{"id":5932,"date":"2023-07-18T10:18:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/ic3\/?page_id=5932"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:39:19","slug":"digital-energy-estimation-tool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/ic3\/digital-energy-estimation-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Energy Estimation Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5932\" class=\"elementor elementor-5932\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f532ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f532ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f113c2\" data-id=\"9f113c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd9ffa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bd9ffa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f63bc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f63bc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Digital Energy Estimation Tool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72ce89f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72ce89f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8ae635\" data-id=\"e8ae635\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b22596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b22596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\">In this research project the research team has developed a unique parametric design-based methodology for estimating total energy use in a building utilising BIM (Building Information Modelling) frameworks and protocols.\u00a0 Results from the work have indicated that embodied energy can be much more significant in the first few phases of the buildings life cycle, and material selection can be addressed within a parametric model.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\">In addition, the project had a unique multidisciplinary research approach to show how technologies such as BIM and virtual reality can be used to communicate the message of enhancing the performance of the built environment and the cities and communities it serves. 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