Connecting the knowhow of design, production and construction professionals through mixed reality to overcome building’s performance gaps

At present European buildings typically consume two to five times more energy than predicted at the design stage. An important cause of this performance gap is the discrepancies between the design specification and the As-Built condition. Such discrepancies are mainly due to the gaps in knowhow between design, production and construction...

Open standard CMO for parametric modelling based on semantic web

The Open Standard Concept Modelling Ontology (CMO) with Extensions makes it possible to store parametric modelling semantics and parametric geometry in a Semantic Web environment. The parametric and geometrical part of CMO with Extensions is developed within the EU project Proficient. The nature of the Semantic Web with support for multiple...

Interoperable tools for designing energy-efficient buildings in healthcare districts

The EU funded collaborative research project STREAMER aims on Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB), focusing on mixed-use healthcare districts. Besides innovations in EeB technology, special emphasis is laid on improving methodologies and tools used in the design process of new or retrofitted hospital buildings. STREAMER follows a model-based,...

Semantic BIM and GIS modelling for energy-efficient buildings integrated in a healthcare district

The subject of energy-efficient buildings (EeB) is among the most urgent research priorities in the European Union (EU). In order to achieve the broadest impact, innovative approaches to EeB need to resolve challenges at the neighbourhood level, instead of only focusing on improvements of individual buildings. For this purpose, the design phase...

Semantic product modelling and configuration: Challenges and opportunities

The European Semantic Web-based Open engineering Platform, project (SWOP 2008) is concerned with business innovation when specifying products to suit end-user's requirements and objectives This paper will show how Semantic Web (SW) technology of the Word Wide Web Consortium (W3C) can be used to its fullest to model the products to be developed...

Semantic product modelling with SWOP's PMO

Ontwerptool voor beter wooncomfort. IBuild: ICT-ondersteuning bij woningontwerp

iBuild is een hulpmiddel waarmee de consument zelf de voor hem belangrijke investeringen in zijn (toekomstige) woning kan bepalen. De software biedt dan ook veel aanknopingspunten voor de consument en het bedrijfsleven om al bij de eerste schetsen en bouwplannen rekening te houden met een gezond en comfortabel binnenmilieu