As the world economy leads countries and companies to retool, architecture, engineering and construction professionals are faced with a particularly challenging yet opportunistic environment. Financing for new construction has decreased, shifting the market in favor of existing buildings. Meanwhile, environmental responsibility has become less an option and more a requirement: governments are increasingly mandating energy efficiency and predictability, and tenants are eyeing energy and utility costs, along with indoor air quality and other factors, as key factors in their leasing and purchasing decisions.

Building information modeling (BIM) tools are empowering design professionals to make a difference, allowing AEC firms to more effectively implement sustainable design and greater building energy efficiency. BIM is an integrated process for exploring a project’s key physical and functional characteristics digitally. Based on a consistent, coordinated, computable model, BIM provides a foundation to meet sustainable design needs while increasing productivity in building design and construction. BIM enables earlier decision-making, better documentation, and the evaluation of alternatives for sustainable design or improvements based on early stage analysis before construction begins.

This hour-long webcast will discuss how architects, designers, engineers, contractors and building owners are using BIM solutions to improve predictability around building performance and costs for new and existing commercial buildings. Through a series of real-world examples, panelists will demonstrate how BIM can support sustainable design for new buildings with better informed decision making based on early-stage analysis. And how BIM facilitates the renovation of existing buildings using rapid energy modeling that quickly captures existing conditions, creating simple, accurate energy models, and evaluating options for improvement.

In this free webcast you’ll learn:

  • the benefits of BIM for:
    • rapid energy modeling of existing buildings
    • visualizing, simulating and analyzing a project digitally
    • helping building owners reach goals for sustainability and energy efficiency for new and existing building projects

Panelists include:

Ani Deodhar, Sustainability Program Manager, Autodesk

As Sustainability Program Manager, Aniruddha manages one of Autodesk’s Sustainable Buildings Living Labs strategies. He is currently building innovative solutions, such as rapid energy modeling, that simplify green energy retrofits in commercial buildings. He also co-developed C-FACT, a novel, business friendly methodology for setting corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets. Before joining Autodesk in 2009, Aniruddha spent over a decade in high technology in Asia, Europe and North America. He received his M.B.A with Distinction from the Kellogg School of Management and B.A.Sc Computer Engineering with Honors, from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.


Nils Blomquist, Preconstruction Manager, DPR

Nils Blomquist, LEED AP, is a Preconstruction Manager for DPR Construction with fourteen years of experience in the construction of technical projects including data centers, labs, and biopharmaceutical facilities. Mr. Blomquist is often a guest speaker at both local and national events, most recently at the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) Annual Conference. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and is a Member of the Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley.


Mitchell Dec, Associate, Senior Energy Analyst, Energy Department Manager, Glumac

Mitch leads the Glumac’s Energy Services Department in Portland, which specializes in energy modeling using eQUEST, VisualDOE, Ecotect, EnergyPlus, Revit, Google Sketchup, and Green Building Studio software packages for creating customized analysis on each new construction project. During Mitch’s five years at Glumac, he has completed energy models for high-rise multifamily building, institutional facilities, offices, athletic facilities, and data centers. His focus is on developing analytical models to aid owner and design team decisions to balance annual energy consumption, maintenance cost, and first cost to balance the life cycle economic impacts of sustainable design.
 Moderator:

Joel Makower, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com

Joel is Executive Editor of GreenBiz.com and author of "Strategies for the Green Economy," among other books. For more than 20 years, he has been a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line. The Associated Press has called Joel "the guru of green business practices."
 

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