BIM v BEM
Ran across these DDS-CAD vids (the vids are are in English)... it struck me that the base information for energy modeling should be an integral part of the initial space programming exercise... or at least synchronised via ISM or something.
Room / Space data lie at the root of any process to design/size MEP services. A lot of this information is stored in ABD already. And, BBD is already a unified 'baumeister' set up where you can move walls one minute and place ducts the next, right?
Don't BBMS and BBES have to plug into a energy model, anyway? AecoSim Energy Simulator should merged into Building Designer. ES already has some Accudraw-based Space creation tools... why draw it twice if you don't have to?
1. Areas+heights=Volumes
2. Zones: perimeter heat loss/gain is directly related to the wall buildup U-value /air-permeability info that would be stored in ABD's F+P system.
3. Usage + equipment heat loads: FM type info that would be stored by SpacePlanner. How many monitors? No. of Workstations/space? Density? Kitchen? Population?
4. Design of airflow: What is the NR levels for each room? Quite rooms = low air airflow. WC's will have different figures. No of people = min fresh air rate. How many doors? Smoke?
5. Heating facilities: What is the design temperature required for each room? FM type data stored with SpacePlanner's data store.
6. Lighting: Needs to access the reflectance values of all the material surfaces in the space... stored in Mstn's materials/rendering .pal/.mat files. Lighting fixture stored in ABD's DG system. Daylighting component needs room geometry.. stored and edited in the ABD dgn. g-value of glazing? Let the pesky architect tune the materials and the light fixtures instead of the usual dumb fee-burning back and forth?
7. Plumbing: the plumbing fittings are the 'headwaters' elements that drive everything else. Sprinkler heads incl. Roof / Terrace drainage. Product selection stored in ABD's DG system.
8. ...?