Green Building: The Integration of LEED v2009 Criteria in the BIM Environment

Abstract

Building Information Modeling, or BIM, is the best way to manage every aspect of a building project. The only aspect that is missing is sustainability. While it may be apparent, it is not easily managed my most programs under the BIM envelope. LEED is the prominent resource for managing sustainable criteria for a building project, with incentive to award a building certification for being green. There is currently no easy or well-defined way to incorporate LEED criteria with the BIM environment. This research explores the fusion of LEED and BIM using Autodesk Revit as the central management system for a building project. The core methods in this fusion include creating a LEED template for Revit to manage supplementary documentation and using Revit parameters to define critical green building criteria for a project.