Green & Design - March/April 2009 - (Page 48)

green+technology leading LEED BIM to take LEED to the next level By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett Imagine a highly sophisticated building integrated modeling (BIM) software capable of calculating real-time energy and water use levels, for example, and USGBC LEED points based upon evolving design decisions, as they’re made. This “dashboard concept” is the centerpiece of a joint partnership between the USGBC and Autodesk. Essentially, Autodesk’s Phil Bernstein, FAIA, LEED AP, vice president of AEC industry strategy and relations, explains the concept as a “platform that allows you to predict the behavior of your building before you construct it, via a convergence of modeling, analysis, and sustainable validation into an improved design process.” With the USGBC revamping LEED into a more intelligent system, more capable of assessing the environ- A screen capture of the USGBC and Autodesk’s vision of a BIM-enabled next-generation version of LEED depicts a daylighting consultant sketching sun-shading devices to block out solar gain directly onto the building model. The software then responds, in real time, calculating increased daylighting levels and LEED energy and daylighting credits. 48 www.greenanddesign.com | March/April 2009 http://www.greenanddesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Green & Design - March/April 2009

Green & Design - March/April 2009
Contents
Editorial
Beyond Fad
Book Review
Products
Generation Green
Green Flags
LEED for Retail
Hola, la Ciudad
Eco-Mountain High
Beautiful Vision
A Better Bean
Under the Influence
Extreme Environmentalist
Leading LEED
To LEED or Not to LEED?
Products: Designer’s Picks
The Many Shades of Green
Ad Index

Green & Design - March/April 2009

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