Tim Dufault, FAIA – Concert CRO
The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provided a small measure of hope that catastrophic climate change can be avoided, but only with a concerted effort from several key industries including buildings, transportation, and urban design. These have historically been some of the least technologically advanced but that has been changing rapidly with digitization and automation
So, What Does Digital Design Data have to do with Saving the World?
In a word – Everything! The building industry emits or creates forty percent of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.
To make progress on reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, we must focus on four key practices:
- Efficiency – We must create more efficiency in the processes for design, construction, and operations in the built environment
- Modeling – Testing ideas virtually first reduces the application of less-than-ideal solutions and the carbon impacts of those decisions.
- Measurement – You cannot change what you don’t measure
- Recording – There must be a method to track and record the data on performance and impacts so we can better understand the outcomes.
To achieve the carbon reduction goals and keep global warming to less than 1.5°celsius, we must make radical changes to the design, construction, and operational processes in buildings, full stop. CO2 emissions come from emitted and embodied sources, thusly, significant improvements must come from energy efficiency (Scope 1/2), system and material changes (Scope 2/3), and a long-term focus on behavioral changes (Scope 3). Just re-tooling existing building systems and processes will not achieve the necessary reductions. Digital Design Data (3D) processes offer the foundation for a data-centric system whereby we create the ability to model decision-making and application, measure the projected outcomes, and create a record of the data to promote more efficient systems and performance over the life of the building.
3D is the code for building.
It starts with how we use 3D to improve building efficiency and how we model those changes. Capturing the impact of every material, system, and operation in a building is a complex problem, but it is possible. It requires early modeling to assess the impact of decisions on the building’s design, construction, and operational processes. Artificial Intelligence and generative design programs reconcile the hundreds of permutations that define outcomes; from changes in materials, changes in systems, changes in system performance, operational sequencing, and, most importantly, the impact of human interactions. Capturing and creating an enduring record of the model’s evolution will help inform how those human interactions must change. But for it truly to improve efficiency, it must extend well beyond early modeling, it must continue throughout design AND construction because changes in any material or system will fundamentally change the outcomes. This early model, the Architect’s model, must become the only authorized source of truth.
Beyond the process of modeling outcomes, 3D defines the Design Intent, and it should be used for construction. We believe, soon this will become the norm in the industry – because it makes sense. The reduction in information fidelity and the opportunity for errors/misinterpretation that results from the translation of 3D to 2d plans and specifications are significant. Sharing the 3D information and using it as the basis for construction is the most efficient method for achieving the Design Intent. The information embodied captures the scale, scope, and quality of materials and systems. The efficiencies gained during construction will shorten the overall timeframe and will improve the cost performance – across the board. 3D is the Code for Building!
Construction is not static, it is a dynamic system where information changes, systems are changed, or substitutions replace original solutions – the inputs change every day. There are new tools in the market that are designed to capture information – Doxel and OpenSpace are two that come to mind – but there must be a tool that captures the record of how that information changed the Design Intent.
Concert, with its Blockchain-based record and data interrogation, is that mechanism. Concert is built to create a robust record of each iteration, activity, and author of each thread in the data stream, and serves as the foundation of the full digital sharing system – it is the underlying “OS” for all 3D systems.
Because of the Blockchain record, Concert gives all participants in the process confidence in the data, confidence in the authority of that data, and confidence in the chain of custody at each step along the way. Confidence in the data will positively shape decisions as it begins to inform with greater detail the impact of those decisions. Confidence in the data will promote efficiency as the ability to use that data directly becomes more integrated into the overall process. With efficiency comes improved performance and outcomes that will move us closer to achieving greater reductions in GHGs in the building industry.
We can get there and achieve our goals but doing so will require work and changes from all of us. Next week, we will discuss how Concert aids in the measurement of performance, emissions, and outcomes to inform and record the impact of a building or set of buildings.
