HBIM and Thermal Performance in Historical Buildings

Abstract

States are making regulations with the aim of reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050. Buildings, which are responsible for a quarter of the energy consumed in the world, are within the scope of these regulations. Generally, policies developed cover new buildings. Since buildings with heritage value have a large share in the world, especially in Europe, they should not be separated from the policies developed. Heritage buildings will be important in achieving future energy targets with energy performance improvements. For this reason, it is necessary to increase the thermal performance of buildings with heritage value. Reinforcement in heritage buildings is usually carried out in the building envelope. However, this improvement process is quite difficult. Because the improvements should be carried out by considering the heritage values. The recent use of BIM-based systems has contributed positively to this process. All interventions to be performed on the HBIM model obtained from point clouds can be calculated and evaluated in advance. In this study, parametric performance calculations were performed over the BIM-based software Revit, taking into account the type and thickness of the insulation material over the HBIM model. The study was carried out on the Traditional Turkish House located in Ermenek district of Karaman province in Turkey. According to the results of the study, it was determined that the energy efficiency increased by 33% on average. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.