Ein Softwarekonzept zur Internet-basierten Simulation des Ressourcenbedarfs von Bauwerken

Buildings require both for construction and due, to their comparatively long life cycle for maintenance, significant raw material and energy resources. So far available knowledge about resource consumption during an entire life cycle of a building is still quite rare, because various criteria affect each other and/or overlay mutually. In this thesis work a software concept is presented using an integrated approach for ecological balances of buildings. The essential point of the development consists of connecting an IFC based product model of a building via the Internet with (partially already available) data bases for the resource and the primary energy requirement of building materials. Furthermore, numerical simulations allow to calculate and minimize the resource requirement, the waste streams or also the noxious emissions. In the context of this work software programs for architects and engineers were developed, which help them to evaluate their design decisions objectively in early planning steps. Thus a substantial contribution for saving energy and natural resources can be provided in the sense of sustainable and ecological building design.