Optimising embodied energy and thermal performance of thermal insulation in building envelopes via an automated building information modelling (BIM) tool Chen, Z, Hammad, AWA, Kamardeen, Imriyas and Akbarnezhad, A 2020, Optimising embodied energy and thermal performance of thermal insulation in building envelopes via an automated building information modelling (BIM) tool, Buildings, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 1-23, doi: 10.3390/buildings10120218. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Optimising embodied energy and thermal performance of thermal insulation in building envelopes via an automated building information modelling (BIM) tool Author(s) Chen, Z Hammad, AWA Kamardeen, Imriyas orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-3605 Akbarnezhad, A Journal name Buildings Volume number 10 Issue number 12 Article ID 218 Start page 1 End page 23 Total pages 23 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020-12-01 ISSN 2075-5309 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Technology Construction & Building Technology Engineering, Civil Engineering BIM insulation design building envelope multi-objective optimisation pareto-front LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF-THE-ART GENETIC ALGORITHM EXTERNAL WALLS OPTIMIZATION THICKNESS SIMULATION FRAMEWORK DESIGN RESPECT Summary Insulation systems for the floor, roof, and external walls play a prominent role in providing a thermal barrier for the building envelope. Design decisions made for the insulation material type and thickness can alleviate potential impacts on the embodied energy and improve the building thermal performance. This design problem is often addressed using a building information modelling (BIM)-integrated optimisation approach. However, one major weakness that lies in the current studies is that BIM is merely used as the source for design parameters input. This study proposes a BIM-based envelope insulation optimisation design tool using a common software Revit and its extension Dynamo to find the trade-off between the total embodied energy of the insulation system and the thermal performance of the envelope by considering the material type and thickness. In addition, the tool also permits data visualisation in a BIM environment, and automates subsequent material library mapping and instantiates the optimal insulation designs. The framework is tested on a case study based in Sydney, Australia. By analysing sample designs from the Pareto front, it is found that slight improvement in the thermal performance (1.3399 to 1.2112 GJ/m2) would cause the embodied energy to increase by more than 50 times. Language eng DOI 10.3390/buildings10120218 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1201 Architecture 1202 Building 1203 Design Practice and Management HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30146951 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 08:32:49 EST Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 13:12:09 EST Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 13:30:17 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 01:31:05 EST Mon, 08 Feb 2021, 11:07:17 EST Mon, 08 Feb 2021, 11:08:47 EST Mon, 08 Feb 2021, 15:05:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 9 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 08:32:49 EST

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