Sharing Information between BIM and HVAC Design Software Tools

Stephen gives an overview of various interoperability schemes like the open-source Green Building XML that allow building information modeling (BIM) authoring tools to transfer information to HVAC analysis tools. As BIM becomes more accepted, it is vital that information be shared between various HVAC design tools. For example, HVAC engineers are able to extract the mechanical and building property information to perform duct and pipe design, and HVAC load calculations. As software becomes more available in the "cloud", interoperability schemas become much more important since information needs to be transferred in a structured format from mobile and desktop devices.