The need to recover from the negative effects of the industrial revolution on the environment drives us to increase the demand for sustainable development concepts, among which is the architecture and construction industry (AEC). These new concepts added to the architecture and construction industry, such as sustainable development, require adding new dimensions to the project model, which leads to the importance of building simulation and modeling in the construction industry. The large number of elements involved in building design and the complexity resulting from their interactions with themselves and the environment are the reasons for the emergence of building simulation and computer-aided modeling products that facilitate understanding the design and its process and improve its efficiency without sacrificing additional time and cost. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology is one of the most important of these products, as it enables energy saving and sustainable development in projects and becomes part of the architecture and construction industry. The research focused on its role in supporting and evaluating sustainability in the projects of students of the Department of Architecture. The design stage is one of the important stages in creating the basic requirements and making sustainable decisions for the building and applying BIM methods by verifying the possibilities of practical application in testing projects at different stages of the building life cycle, especially in the early stages. Because it forms the basis for making the critical decision for the building and thus determining the extent of its impact on the environment in the future. The research aims to enable students to test their projects in the design phase after including energy modeling techniques and tools in sustainability courses as an applied aspect of the theoretical concepts of sustainability. The research addressed one of the outstanding projects of students in the early stages, creating an energy model for it, then analyzing it with the INSIGHT360 tool to get a future reading of its impact on the environment and modifying the designer’s options to reach a sustainable building. As a result, the research reached recommendations that include a mandatory section for environmental plans for student projects within the application and should be part of the rating system to retain talented architects who contribute to a sustainable built environment. Based on the results of the analysis, the annual energy cost ($/m2/year) as well as the life cycle cost ($/m2/year) of the proposed project is $36/m2/year. Life cycle energy: Annual electricity consumption, 636 kWh/m2 (121 kWh/m2/year) HVAC systems as the highest percentage of the annual end use of electricity and a very small amount of the end use of fuel.

The Role of Modeling Techniques in Enhancing Sustainable Design Decisions

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2025年

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Zahraa M. Abbas,
Nawfal J. Rizqoo

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The need to recover from the negative effects of the industrial revolution on the environment drives us to increase the demand for sustainable development concepts, among which is the architecture and construction industry (AEC). These new concepts added to the architecture and construction industry, such as sustainable development, require adding new dimensions to the project model, which leads to the importance of building simulation and modeling in the construction industry. The large number of elements involved in building design and the complexity resulting from their interactions with themselves and the environment are the reasons for the emergence of building simulation and computer-aided modeling products that facilitate understanding the design and its process and improve its efficiency without sacrificing additional time and cost. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology is one of the most important of these products, as it enables energy saving and sustainable development in projects and becomes part of the architecture and construction industry. The research focused on its role in supporting and evaluating sustainability in the projects of students of the Department of Architecture. The design stage is one of the important stages in creating the basic requirements and making sustainable decisions for the building and applying BIM methods by verifying the possibilities of practical application in testing projects at different stages of the building life cycle, especially in the early stages. Because it forms the basis for making the critical decision for the building and thus determining the extent of its impact on the environment in the future. The research aims to enable students to test their projects in the design phase after including energy modeling techniques and tools in sustainability courses as an applied aspect of the theoretical concepts of sustainability. The research addressed one of the outstanding projects of students in the early stages, creating an energy model for it, then analyzing it with the INSIGHT360 tool to get a future reading of its impact on the environment and modifying the designer’s options to reach a sustainable building. As a result, the research reached recommendations that include a mandatory section for environmental plans for student projects within the application and should be part of the rating system to retain talented architects who contribute to a sustainable built environment. Based on the results of the analysis, the annual energy cost ($/m2/year) as well as the life cycle cost ($/m2/year) of the proposed project is $36/m2/year. Life cycle energy: Annual electricity consumption, 636 kWh/m2 (121 kWh/m2/year) HVAC systems as the highest percentage of the annual end use of electricity and a very small amount of the end use of fuel.