![]() ![]() “The quantifiable benefits of BIM for the design and construction industries – increased efficiencies and reduced costs – have become much more obvious over the past few years,” says Michael DeLacey, president of Microdesk. Now, owner/operators and facility managers are able to benefit from the tangible ROI provided by BIM. Owner/Operators and the Extended Lifecycleįor many years, architecture was the recipient of benefits from BIM, then the interest expanded very quickly to construction. “Future cities need to be more complex than the cities of today,” he said.Īlso biogas and water infrastructures need to be open to constant change. He envisions transparent solar panels that will be electrically produced. He talked about the “electric city,” with electric cars that need to be produced locally. “Cities need to be sustainable, flexible and also producers of resources.” “Our houses and cities are producing increasing amounts of data,” said Thydell. The China Accord is a manifestation of the efforts of architects and planners in China and internationally to lower greenhouse emissions in the built environment.Īt Autodesk University, Michael Thydell, BIM strategist, talked about the “100 Story Sensor” as the backbone of Smart City. In our coverage of COP21/CMP11it was noted by Prince Charles of the UK that climate change was a huge factor in nations’ suffering from famine and drought, which caused people to need to migrate away from their homes, which caused deep distress leading to terrorism.Īccording to Ed Mazria, Architecture 2030 Founder and CEO, the long term goal of the resultant Paris Agreement committed almost 200 countries including the U.S., China, India and the EU nations, to keep the global average temperature increase to “well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C”. This amazing event came on the heels of the plane crash in Egypt caused by a terrorist bomb, sending shock waves of sadness around the world. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) held in Paris this year called for an end to fossil fuel emissions by the year 2050. The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the U.N. ![]() 1 Merchant Square, London, Robin Partington & Partners Architects ![]()
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