A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter is the leading guide to architectural design within a building information modeling (BIM) workflow, giving the practitioner a clear procedure when designing climate‐load dominated buildings. It focuses on onsite energy systems. On‐site, or distributed, energy generation has distinct advantages: It eliminates transmission losses; It represents a scalable energy source; It supports passive survivability; It is an opportunity for architectural expression; Building‐integrated photovoltaics displace other envelope cladding materials; It sustains technological innovation; The most visible if not iconic types of onsite energy generation are solar photovoltaic systems, by which sunlight is converted to useable electrical power. BIM can be a useful tool in supporting the design and optimization of photovoltaics (PV). While photovoltaic arrays generate electrical energy from sunlight through an electronic process, solar thermal systems passively heat a fluid by solar radiation. As with PV, collectors for solar thermal energy are the most prominent architectural feature of these distributed energy systems.
This chapter is the leading guide to architectural design within a building information modeling (BIM) workflow, giving the practitioner a clear procedure when designing climate‐load dominated buildings. It focuses on onsite energy systems. On‐site, or distributed, energy generation has distinct advantages: It eliminates transmission losses; It represents a scalable energy source; It supports passive survivability; It is an opportunity for architectural expression; Building‐integrated photovoltaics displace other envelope cladding materials; It sustains technological innovation; The most visible if not iconic types of onsite energy generation are solar photovoltaic systems, by which sunlight is converted to useable electrical power. BIM can be a useful tool in supporting the design and optimization of photovoltaics (PV). While photovoltaic arrays generate electrical energy from sunlight through an electronic process, solar thermal systems passively heat a fluid by solar radiation. As with PV, collectors for solar thermal energy are the most prominent architectural feature of these distributed energy systems.
Onsite Energy Systems
Lévy, François (author)
BIM in Small‐Scale Sustainable Design ; 183-203
2011-11-18
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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