Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow

Jieying Huang; Han Lin; Ruidong Chang; Shuming Huang

doi:10.1145/3463858.3463872

Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow

Jieying Huang
, Han Lin
, Ruidong Chang^*
, Shuming Huang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The building sector has high environmental impacts such as significant energy consumption and waste generation, which demands the development of tools to assess and reduce the impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) enables the quantification of the environmental impacts but also faces difficulties of detailed information acquisition. The application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers the possibility to simplify and optimize the LCA process on account of the abundant data stored in the 3D building model. Therefore, the BIM-LCA integration has a high potential. This paper aims to propose a holistic workflow framework of BIM and LCA based on the qualitative content analysis. The framework links four steps of the traditional LCA process, namely Goal and Scope, Life Cycle Inventory, Life Cycle Impact Assessment and Interpretations, with three components of the BIM process, namely Pre-BIM, Modelling and Collaborations, and Results Collection and Visualization, to streamline the BIM-LCA integration. Challenges and future research directions within the integration process are explored as well in this research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe)
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	104-108
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450389921
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3463858.3463872
Publication status	Published - 8 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2021-Europe - Virtual, Online, Spain Duration: 8 Jan 2021 → 11 Jan 2021 Conference number: 8th http://iciea.eu/2021.html

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2021-Europe
Abbreviated title	ICIEA
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Virtual, Online
Period	8/01/21 → 11/01/21
Internet address	http://iciea.eu/2021.html

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Huang, J., Lin, H., Chang, R., & Huang, S. (2021). Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow. In ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe) (pp. 104-108). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3463858.3463872

Huang, Jieying ; Lin, Han ; Chang, Ruidong et al. / Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow. ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. pp. 104-108 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Huang, J, Lin, H, Chang, R & Huang, S 2021, Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow. in ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 104-108, 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, ICIEA 2021-Europe, Virtual, Online, Spain, 8/01/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3463858.3463872

Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow. / Huang, Jieying; Lin, Han; Chang, Ruidong et al.
ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. p. 104-108 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Huang J, Lin H, Chang R, Huang S. Integration of Building Information Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment: Towards a Framework for Workflow. In ICIEA 2021- Europe: 2021 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (Europe). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2021. p. 104-108. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3463858.3463872

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