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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). Engineers dont generally do reflected plans so Revit made it easier to generate regular floor plans that show their elements in a way they expect to see them.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVACie), released by the Engineer Research and Development Center for public review. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVACie), released by the Engineer Research and Development Center for public review. HVACie extends the existing Industry Foundation Class Coordination View including equipment and system information streamlining construction shop drawing and fabrication.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: The Enertia.

Natural Building

May 19, 2007. This can take the form of earth-sheltering in general, or some clever system of circulating air like the Enertia concept; coupled with sensible passive solar design, it is possible to approach a "zero energy" home. For example, no heating system is mentioned. The Earthbag Architecture of Akio Inoue.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Yurts: Living in.

Natural Building

March 16, 2007. They have circular lattice walls (reminiscent of baby gates tied together) and a cone-shaped roof supported by rafters that meet in a center ring. Where the struts meet the wall at the perimeter, a natural outward thrust occurs. They chew on everything in the yurt, including the wooden floor.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

In an effort to continue this success, GSA is evaluating the building rating tools at its disposal, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. performance building rating system in the United States. Alliance Environmental & Natural Systems Utilities, LLC. Alternative Energy Systems. Benike, Inc.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

Floors Retail. Floors Condos. Floors Rental. Floors Residential. Floors Examination Rooms. Floors Laboratories. Linked Files - Plumbing (Revit). I may not want a water heater visible in my HVAC floor plan and the plumbing views probably dont want to see a condensing unit in them.