Green Building XML
Encyclopedia
The Green Building XML schema, referred to as “gbXML”, was developed to facilitate a common interoperability model integrating a myriad of design and development tools used in the building industry. gbXML is being integrated into a range of software CAD and engineering tools. This interoperability standard reduces the time to develop a building and also assures that when the building is put into operation it can meet the design intent.
NIST
has studied building interoperability and determined more than $16B is wasted in the U.S. each year due to poor software integration and its impact on building and supporting a building. By extension, this poor interoperability results in HVAC and control systems that are not tuned to the "Design Intent" of the services engineer. Through standards like gbXML, industry can leverage their existing applications to achieve gains in interoperability that result in a myriad of cost and environmental savings.
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
has studied building interoperability and determined more than $16B is wasted in the U.S. each year due to poor software integration and its impact on building and supporting a building. By extension, this poor interoperability results in HVAC and control systems that are not tuned to the "Design Intent" of the services engineer. Through standards like gbXML, industry can leverage their existing applications to achieve gains in interoperability that result in a myriad of cost and environmental savings.
Green Building XML Modeling Software
- Bentley SystemsBentley SystemsBentley Systems, Incorporated is a software company that produces solutions for the design, construction and operation of infrastructure. The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction and operations...
Bentley Architecture - AutodeskAutodeskAutodesk, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that focuses on 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media and entertainment industries. The company was founded in 1982 by John Walker, a coauthor of the first versions of the company's...
RevitRevitAutodesk Revit Architecture often referred to as simply Revit is a Building Information Modeling software developed by Autodesk. It allows the user to design with both parametric 3D modeling and 2D drafting elements... - EcotectEcotectAutodesk Ecotect Analysis is an environmental analysis tool that allows designers to simulate buildingperformance right from the earliest stages of conceptual design...
- Square One research http://squ1.com
- EDSL Tas
- greenspaceLive gModeller http://greenspacelive.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=68
Green Building XML Analysis Software
- Lesosai 7.1 is a software for the certification, environmental impacts and thermal balance calculation of buildings
- DOE-2 - widely used and accepted freeware building energy analysis program developed by the US Department of Energy
- eQuest - "enhanced DOE-2.2 + Wizards + Graphics"
- Green Building Studio Green Building Studio Inc
- EcotectEcotectAutodesk Ecotect Analysis is an environmental analysis tool that allows designers to simulate buildingperformance right from the earliest stages of conceptual design...
- Square One research http://squ1.com
- EDSL Tas http://edsl.net
- greenspaceLive gEnergy
See also
- Building Information ModelingBuilding Information ModelingBuilding information modeling is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle.BIM involves representing a design as objects – vague and undefined, generic or product-specific, solid shapes or void-space oriented , that carry their geometry, relations and attributes...
- Computer aided facility management (CAFM)
- Building automationBuilding automationBuilding automation describes the functionality provided by the control system of a building. A building automation system is an example of a distributed control system...
External links
- Green Building XML Standards Site.
- buildingSMART International developer of ifcXML.
- IAI North American Chapter - a council of the National Institute of Building SciencesNational Institute of Building SciencesThe National Institute of Building Sciences is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that successfully brings together representatives of government, the professions, industry, labor and consumer interests, and regulatory agencies to focus on the identification and resolution of problems and...
(NIBS) - developer of aecXML - Machine 2 Enterprise - Blog Regarding Building Interoperability
- AECbytes - Analysis, Research and Reviews of AEC Technology
- Gehry Technologies - BIM Consulting and Technologies
- Bentley BIM - BIM Solutions
- Gridlogix - GBxml integration software for real time building integration
- Building Information Modeling at Autodesk - Information on Autodesk's Revit platform for BIM
- Vectorworks Architect by Nemetschek North America - Cross-platform BIM solution by Nemetschek North America
- German gbXML Website - Deutschsprachige Informationen zu gbXML
- greenspaceLive - greenspaceLive - the green building web