"Tim Dufault, Mkurugenzi wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa Utafiti wa U "Hii imekuwa ya kihistoria baadhi ya chini ya teknolojia ya maendeleo, lakini kwamba imekuwa kubadilika kwa kasi na digitization na automatisering. ""Kwa hiyo, nini Digital Design Data kufanya na kuokoa dunia?" Kwa neno moja <unk> Kila kitu! Sekta ya ujenzi hutokeza au hutokeza asilimia 40 ya kaboni dioksidi katika angahewa letu. Ili kufanya maendeleo katika kupunguza uzalishaji wa gesi ya chafu (GHG), lazima tuzingatie mazoea manne muhimu: Ufanisi: Lazima tufanye ufanisi zaidi katika michakato ya kubuni, ujenzi, na shughuli katika mazingira yaliyojengwa; Modeling: Majaribio ya mawazo: Kwa kweli kwanza hupunguza matumizi ya suluhisho zisizo bora na athari za kaboni za maamuzi hayo. - Upimaji <unk> Huwezi kubadilisha kile usichopima <unk> Kurekodi <unk> Lazima kuwe na njia ya kufuatilia na kurekodi data juu ya utendaji na athari ili tuweze kuelewa vizuri matokeo. Ili kufikia malengo ya kupunguza kaboni na kuweka joto la dunia chini ya 1.5 ° C, ni lazima tufanye mabadiliko makubwa katika muundo, ujenzi, na michakato ya uendeshaji katika majengo. Kwa sababu CO2 hutoka kwenye vyanzo vya hewa, maendeleo makubwa yanapaswa kutokea kwa ufanisi wa nishati (Scope 1), mabadiliko ya mfumo na vifaa (Scope 2), na kuzingatia kwa muda mrefu mabadiliko ya tabia (Scope 3). Tu re-tooling mifumo ya ujenzi zilizopo na michakato si kufikia kupunguza muhimu. Mchakato wa Data ya Ubunifu wa Dijiti (3D) hutoa msingi wa mfumo wa data-centric ambapo tunaunda uwezo wa kuunda muundo wa maamuzi na matumizi, kupima matokeo yaliyopangwa, na kuunda rekodi ya data ili kukuza mifumo bora na utendaji katika maisha ya jengo. 3D ni kificho cha ujenzi. Kwa mfano, tunaweza kutumia 3D kuunda muundo wa majengo na kuunda muundo wa majengo. Kuchukua athari za kila nyenzo, mfumo, na operesheni katika jengo ni tatizo tata, lakini inawezekana. Inahitaji modeling mapema kutathmini athari za maamuzi juu ya kubuni ya jengo, ujenzi, na michakato ya uendeshaji. Programu za ubunifu wa bandia na programu za muundo wa kizazi hupatanisha mamia ya mabadiliko ambayo hufafanua matokeo; kutoka mabadiliko katika vifaa, mabadiliko katika mifumo, mabadiliko katika utendaji wa mfumo, utaratibu wa uendeshaji, na, muhimu zaidi, athari za mwingiliano wa binadamu. Kukamata na kuunda rekodi ya kudumu ya mageuzi ya mfano itasaidia kutoa habari jinsi mwingiliano huo wa kibinadamu lazima ubadilike. Lakini kwa kweli kuboresha ufanisi, ni lazima kupanua zaidi ya modeling mapema, ni lazima kuendelea katika kubuni na ujenzi, kwa sababu mabadiliko katika nyenzo yoyote au mfumo itakuwa kimsingi kubadilisha matokeo. Mfano huu wa mapema, mfano wa Mhandisi, lazima uwe chanzo pekee kilichohakikishwa cha ukweli. Kwa upande mwingine, kwa sababu ya muundo wa muundo wa 3D, ni muhimu kuamua ni nini ni nini, na ni nini kinachohitajika kwa ajili ya ujenzi. Tunaamini, hivi karibuni hii itakuwa kawaida katika sekta <unk> kwa sababu ina maana. Kupungua kwa uaminifu wa habari na fursa ya makosa ya tafsiri ambayo hutokana na tafsiri ya 3D kwa 2D mipango na vipimo ni muhimu. Kuunganisha na kuunganisha data ya 3D na kuitumia kama msingi wa ujenzi ni njia bora ya kufikia lengo la kubuni. Habari iliyoingizwa huonyesha kiwango, upeo, na ubora wa vifaa na mifumo. Ufanisi kupatikana wakati wa ujenzi itapunguza muda wa jumla na kuboresha utendaji wa gharama <unk> katika bodi. 3D ni kificho cha ujenzi. Ujenzi si static, ni mfumo wa nguvu ambapo habari mabadiliko, mifumo ni kubadilishwa, au substitutions kuchukua nafasi ya ufumbuzi wa awali <unk> pembejeo kubadilika kila siku. Kuna zana mpya katika soko ambayo ni iliyoundwa kwa ajili ya kukamata habari <unk> Doxel na OpenSpace ni mbili kwamba kuja akilini <unk> lakini lazima kuwe na chombo kwamba kukamata rekodi ya jinsi kwamba habari iliyopita Design Intent. Concert, na yake blockchain-msingi rekodi na data uchunguzi, ni utaratibu huo. Concert ni kujengwa kwa ajili ya kujenga rekodi imara ya kila iteration, shughuli, na mwandishi wa kila thread katika mkondo wa data, na hutumika kama msingi wa kamili digital kushiriki mfumo - ni msingi <unk>OS<unk> kwa ajili ya mifumo yote 3D. Kwa sababu ya rekodi ya blockchain, Concert inatoa washiriki wote katika mchakato imani katika data, imani katika mamlaka ya data hiyo, na imani katika mlolongo wa ulinzi katika kila hatua njiani. Uaminifu katika data utaunda maamuzi kwa njia nzuri wakati inapoanza kutoa habari kwa undani zaidi juu ya athari za maamuzi hayo. Uaminifu katika data itakuza ufanisi kama uwezo wa kutumia kwamba data moja kwa moja inakuwa zaidi jumuishi katika mchakato wa jumla. Ufanisi unakuja na utendaji ulioboreshwa na matokeo ambayo yatatusaidia kukusanya karibu zaidi kufikia kupunguzwa kwa GHG katika sekta ya ujenzi. Tunaweza kufika huko na kufikia malengo yetu lakini kufanya hivyo itahitaji kazi na mabadiliko kutoka kwetu sote. Katika makala hii, tutazungumzia jinsi Concert inavyoweza kusaidia katika kupima utendaji, uzalishaji, na matokeo ili kutoa taarifa na kurekodi athari za jengo au seti ya majengo.