Accelerating Building Energy Retrofitting with BIM-Enabled BREEAM-NL Assessment

V. Simhachalam, T. Wang*, Y. Liu, J.W.F. Wamelink, Lorena Montenegro, Geert Van Gorp

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Abstract

The Paris Agreement requires building retrofitting practices to be more efficient and effective. However, the current practice for building energy retrofitting is lacking behind, and one reason for that is the time-consuming process of energy credit evaluation. Energy performance assessment such as BREEAM-NL in the Netherlands could apply a more automatic approach with the help of building information modelling (BIM) for an efficient building energy retrofitting evaluation process. However, to what extent BIM can help in accelerating energy performance evaluation in the BREEAM-NL certification process is under-examined. This paper first combines literature findings with practical interviews from a case study organization to present a holistic overview of the potential for automating energy-related credits evaluation in BREEAM-NL using BIM. To understand the possible impacts of such transition, a responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed (RACI) matrix is developed to map the impacts on different actors involved. Furthermore, to help practitioners in an organizational context to adopt a BIM-enabled energy credits assessment workflow, the case study organization is studied to (1) understand their current BIM use status; (2) propose a suitable starting point to take toward a BIM-enabled energy performance assessment for building energy retrofitting. Finally, the proposed starting point is demonstrated using a customized application, and the project team’s feedback is used to verify its efficiency and future directions are identified.
Original languageEnglish
Article number8225
Number of pages20
JournalEnergies
Volume14
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • BREEAM‐NL
  • Building energy retrofitting
  • Building information modelling (BIM)
  • Energy performance evaluation
  • Energy transition
  • RACI matrix

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