Description
Following Purcell's presentation on ‘HBIM for Historic Buildings: Refurbishment of Big Ben for UK Parliament' at AU 2022 this proposal looks at the need for information regarding energy and carbon analysis to be available to designers at early stages of project development especially when retrofitting existing buildings of a historical nature.
The standard workflows currently in use with applications such as Revit are based on creating mass elements which are then replaced with objects such as walls, floors etc. to produce models. By utilising tools such as the Insight energy and carbon analysis features developed by Autodesk along with redefining perceived workflows clients/building owners, designers and the wider built environment teams can provide more accurate assessments around historical buildings to ensure these truly amazing structures are retained and appreciated for generations to come.
Key Learnings
- Evaluate the capture of energy and carbon results on historic buildings.
- These tools can be used to explain to a wider audience how the built environment is responding to climate challenge.
- implement a process that will assist in explaining how these tools can deliver tangible data.
- Learn that capture of this information will assist with future developments and could also assist with future digital twin