BIM based fast toolkit for Efficient rEnovation of residential Buildings
Project: BIM4EEB
Funding Period: 01.01.2019 bis 31.12.2022
Budget: approx. Euro 500.000 (TUD)
BIM4EEB Ontologies
The ontologies are published as an ontology suite. That is, there are several interrelated ontology modules, each focused on a particular theme. There are, as of now, ten different ontology modules. The Digital Construction Ontology Suite is shown in the following Table. Short descriptions of all ontologies in the ontology suite are provided. Only the general characteristics and the addresses of the ontologies are provided in the text.
The ontologies developed in BIM4EEB are published on the site:
- Development site: https://github.com/digitalconstruction
- Publication site: https://digitalconstruction.github.io/v/0.5/
- Permanent id: https://w3id.org/digitalconstruction/
| Ontology Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Contexts | Multi-contexts data: planned/actual, as-designed/as-built, levels of detail |
| Variables | Objectified properties for time-varying values, constraints, and value metadata |
| Entities | Basic categories with identifiers, classifications, breakdowns, and groupings |
| Processes | Activities and resources, resource assignments, and objects of activities |
| Agents | Actors, stakeholders, roles, legal persons, capabilities, capacities |
| Information | Information content entities, information containers, designs, plans, events, and issues |
| Materials | Building materials, material object structures, material properties, and material batches |
| Occupancy | Occupant behavior, comfort, safety, and health; indoor air quality and building acoustics |
| Lifecycle | Evolution of information through LOD levels and over the construction lifecycle |
| Energy | Energy efficiency including energy system |
The developed ontology suite is modularized. Some of the main classes considered in the BIM4EEB ontologies are illustrated in the following Figure.
Overview of BIM4EEB ontology classes
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