Energy Efficiency and Optimization Quantification of Energy Consumption of BIM Model & Smart Buildings

Abstract

The process of emergence, innovation and evolution are the only constants in today's world, hence the study focuses on the methods which improve energy efficiency and provide sustainability. So in this process the concept of computer aided designs or computer software as BIM (Building Information Modeling) help through and through by making a 3-d model of a building and then by running energy analysis over it, also we have tried to go a little further to cover one aspect of making human life easy and convenient, by transferring or giving the authority to computers or systems, one such example of it is a smart system or smart building operations using simulation or simulator. Now, the question arises what are Smart Buildings? The answer to this question lies in the fact that the building which are intelligent itself are termed as smart buildings. Which can sense and then acts or reacts upon the prevailing situations are the characteristics of a smart building, and the basic purpose of Smart Home or building is to have a better control, management and interaction between the user and the surroundings. All the above mentioned things, they happen through the development of properly developed logical channels; through the use of simulation or simulators. So, after running energy analysis of the building on Green Building Studio (GBS), the results were very impressive as it saves a tremendous amount of energy and making building sustainable, and after that; when we run the Smart Building Simulators which were developed on Simulink and by using the same parameters initially set for the building; the results were astonishing; as they bettered the results of GBS and proved to be more energy efficient and sustainable by using 23.5 % less energy and hence less energy consumptive. So it can be concluded that Smart Buildings through the aid of simulation are very beneficial, as it caters the need of the hour as: energy efficiency and sustainability.