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C. Volko, M. Kornicki, U. Pont, A. Mahdavi:
"Numeric Thermal Bridge Simulation and Building Information Modelling: A Structured Coupling Approach";
Talk: enviBUILD2017 - Buildings and Environment - From Research to Application, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; 2017-09-07 - 2017-09-08; in: "12th international enviBUILD conference 2017 - Buildings and Environments - From Research to Application", U. Pont, M. Schuss, A. Mahdavi (ed.); Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology, TU Wien, (2017), 33.

This contribution illustrates recent development efforts for a better data interlinking between Building Information Modelling tools and numeric thermal bridge simulation applications. As widely recognized within the professional and research communities working in the fields of building informatics and building physics, the desired seamless data interchange between modelling and assessment tools with regard to relevant data on buildings, building components, and details. Moreover, this attractive possibility is hampered from a multitude of obstacles, which are related to different modelling techniques, missing input data, uncertainties regarding the full understanding of data interchange formats by all involved tools, etc. Progress regarding such data interchange has to be made in small and well-documented steps, so that potential end-users (architects, engineers, consultants) can benefit from the developments. Toward this end, we present recent implementation work within a state-of-the-art commercially available numeric thermal bridge simulation tool. Building information models based on the IFC-format can now be read within this tool. The present contribution illustrates the workflow, the benefit, and the limitations of the recent implementation, and delivers a proof of concept for this approach.

(no german version) This contribution illustrates recent development efforts for a better data interlinking between Building Information Modelling tools and numeric thermal bridge simulation applications. As widely recognized within the professional and research communities working in the fields of building informatics and building physics, the desired seamless data interchange between modelling and assessment tools with regard to relevant data on buildings, building components, and details. Moreover, this attractive possibility is hampered from a multitude of obstacles, which are related to different modelling techniques, missing input data, uncertainties regarding the full understanding of data interchange formats by all involved tools, etc. Progress regarding such data interchange has to be made in small and well-documented steps, so that potential end-users (architects, engineers, consultants) can benefit from the developments. Toward this end, we present recent implementation work within a state-of-the-art commercially available numeric thermal bridge simulation tool. Building information models based on the IFC-format can now be read within this tool. The present contribution illustrates the workflow, the benefit, and the limitations of the recent implementation, and delivers a proof of concept for this approach.

Integrated Planning, Building Information Modelling, Numeric thermal bridge simulation, IFC, Seamless Linking, Building Delivery Process, Building Informatics

http://bpi.tuwien.ac.at/envibuild/enviBUILD2017_book_of_abstracts.pdf