How BIM can facilitate
Sustainable Design and Green Initiatives.

A Seminar from Digital Drafting and Autodesk.

PURPOSE

Establish bridging strategies of environmental and architectural design to nurture sustainability. Analyze and understand applying practical fundamentals in BIM (Builidng Information Modeling) for a Sustainable Design Process.

Who Should Attend: Project Managers, Project Architects, Project Designers, Sustainable Directors
Length: Approximately 2 hour
Credits: 1 HSW Credits Available

The advantages to BIM technology can serve designers/project teams a valuable tool for increasing awareness, sharing computable data, and as an integral piece of the design process in sustainable design. BIM, used in programs such as Autodesk Revit, can uniquely facilitate Sustainable Design decisions and solutions on projects, with management of data, analysis, and documentation of parameters.

Location:
Sofitel Miami
5800 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, FL 33126

> Complementary admittance, breakfast and parking
> Raffles

AGENDA

Thursday, April 3rd 2008

9:30am - 10am:
Registration
10am – 11am:
John Boehms' Presentation
11:00am – 12noon:
Experience It Before It's Real
A sneak preview of the future of Autodesk Technology

Topics:

Green + Sustainability
Green of Today, Green of Precedent, Autodesk role in Sustainability,
Sustainability within the Industry

Preparation + Build
Practical Preparation of Model in BIM for Sustainable Design

Performance
Practical Application of BIM using 3rd party applications (GBS, IES Plug-In, Microsoft Project, Google Earth, e-Specs – Greening of Specifications)

Analysis
Practical Application of BIM for Daylighting Analysis — LEED IEQ 8.1

Documentation
Practical Application of BIM for LEED Documentation

Experience It Before It's Real
Sneak preview of the future of Autodesk Technology

PRESENTER

John B Boehms, AIA, LEED^®AP
AEC Architectural Technical Specialist

John is a Technical Specialist with Autodesk, focusing on the AEC Solutions Division concentration on the Architectural products. John joined Autodesk in May 07 after completing ten plus years with Perkins+Will as a Project Manager/Project Architect and an implementation specialist of BIM within in the Firm. He was accountable for managing BIM projects, chair to two firm-wide initiatives, and was an IDP mentor for young architects.

As a member of AIA and is a LEED^® AP, he has worked actively with his local community to establish a sustainable neighborhood approach to development, integration, and support to help facilitate best practices for small and large scale idealisms. As John's primary focus with Autodesk is support the AEC Solutions Architectural products, his industry experience in sustainable design and BIM technology has become an emerging connection between solutions based technology and passion for environment.

This event is endorsed by the
AIA COTE (Committee of the Environment)

For more information and to sign up, go to: www.ddscad.com/html/seminarregistration.html or call 305.445.6480.