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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Net-UBIEP (Network for Using BIM to Increase the Energy Performance)

Teaser

Net-UBIEP Project aims at increasing energy performance of buildings by wide spreading and strengthening the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), during the life cycle of the building. The use of BIM will allow simulation of building energy performance using different...

Summary

Net-UBIEP Project aims at increasing energy performance of buildings by wide spreading and strengthening the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), during the life cycle of the building. The use of BIM will allow simulation of building energy performance using different materials and components, both to be used in the building design and/or in building design refurbishment while during the management will help to monitor the incorrect use of facilities and will facilitate the maintenance to keep the energy performance of the building at the values foreseen during the design.
To reach this aim Net-UBIEP Project sets several specific objectives, which are listed and explained hereafter.
1. Identify professional profiles involved in NZEB building sector and define specific BIM competences for each of those in order to get a repertoire of Professional competences for each phase of the building process and for any target. Four target groups, in fact, have already been selected according to the role they play in building processes, namely Public Administrations, Professionals (Engineers / Architects), Technicians (Installers / Maintainers), Tenants/Owners/Building Administrator.
2. Elaborate a three dimensional matrix for the identification of competences required to each of the above target group during the lifecycle of the building to ensure the highest energy performance. The three dimensional matrix will indicate competences needed in each construction phase: strategic definition, preparation and brief, concept design, development design, technical design, handover and close out, in use, refurbishment and eventual recycling/demolish.
3. Develop BIM Qualification Models to tackle the problem of energy competences gap in the existing buildings sector as a whole. BIM Qualification Models will be composed by a BIM Training Scheme and a BIM Qualification and/or Certification Scheme.
BIM Training scheme will be elaborated and validated through pilot training sessions with at least 1.000 professionals (500 Architects + 500 Engineers) and 1.100 technicians. 465 Public Administrations as well as 465 tenants/owners/building administrators. this activity is already started providing very good feedback.
Net-UBIEP Project will increase energy performance related competences of 6 professional figures: BIM evaluator, BIM facility manager, BIM manager, BIM coordinator, BIM expert, BIM user. Through project implementation BIM evaluators and BIM facility managers will increase their competences with energy performance (considering a 30% of female and a 70% of male). Trained BIM Managers, BIM Coordinators and BIM Experts will be able to implement BIM satisfying energy performance requirements (we count 40% of female, as they are the majority among architects, and 60% of male). BIM Users, in public and private sector, will know how to read BIM model with energy requirements (estimating 20% of female and 80% of male).
4. Standardize at European level the schemes for BIM Qualification Models through the presentation to regulatory body (CEN) of schemes for the recognition of BIM professional profiles within the CEN/BT/WG 215 “Building Information Modeling (BIM)”, which works in close relationship with ISO/TC 59/SC 13 - Organization of information about construction works. The possibility to include the qualification within existing buildingSMART qualification scheme will also be investigated.

Work performed

The first target, which has been involved in each country, is the public administration to understand their knowledge of BIM at national, regional and local level.
The partners have analysed the existing BIM profiles in each country and have verified that the building energy performance has never mentioned in the existing profiles.
The implementation of EU directive on the use of BIM in public tender has not been applied in each country at the same way.
the building design and construction stages are not the same in each country but the partners agreed to use, as reference, the RIBA approach, and a reference table has been built in order to identify the needed competences in each stage for each target, which is the base for the construction of the matrix foreseen in the project.

Final results

The extended use of BIM in all the building lifecycle stages, will allow the best energy performance of the building during its lifecycle as well for the refurbishment and the recycling. Some studies, for the use of BIM for the asset management, have demonstrated that the costs can decrease up to 50% as well as the environmental impact. As the new EU directive on public tenders foresee the use of BIM, we expect that by lowering the management costs of building owned by the public, funds for other services will be released and the social impact will increase.

Website & more info

More info: http://www.net-ubiep.eu.