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1. How to Work with a Building
Information Model (BIM) for
Life-Cycle Assessment?

2. BIM & Life-Cycle
Assessment (LCA)
• BIM (Building Information Modeling)encourages
integrated design & enhances collaboration amongst
stakeholders throughout project life-cycle phases.​
• Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA), on the other hand, is an
appropriate technique for evaluating environmental
performance. ​

3. Design guidelines for a BIM
appropriate for LCA automation:
• Apply uniform & clear material labeling​
• Prefer layered elements for multiple​
• material items​
• Model objects as hollow​
• An export model with steel reinforcement​
• Verify elements & categorize them as per IFC​
• Never be concerned about problems in model​
• components needless for LCA​

4. • Apply uniform & clear
material labeling
• Ensure that the labels are legible and accurate (using specific
technical references).
• Instead of Airspace, Foreground, White, etc., use ready-mix
concrete, cast-in-place, or steel steps.
• Speak in your native tongue.
• Avoid definitions in conflict with one another by using precise
material designations whenever possible, like ‘Concrete’ for one
object's material & ‘Brick’ for another.

5. 2. Prefer layered elements
for multiple material items
• Apply objects that have the necessary materials with
applicable thicknesses, including potential airspaces​
• Apply labeling like an interior wall, gypsum and steel studs to
your objects' labels if they are specified as solid objects​

6. 3. Model objects as hollow
• Model items as hollows or else indicate in labeling when
they are intended to be hollow.​
• You should refer to your slabs as hollow core slabs if hollow
items are shown as solids. ​

7. 4. Export model with steel
reinforcement
• Structural models can be saved with or without reinforcements
for ease of use.​
• While utilizing a model for LCA, it doesn't have reinforcement
steel incorporated in the concrete​
• You will need to manually add the proper amount of
reinforcement.​

8. 5. Verify elements & categorize
as per IFC
• To prevent ambiguity &​ mistakes in the application & analysis of
the model, BIM engineers have to verify elements & categorize
them related to IFC.
• If the classification is incorrect, your scope may be incorrect
because it will be utilized for filtering.

9. 6. Never be concerned about
problems in model
components needless for LCA
• Only the structure & enclosure should be included in LEED v4
LCA​
• Verify the necessary scope with your client, and then
concentrate on it​

10. Contact Us
To know more about the tips
for making a BIM model work
for life-cycle assessment
240-899-7711
info@topbimcompany.com
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