Abstract
Buildings produce 40% of annual carbon emissions among various sectors in modern society. One of the most challenging problems of carbon management is how to monitor and calculate a building’s life-cycle energy consumption and carbon emission data during both construction and operation stages. The Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology provides a promising method to obtain and simulate buildings as-is status at different stages in the life cycle. This paper develops a framework for building a carbon emission management platform using the carbon emission factor method and BIM technology, which can derive corresponding carbon emission and measure carbon footprint with building geographic information to achieve precise positioning of carbon emission objects. The platform can achieve multi-role collaboration, equipment visualization, real-time carbon emission monitoring, and data analysis. The platform is applied to an existing building in Hohai University to assess the total carbon footprint of the building in its life cycle. This platform can greatly improve the calculation accuracy of the carbon footprint of buildings, improve data transparency, provide valuable information for building facility management personnel, and help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.
Recommended Citation
Jin, Chenhao; Huang, Qinlin; Sun, Xiaorong; Hao, Yunxi; Yao, Yuan; He, Xin; Wang, Liangshuo; and Jang, Shinae, "Life-Cycle Building Carbon Emission Management Platform based on Building Information Modeling Technology" (2021). ICEB 2021 Proceedings (Nanjing, China). 59.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2021/59