ABSTRACT In the past few decades, sustainability has become one of the world's most important but also controversial subjects. The construction industry, in particular, has a significant impact on societies’ sustainability, prompting the creation of certifications and standards designed for mitigating the impact of buildings on the natural environment. However, despite the efforts to clearly quantify a sustainable building, the complexity of this term and its assessment, challenge an easy evaluation. This article aims to connect Building Information Modelling (BIM) and sustainability, by means of an automated BIM-based software, to tackle this problem. This software, which was developed as a plugin for BIM-modelling software, assists on updating the applied certification by simplifying its parameters, easing its calculations and helping the user choose the credits to acquire. The example certification is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). However, since sustainability is such a broad topic, this article limits itself to a portion of LEED, extracting overall conclusions from the acquired results. This particular portion relates to stormwater runoff management, proposing an intuitive tool to calculate the runoff of a building site, regardless of building type, while also offering Low-Impact Development (LID) Best Managing Practices (BMP) to address the issues identified.

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用于自动化建筑可持续性评估的建筑信息建模

摘要 在过去的几十年里，可持续性已经成为世界上最重要但也有争议的话题之一。尤其是建筑行业，对社会的可持续性产生了重大影响，促使制定旨在减轻建筑物对自然环境影响的认证和标准。然而，尽管努力明确量化可持续建筑，但该术语及其评估的复杂性对简单评估提出了挑战。本文旨在通过基于 BIM 的自动化软件连接建筑信息模型 (BIM) 和可持续性，以解决此问题。该软件是作为 BIM 建模软件的插件开发的，通过简化其参数来帮助更新应用的认证，简化其计算并帮助用户选择要获得的积分。示例认证是能源与环境设计领导力 (LEED)。然而，由于可持续性是一个如此广泛的主题，本文将自身限制在 LEED 的一部分，从获得的结果中提取总体结论。这一特定部分涉及雨水径流管理，提出了一种直观的工具来计算建筑工地的径流，而不管建筑类型如何，同时还提供低影响开发 (LID) 最佳管理实践 (BMP) 来解决已识别的问题。从获得的结果中提取总体结论。这一特定部分涉及雨水径流管理，提出了一种直观的工具来计算建筑工地的径流，而不管建筑类型如何，同时还提供低影响开发 (LID) 最佳管理实践 (BMP) 来解决已识别的问题。从获得的结果中提取总体结论。这一特定部分涉及雨水径流管理，提出了一种直观的工具来计算建筑工地的径流，而不管建筑类型如何，同时还提供低影响开发 (LID) 最佳管理实践 (BMP) 来解决已识别的问题。