Virtual building environments (VBE) - Applying information modeling to buildings

Conference · Mon Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:841066

Bazjanac, Vladimir

A Virtual Building Environment (VBE) is a ''place'' where building industry project staffs can get help in creating Building Information Models (BIM) and in the use of virtual buildings. It consists of a group of industry software that is operated by industry experts who are also experts in the use of that software. The purpose of a VBE is to facilitate expert use of appropriate software applications in conjunction with each other to efficiently support multidisciplinary work. This paper defines BIM and virtual buildings, and describes VBE objectives, set-up and characteristics of operation. It informs about the VBE Initiative and the benefits from a couple of early VBE projects.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Building Technologies Program (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 841066
• Report Number(s): LBNL-56072; R&D Project: E22701; TRN: US200513%%181
• Resource Relation: Conference: European Conference on Product and Process Modeling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM) 2004, Istanbul (TR), 09/08/2004--09/11/2004; Other Information: PBD: 21 Jun 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
BUILDINGS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN