NEWS In Brief
GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS RISE UK emissions of greenhouse gases rose by 3.1% in 2010 – with an estimate of 590.4m tonnes of MtCO2e, compared to 572.5m tonnes in 2009. Ministers put the blame on exceptionally cold weather and a greater use of fossil fuels.
RENEWABLES UP GLOBALLY Last year saw a 40% increase in the value of global renewable technology deals, according to PwC. The consultancy says much of the increase can be attributed to concern over nuclear power following the Fukushima crisis in Japan last year.
PLANNING GAINS QUERIED A study into the costs and benefi ts of the planning system fi nds that the government’s proposed reforms are likely to have little or no effect on growth and could even undermine public wellbeing.
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CORRECTION Mike Landy from the Renewable Energy Association has asked us to point out that he does not recall making some of the comments attributed to him in our article on the IMechE heating conference ‘Fabric of Success’ (February Journal, page 31). He believes the comments were made by other speakers during an open discussion at the end of the conference. We apologise for any errors made.
More professionals expect to be using BIM this year
One third of industry ‘already using BIM’
Almost everyone (19 out of 20) said they expected
● Professionals are increasingly taking up building information modelling
Almost everyone in the industry will be using building information modelling (BIM) in fi ve years’ time, according to the latest research into the adoption of this approach to building design and management. A survey of 1,000 construction professionals,
carried out by the software consultancy NBS on behalf of the government’s BIM Working Group, found that three quarters of people who were aware of it expect to be using BIM by the end of this year. However, a large number of fi rms think it is still
too expensive to consider at the moment and there remains some confusion about the defi nition of BIM, with many still referring to it as ‘3D CAD’. Almost one third of the sample (31%) said they
were using BIM at the end of last year. This is a considerable increase on 2010, when only 13% had adopted it. Only a fi fth (21%) said they were unaware of the technology compared with 43% a year earlier.
to be using it on projects by 2017, according to the NBS research. A majority of users (65%) say using BIM
technology delivers cost effi ciencies, and a growing number report that clients will increasingly insist on it being used on their projects. However, the economic situation is reportedly
slowing adoption: ‘The survey revealed that the perceived expense and time commitments involved in adopting BIM technology remain the main barriers to greater industry-wide adoption in the current economic climate, particularly for smaller businesses,’ said NBS. Stephen Hamil, head of BIM at RIBA Enterprises,
said: ‘The survey clearly shows that the question is no longer will BIM be adopted, but how quickly? The fact that three quarters of those aware of BIM predict they will be using it on projects by the end of the year shows the speed with which things are moving.’
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8 CIBSE Journal March 2012
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