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Shifting to developing smart buildings was the paradigm change in the AEC sector. In the current period, the greater focus is on sustainability and sustainable buildings. The solution to the concerns of overspending, inefficiency, and the call for sustainable structures that had plagued the construction industry for years was the integration of current technology and IoT (Internet of Things). This integration is reinforced when one uses BIM for Smart Buildings all across the construction stages.
Data serves as the foundation for a smart building. Everything from design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, and implementation through commissioning, operation, and maintenance must be done through a fully integrated platform in order to get the most out of smart buildings.
Unlike traditional construction, BIM in smart buildings construction entails the integration of a building’s core systems, such as lighting, electricity meters, water, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems, firefighting systems, and water pumps, with a network of sensors and an integrated control system.
This is where Building Information Modeling (BIM) comes into play!
Developing Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of combining the various parts of construction and is a requirement for the structure of a smart building. As a result, BIM is an excellent tool for the construction of smart buildings.
Let’s take a quick look at how a smart build environment works before we get into the benefits of incorporating various BIM services in the development of smart buildings.
For years, traditional buildings have given shelter, protection from adverse weather, and safety to the residents at the same efficiency level. Smart buildings, on the other hand, are living beings in connection with an intelligent network.
Smart buildings are continually changing and enhancing their efficiency. In smart buildings, dozens of smart items such as sensors and actuators will be installed. These intelligent things will constantly monitor and interact with their surroundings and will communicate with one another via Ethernet connections or an internal wireless network.
Smart buildings can increase productivity by providing better lighting, thermal comfort, air quality, and security at a lower cost and with less environmental impact than traditional buildings.
Dozens of smart objects are there throughout an SBE in order to perform sensing and control of the nearby environment. The three main challenges that SBE faces are as follows:
Challenge 1: The physical position of smart devices, such as sensors, can have a significant impact on their performance. Additionally, it can affect their ability to carry out specific activities. The position of a light detecting sensor, for example, can have a significant impact on the ambient light. Apart from that, the Ethernet cable’s wireless network is necessary to allow faultless communication between these smart objects.
Challenge 2: It’s critical to understand how these smart objects integrated with SBEs interact with their surroundings. These devices can’t actually function entirely on the data they acquire from their immediate surroundings; they also require space data, such as building floor plans. Along with the data from the sensors and meters, data about the building architecture and geometry are necessary to do a performance or energy study of the SBE building.
Challenge 3: Maintaining the smart objects in the building and properly documenting the data from an SBE building are not easy tasks. The data in an SBE structure will be more sophisticated than in standard structures.
BIM can be particularly useful during the pre-construction phase of a project. Prior to breaking ground, the data-rich graphical model helps to identify any flaws.
The main benefit of using BIM to design an SBE building is a data-rich BIM model. It is useful in planning the layout and placement of sensors, actuators, tags, and meters inside the structure. One can check the SME building’s performance against set parameters, and modify the layout and location for optimum functional results.
BIM Implementation in SBE structures solves the difficulties of asset tracking and maintenance during the post-construction phases. A BIM Model stores the physical information of smart things and their installation position which are visible in 3D.
It’s time to accept that the places where we work and live shape us! A better building always has an impact on how happy and productive the people who live there are. The construction industry’s future is smart buildings.
The road to constructing amazing structures begins long before picking the first shovel of dirt. The only futuristic technology capable of driving that voyage is BIM.
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