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Parametric Systems Modelling, Systems design, Systems Engineering, Systems Modelling Language (SysML), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Science & Technology, Technology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Multidisciplinary, Computer Science, Engineering, FOUNDATION CLASSES, OPTIMIZATION, CONSTRUCTION, 08 Information and Computing Sciences, 09 Engineering, Design Practice & Management, 40 Engineering, 46 Information and computing sciences

Abstract:

To support performance-oriented modelling for sustainable building design, one must both model geometric interdependencies in a parametric way and include non-geometric physical, environmental, and economic design reasoning. For this purpose, this paper examines the use of Systems Modelling Language (SysML) to model systems for sustainable building design and develops a method called Parametric Systems Modelling (PSM). Selected diagrams demonstrate the application of the method for performance-oriented building design and show generic models of typical requirements, design structures, internal processes, and item flows of energy and resources in a systems view. An exemplary implementation of a parametric system, which handles the trade-off between investments in both building envelope and heat generation technology, illustrates the use and benefit of systems modelling for decision-making. Further considerations address integrating systems modelling into the CAD/BIM-based design process. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.