elementslab developed methods for converting building models from multiple different software formats into the CityGML standard, and examined the implications of CityGML’s levels of detail (LOD) for building and urban energy simulation.
Sponsor
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Esri Canada
Research Team
Sheryl Staub-French
Ronald Kellett
Jon Salter
Victor Ngo
Yunpiao Bai
Nicole Sylvia
Daniel Espinosa
Esri Canada Team
Brent Hall
Krista Amolins
Michael Luubert
Planning the built environment for sustainability requires integration of multiple disciplines across phases (from project initiation to deconstruction) and scales (from building systems to whole cities). The IDEASS project developed conceptual frameworks and methods to enable this integration. This NSERC Engage project, in partnership with Esri Canada, focused more narrowly on the integration of discipline-specific representational tools.
This project developed methods for converting from multiple representation formats (e.g. BIM, CAD, SketchUp, 3D Studio, GIS) into the CityGML city modeling standard and subsequently into Esri’s 3D City Information Model (3DCIM). The purpose of this integration was to improve the availability of building data across all phases and scales of design, development, construction and operations.
The integration of these tools was explored through a lens of building and urban-scale energy simulation. This aspect of the project focused on the relationships between CityGML’s representational Levels of Detail (LOD) and the requirements of different energy simulation tools. This short six-month study provided a technical basis for subsequent built environment energy and emissions research in both the NSERC Engage Plus and Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions’ Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment projects.
Except where otherwise noted, the original work by Cynthia Girling and Ronald Kellett presented on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
elementslab is an applied urban design and environment research group in the School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture and the Centre for Interactive Research in Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.
