| Summary: | In the construction industry today there is a significant technological revolution going on. New methods for automated processes and information management are developed continuously. Intense studies are currently taking place to ensure ways and means to embrace the new technology of BIM. At the present, environmental certification systems are considered cumbersome and challenging. However, the increasing demands of sustainable development in the construction industry imply that the environmental certifications will not disappear. This Master Thesis examines the possibilities to apply BIM technology within the field of environmental certifications to streamline the processes. The applications that provide the best opportunities are: - To use BIM to be able to, during the design stage, dynamically evaluate the result or score a certain building will achieve. - To avoid unnecessary work through collection of data for calculations directly from a BIM-model. - To be able to automate certain time consuming calculations that are currently performed manually. - To automatically examine the completed model to ensure that the demands are fulfilled. The possibilities to use BIM within these areas are however limited by the technology itself. Today there are no BIM applications within the field that work satisfyingly, which hinders a large-scale implementation.
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