Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dastbaz, Mohammad (Editor), Gorse, Chris (Editor), Moncaster, Alice (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Energy.; Electric power production.; Sustainable development.; Structural materials.; Energy Efficiency.; Energy Technology.; Sustainable Development.; Structural Materials.
• Physical Description: XXIX, 326 p. 107 illus., 100 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319503462

This book charts the path toward high performance sustainable buildings and the smart dwellings of the future. The volume clearly explains the principles and practices of high performance design, the uses of building information modelling (BIM), and the materials and methods of smart construction. Power Systems, Architecture, Material Science, Civil Engineering and Information Systems are all given consideration, as interdisciplinary endeavours are at the heart of this green building revolution.