The building performance sketch

Building Research and Information

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-208

  Donn, Michael ^a   Selkowitz, Steve ^b   Bordass, Bill ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Usable Buildings Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

building information models; buildings; design process; design tools; early design; energy efficiency; feedback; performance simulation; post occupancy evaluation (PoE)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - BIM; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TOOLS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION;

BUILDINGS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84858162311     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2012.655070     Document Type: Article

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