Creating a net-zero world is one of today’s most pressing challenges. As one of the world’s most significant economic ecosystems, the construction industry plays a major part in achieving global sustainability goals.

In the meantime, the world is becoming increasingly urbanised. The share of the world’s population in cities is projected to rise to 60 percent by 2030. Global construction is predicted to continue output expansion to meet the surging urbanisation demand. It tells that simply cutting output or demolishing existing buildings is not an answer to environmental challenges. Sustainability can only be achieved by a complete transformation of the way we build and operate our facilities.

Residential and commercial buildings use large quantities of energy for heating, cooling, and lighting, generating significant greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting climate-change mitigation goals requires actions to reduce the energy demand in every stage of the building life cycle. However, improving heating and cooling systems at the planning and design stage is most desirable and cost-efficient.

In a BIM workflow, most of the effort in a project is shifted back into the detailed design phase. BIM enables MEP engineers to visualise the project and test what-if scenarios for sustainable design, select energy-efficient equipment, and therefore avoid modifications in the construction and O&M stages at a high cost. The detailed model can add value to any phase of the construction project; for instance, it can provide insights into energy consumption and improvements affecting sustainability at the O&M stage.

In this new white paper, Glodon introduces the approach of design-led sustainability based on MagiCAD products. It explains in detail how design innovations help optimise energy efficiency and the role of BIM technology during the project life cycle with a sustainable building project in downtown Oslo.

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