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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
The world over, evidence is growing that green buildings bring multiple benefits. They
provide some of the most effective means to achieving a range of global goals, such as
addressing climate change, creating sustainable and thriving communities, and driving
Green buildings achieving the Green Star certification in South Africa have been
shown to save on average between 30 - 40% energy and carbon emissions every year,
and between 20 - 30% potable water every year, when compared to the industry norm.
A process in the design phase which one or more building energy simulation programs
use a properly adjusted BIM model to conduct energy assessments for the current
building design. The core goal of this BIM use is to inspect building energy standard
Save time and costs by obtaining building and system information automatically from
BIM model instead of inputting data manually.
Optimize building design for better building performance efficiency and reduce
building life-cycle cost,
Assists project team with potential future revisions throughout the life cycle.
1.3.5 Building System Analysis:
A process that measures how a building's performance compares to the specified design.
This includes how the mechanical system operates and how much energy a building uses.
Other aspects of this analysis include, but are not limited to, ventilated facade studies,
lighting analysis, internal and external CFD airflow, and solar analysis.
CHAPTER 2
CASE STUDY
2.1.1 INTRODUCTION
The Shanghai Tower is a 632m, 128-storey mega tall skyscraper. It is located in 501
Yincheng Middle Road, Lujiazui Pudong, Shanghai. The Shanghai Tower is owned by
Yeti Construction and Development, and the tower had an estimated construction cost of
US$2.4 billion. The Shanghai Tower was designed by the American architectural
firm Gensler, with Shanghainese architect Jun Xia leading the design team. It shares the
record (along with the Ping An Finance Center) of having the world's highest observation
deck within a building or structure at 562 m, and the world's second-fastest elevators at a
top speed of 20.5 metres per second (74 km/h; 46 mph). It is the world's second-tallest
building by height to architectural top.
Fig 2.2: 2-layer glassing Fig 2.3: Sky garden between glasses
Fig 2.4: Wind turbines on the Tower Fig 2.5: Cooling due to ventilation
2.2.1 INTRODUCTION
Punjab Energy Development Agency complex is located in Chandigarh, India. It is a total
state nodal agency responsible for development of renewable energy and conventional
energy in the state of Punjab. It is a unique and successful model of energy efficient solar
building, designed on solar passive architecture with the partial financial support of
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GOI and Dept. of science, technology,
Environment and non-conventional Energy, Govt of Punjab.
The location of this building has an elevation of 350m and climatic conditions are to be
composite with max temperature 44oC and minimum temperature of 5oC and annual
average rainfall of 1110.7mm. the architectural building design needs to respond to the
composite climatic condition of the site and needs to satisfy the diverse and often
conflicting conditions of hot-dry, hoy-humid, temperate and cold period of Chandigarh.
Therefore the strategies considered for design are,
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Cooling in hot dry period
Natural ventilation in hot humid period
Heating in cold period
2.2.3 ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS
2.2.3.1 Orientation
This building has a 3D responding to solar geometry i.e., minimizing solar heat gain
in hot dry period and maximizing solar heat gain in cold period.
Overlapping floors at different levels in space floating in a large volume of air, with
interpenetrating large vertical cut-outs enclosed within an envelope. These are
integrated with light wells and solar activated naturally ventilating, domical
structures.
2.2.3.2 Daylight
On the south western facade, dome shaped concrete structures have horizontal and
vertical intersecting fins with glass fixed in the voids to allow natural light with
reduced glare.
These allow indirect light to enter the building in summers and direct sunshine in
winters.
The atrium is covered by a lightweight shell roofing of 10 cm of high-density EPS
(extruded polystyrene) sandwiched between high-grade FRP (fibre reinforced plastic)
sheets and reinforced with steel; specifically angled to allow sun in winters and block
in summers.
CHAPTER 3
SUMMARY
BIM has the potential to become the leading technology of the building industry, and
it is in the interest of most firms to begin their transformation towards its processes.
The more BIM is used, and the more data that are collected and stored during the life
of a project, and more benefits can be leveraged. When BIM is used, it is easy to see
the significances of the decisions. BIM could facilitate data exchange and integration,
which provide visualized building performance analyses, and enhance the
communication & collaboration of various stakeholders during the lifecycle of green
buildings. And also that using green buildings the energy consumption through
traditional methods be decreased. The use of BIM for designing and maintaining
green building are expected to rapidly grow in the construction.
REFERENCES
JOURNALS
[1] Green building based on Building Information Modelling Neelam Sharma, Er. Bhupinder
kaur, Er. Sandeep Salhotra.
[2]Smart Market Report, (prepared by: Harvey M. Bernstein F. ASCE, LEED AP, Stephen A.
Jones, Michele A Russo, LEED AP.
[3]Sustainable Construction: Green Building Concept – A Case Study, issue 2 volume 2 2014
Ishan G.Kevadiya , Ankush A.Patil & Shruti-Mrudula N.Waghmode
WEBSITES
[5]http://peda.gov.in/main/case_study_15.12.2016.pdf
[6]https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/23/inside-shanghai-tower-china-tallest-building-
green-skyscrapers#img-2
[7]https://www.bim.psu.edu/bim_uses/#bim_uses_by_phase
[8]https://www.worldgbc.org/benefits-green-buildings