Can BIM be the core of your Green Building strategy?
Can BIM be the core of your Green Building strategy? Sustainable/green designing are driving a sea of change in the construction industry across the globe. A SmartMarket report says that Green Buildings enjoy an 8% savings in operating cost in the first year itself and that the building asset value also goes up by as much as 7%. This World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket Report projected that while 27% of the industry was doing “more than 60% of their projects green” in 2021, this number would grow to 47% -i.e. nearly half of all construction projects. This can be seen in a couple of different ways. One that the trend of building Green Buildings is growing. These buildings are designed to be inherently more conscious and sustainable in how they use resources. They are typically LEED certified and the focus is more on running them “green.” From our perspective, there is, of course, another angle to this too. That is, how can the process of construction itself be more enviro...