Guidelines for the Implementation of BIM for Post-Occupancy Management of Social Housing in Brazil

Maria Conceição da Costa Silva, Alyx Diêgo Oliveira Silva, Emilia Rahnemay Kohlman Rabbani, Luciana H. Alencar, George da Mota Passos Neto, João Pedro Couto () and Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez
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Maria Conceição da Costa Silva: Civil Engineering Department, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife 50720-001, Brazil
Alyx Diêgo Oliveira Silva: Civil Engineering Department, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife 50720-001, Brazil
Emilia Rahnemay Kohlman Rabbani: Civil Engineering Department, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife 50720-001, Brazil
Luciana H. Alencar: Management Engineering Department, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
George da Mota Passos Neto: Management Engineering Department, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
João Pedro Couto: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez: Department of Construction Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-20

Abstract: This study presents an analysis of the potential uses of BIM for managing the maintenance and refurbishment of existing housing assets to propose thermal comfort and energy efficiency guidelines for future social housing projects in Brazil. To do so, a case study analysis of a residential development with social–environmental certification in the city of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil was performed, and a literature review on the use of BIM for residential unit maintenance was conducted. The standard house in the residential development was found to be noncompliant with the Brazilian standard for ventilation openings (NBR 15.220). Therefore, three alternative layouts were created and analyzed to meet the requirements of the standard as well as the needs of the residents. The authors recommend that socio-environmental certifiers use BIM models so that energy performance and other simulations can be carried out. The study also proposes guidelines for BIM implementation in future government housing projects. These guidelines were grouped into five categories: BIM encouragement, energy efficiency, maintenance management, user requirement management, and continuous improvement. The significance of this study is in providing a path for the gradual implementation of BIM for maintenance and post-occupancy management in the Brazilian housing program.

Keywords: energy management for maintenance; social interest housing; sustainability and energy efficiency; BIM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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