCA as well as the necessity of integrating them into the optimisation of the sustainability features of construction projects.

References
Alasmari, E., Martinez Vazquez, P. and Baniotopoulos, C., 2022. Building Information Modeling (BIM) towards a Sustainable Building Design: A Survey. Proceedings of the CESARE22, 3rd Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience, Irbid, Jordan, pp.6-9.
Alasmari, E., Martinez-Vazquez, P. and Baniotopoulos, C., 2022. A Systematic Literature Review of the Adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) on Life Cycle Cost (LCC). Buildings, 12(11), p.1829.
Alasmari, E., Martinez-Vazquez, P. and Baniotopoulos, C., 2023, June. Adopting BIM to Enhance Sustainability. The Saudi Arabia Construction Projects case study. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1196, No. 1, p. 012111). IOP Publishing.