Tag: environment
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Bringing BIM to the Modern Built Environment: An Interview with Prof. Martin Fischer
We talked with Professor Martin Fischer of Stanford University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the run-up to WDBE. Our discussion covered what drew him to the discipline and the practical challenges of applying BIM in the modern built environment. An essential part of contemporary design, Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a valuable collaborative practice…
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Bringing BIM to the Modern Built Environment: An Interview with Prof. Martin Fischer
We talked with Professor Martin Fischer of Stanford University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in the run-up to WDBE. Our discussion covered what drew him to the discipline and the practical challenges of applying BIM in the modern built environment. An essential part of contemporary design, Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a valuable collaborative practice…
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Classification is the Bedrock to a Digital Built Environment
It seems we all agree the digitisation of construction and real estate is an imperative for buildings to be designed, constructed and operated more cost-effectively and deliver the changing needs of the building’s occupants. There is much discussion about the benefits of AI, MI, Digital Twins and not forgetting BIM to support the digital transformation…
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Digital Twins for a Safer Built Environment
As a native of Turin Italy, I was horrified at the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse last year. As a child and as an adult I have travelled over that bridge more times than I can imagine and have often pondered the what-if scenarios. What if it had happened when I or my loved ones were…
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Giving Heating Control to Residents is Good for the Environment
Heating in EU households accounts for 79% of the total energy consumption. In cold climate areas, like Finland, the percentage is even higher. Enermix set out to test how room-level control in district-heated apartment houses would affect the comfort of living and energy consumption. Janne Heinonen, Enermix “Our mission is to digitalize Finnish buildings, especially…
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KIRA-digi Experiments Paving Way for Built Environment Digitalization
KIRA-digi was a national built environment digitalization spearhead project of the Finnish government carried out in 2016-2019. The project supported 138 experiments with €4.7 million in funding from the government. Participating companies invested 7.8 million in total. Here are some of the experiments that we’ve featured on AEC-Business.com. Duuers: Better Proposals with Less Work Small…
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Digital Trust in the Built Environment
The Construction Blockchain Consortium, CBC, holds its first International Symposium titled Digital Trust in the Built Environment on June 6-7, 2019, in Paris. Held in collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB), the symposium will bring together leaders in the field of BIM, Distributed Ledgers, Semantic Web and the Internet of Things…
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Will International Standardization Make Data Flow in the Built Environment?
Some see standards as hindrances to development; others think the opposite is true. A Finnish strategy project argues that complying with international digital standards would both improve productivity and open up new business opportunities for built environment stakeholders. In early 2018, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment launched a project to devise a national strategy…
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The Law Clinic Paves Way to the Digitalization of Built Environment Processes
The Law Clinic offers legal advice on digitalization to built environment innovators and experimenters and in the process helps lawmakers find the pain points in legislation. In April 2018 the Finnish Ministry of the Environment launched an experimental legal service for real estate and construction professionals, municipalities, and lawmakers. The cost-free service is like a…
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World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2018
World Summit on Digital Built Environment WDBE 2018 takes place on September 11-12 in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. If you want to give a presentation or do a workshop at the international event, submit your proposal right away. Finland is an apt location for an event of this kind. As an EU country of…