Leveraging BIM to meet sustainable design goals

Rishi Nandi, Payette
Julian Astbury, Arup

Northeastern Universities' new 234,000GSF Integrated Science and Engineering Complex is the first phase of an ambitious plan to develop 600,000 GSF of new academic and research space adjacent to Ruggles Station. This new building will provide state-of-the-art research facilities, aimed at fostering collaboration across disciplines, and increasing the university's capacity to hire top faculty and academic leaders.

From the outset, the project goals have been to provide a building which is sustainable, energy efficient, comfortable, flexible and achieves a high LEED certification.

The use of Building Information Modeling combined with an integrated design process has led to a building which is tracking LEED Platinum.

This session will explore; how the building form, design of the exterior skin and creative mechanical design solutions helped minimize energy consumption; the design of the landscape for connectivity, water management and social interaction; use of BIM as an integral part of the design process.

Learning Objectives

  • How BIM works as a part of the coordination process from SD and integrating Rhino shading drawings into the energy model.
  • Benefits of embedding design information into the Revit model and façade optimization through CFD comfort studies.
  • Benefits of using the BIM model for calculations and design checking.

Biographies:

Rishi joined Payette in 2004 after receiving his BArch from Syracuse University. He has worked on numerous complex projects for the firm including the Harvard Art Museums, MIT's Physics (PDSI) and now the Northeastern ISEC. Rishi's focus is on design implementation of complex, energy intensive facilities that meet the end user's defined goals.

Julian Astbury is an Associate Principal in Arup's Boston office. He joined Arup as an honors graduate electrical engineer in 1993 and is a registered professional electrical engineer in both Europe and North America. Julian is committed to developing designs that integrate and automate electrical systems with other building systems. His electrical construction and construction administration experience allow him to work seamlessly in a multi-disciplinary environment.

 

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