Building Information Modeling (BIM) is mainly used for the design and construction of new buildings. However, one main challenges facing BIM adoption existing or old buildings constructed without consideration their modeling obtaining raw accurate building data converting it to model. Based on this challenge, study develops a framework that uses different capture techniques buildings, then tran...

This study aimed to assess the impact of a four-point bonus system on recertification in Leadership Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) 2009 office space projects four metropolitan cities: Washington, DC, Chicago, New York, San Francisco. We analyzed 123 paired LEED-EB where each pair (i.e., certification–recertification) was used same building. The percentage avera...