A Study on the LEED Energy Simulation Process Using BIM

• Main Authors: Han-Soo Ryu, Kyung-Soon Park
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
• Series: Sustainability
• Subjects: Building Information Modeling (BIM); building energy simulation process; Leadership in Energy and environmental Design (LEED); green building XML (gbXML)
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/2/138

In the domestic and international environmentally friendly certification system, energy-related credit occupies a high ratio in the total distribution of certification score Leadership in the Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system is a certification system developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in order to assess the environmental friendliness of buildings. The energy-related credit is approximately 30% of the total and also the energy simulation ratio specifically is the highest among the single credits as it is 20%. In this research, the energy simulation process using Building Information Modeling (BIM) based on the energy simulation case performed at the A-Tower, LEED certification was proposed. It places an emphasis on the verification process which was short in the previous research. The architectural geometry modeled through the BIM tool is converted to the gbXML, and in this process the geometry is verified through the interference check functions, the gbXML Viewer and the FZKViewer. The energy simulation is performed after the verification procedure. The geometry verification process in the A-Tower project is presented throughout this paper. In conclusion, an improved process is proposed for the productivity and reliability of energy simulation.