Revit’s contribution in constructing sustainable buildings

Developing sustainable buildings is very important for the safety of our environment which is getting polluted or degraded day by day due to building projects. Building construction is never going to stop, and hence it important that we realize time’s demand, that is the construction of ‘green buildings.’ Every day, new building projects are making their way in construction companies, and it is crucial for architects and engineers to minimize their adverse effects on our natural environment.

Environmentalists across the world are disturbed by seeing the effects of construction projects, which are in a way responsible for ‘global warming.’ If you pay attention to surveys or researches conducted by environmentalists, they reveal that earth’s temperature is increasing every year. The research data is really disturbing; it puts a question mark on human intelligence, in term of its ability in tackling such serious and concerning issues. 

But certain steps such as constructing green buildings have been taken very seriously by Architecture Engineering and Construction industry. AEC professionals aims at constructing more and more green buildings which does not have negative effects on our environment since they are designed in such a fashion that they  consume reasonably less energy.

Innovative technology such as BIM is required by architects and engineers for the construction of green building or sustainable building. BIM which is the process of representing physical and functional characteristics of a building is optimized by architects and engineers in developing effective building design.

Revit Documentation Services is a very powerful tool for designing green buildings. Revit which is BIM software is optimized by design development team for the purpose of developing energy efficient buildings. Revit helps in conducting energy analysis which helps in determining and analyzing the energy requirements of a building in future. During energy analysis, a building is analyzed in terms of its geographical location, materials used, affect of sunlight on the building envelop etc. and all this helps in determining its energy consumption in the future. So depending on these analysis architects and engineers make some changes to the model in terms of building design. They try to develop effective MEP systems which can manage the energy requirements of the building. They basically aim at developing a building design which can meet its energy requirement by optimizing natural energy such as sunlight and winds etc.

BIM is the center of attraction for building stakeholders!

Building process involves a lot of technicalities in it, and these technicalities are largely faced by architects and engineers along with other building actors such as contractors and project managers etc. But with the advancement of technology construction industry professionals have also started to implement it for execution of preconstruction engineering services. It been approximately 30 years now, since BIM has been adopted by the industry and the growth of the industry is quite eminent.

Building Information Modeling gave a way for more systematic construction methods. It encouraged architects, engineers, contractors and building owners in strategic decision making. During conceptual design phase BIM models assists architects and engineers in taking strong design decisions so that high performing buildings can be developed.

The positive impacts of technology have been realized by all the building stakeholders now, since all of them are equally benefited by its adoption and implementation. All the stakeholders are now becoming aware of the latest technology that comes in the market which can be applied to construction industry.

Even though they personally have nothing to do with the technology, but since it is the driving force behind project productivity they are all updated with it. For example, even the owners or contractors are well aware of CAD and BIM software, and their latest versions. Be it AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Revit, Navisworks or 3ds Max, building stakeholders are all aware of them and their uses.

BIM is optimized by architects and engineers both as technology and process, as a technology it helps in the execution of engineering services such as BIM modeling, rendering and coordination services. However as a process it helps in planning and management of entire building process by developing 3D models of building systems.

Clash Detection Services and coordination services that are executed by optimizing BIM software are highly useful for architects and engineers since they do not come across any problem when the final construction begins. Similarly contractors and owners are also benefited by BIM use. 4D and 5D BIM services are especially helpful for the owners because it tells them in advance how much money and time is needed for the construction of the building. And by successful utilization of that information owners can manage their budgets properly.