Angelo Ciribini

University of Brescia | UNIBS · Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Land, Environment and Mathematics

Within the overarching theme of “Managing the Digital Transformation of Construction Industry” the 23rd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2023) presented 123 high-quality contributions on the topics of: Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Simulation and Automation...

Within the overarching theme of “Managing the Digital Transformation of Construction Industry” the 23rd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2023) presented 123 high-quality contributions on the topics of: Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Simulation and Automation...

The Covid-19 pandemic influenced the way buildings are used and experienced. In particular, educational facilities were among the most affected by the pandemic in terms of use processes. This paper presents a methodology developed to re-organise spaces in a school building, a real case study, to allow safe re-opening. Social distancing and availabi...

In the last two years, the world has been overwhelmed by SARS-CoV-2. One of the most important ways to prevent the spread of the virus is the control of indoor conditions: from surface hygiene to ventilation. Regarding the indoor environments, monitoring the presence of the virus in the indoor air seems to be promising, since there is strong eviden...

Technological developments of the last decades are making possible to speed up different processes involved in construction projects. It is noticeable what building information modeling (BIM) can offer during the entire lifecycle of a project by integrating graphical and non graphical data, in addition to this, mapping the site with a 3D laser scan...

Processes of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry are known to be characterised by a high level of complexity in terms of activities and involved actors, which requires a consistent exchange of information through each phase of a project life cycle. A digital transition applied to information modelling and management may su...

The importance of educational buildings' Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is critically increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to protect occupants and preserve educational spaces where learning activities could proceed in attendance promotes the development of strategies to monitor and correct the indoor conditions on a real-time basis...

Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications powered by increased computational power and large availability of data are increasingly adopted. As all technological products, AI artefacts are not neutral thus can lead discriminatory outcomes. Currently, the literature of information technology in construction is mainly focused on AI applicati...

BEMS (Building Energy Management System) and BACS (Building Automation and Control System) make available a high quantity of data on consumptions, indoor and outdoor conditions and users' profiles of a buildind that can drive the choice of energy retrofit interventions. Moreover, the current developments in the digitalization of the building proces...

The paper provides support in the definition of COVID-19 protocols in order to allow the safe re-opening of an educational building. It also derives a reusable approach extendable to other building typologies. The integrated adoption of multiple simulation-oriented technologies is investigated. A case study is considered, where crowd simulation, ag...

The approach to the built environment as a container of human activities has been severely outdated with a new vision that puts the user, his/her well-being and his/her experience, at the centre, shifting from the old “building as a product” to the newer “building as a service” and the newest “building as an experience” concept. Nevertheless, the s...

The EU Green Deal, beginning in 2019, promoted a roadmap for operating the transition to a sustainable EU economy by turning climate issues and environmental challenges into opportunities in all policy areas and making the transition fair and inclusive for all. Focusing on the built environment, the voluntary adoption of rating systems for sustaina...

Occupancy analyses represent a crucial topic for building performance. At present, this is even true because of the pandemic emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 and the need to support the functional analysis of building spaces in relation to social distancing rules. Moreover, the need to assess the suitability of spaces in high occupancy buildings as the...

The digitalization of the process for building permit (involving the use of 3D information systems) is seen as a priority in a wide part of the world. Since it is a very multidisciplinary use case, involving a variety of stakeholders tackling complex issues and topics, some of them joined their efforts and skills in the European Network for Digital...

In the last few years, the technology re-evolution has deeply transformed several aspects of everyday life. For sure, one technology with a strong impact is the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT paradigm made it possible to break down the data barrier between the vertical domains on which the traditional information and communication tech...

The current perspective about urban development expects 70% of energy consumption will be concentrated in the cities in 2050. In addition, a growing density of people in the urban context leads to the need for increased security and safety for citizens, which imply a better lighting infrastructure. Smart solutions are required to optimize the corre...

Regeneration of existing buildings and abandoned areas is a governmental and European key objective. This research focuses on Poveglia: an abandoned island in the Venetian lagoon, Italy. The underpinning idea concerns the upgrade of Poveglia to a zero energy Cognitive University Campus, connected to other educational institutions in the lagoon. The...

Educational buildings across Europe refer to a large amount of structures for which critical interventions are necessary. Particularly, for old buildings, comprehensive refurbishment efforts are essential, in order to enhance the indoor comfort conditions and establish the best possible settings for students and users. Evidently, the above issue is...

Nowadays, in a user centered design approach, one of the main parameters for assessing the well-being of building spaces is Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), which can assure a crucial level of comfort and optimal conditions to preserve users’ productivity and cognitive performance. Research works in this direction mention that with 1000 ppm of CO 2 concen...

IoT networks for data gathering in the buildings allow to control and manage the operational phase of the systems for ventilation and IAQ, optimizing the energy flows and the indoor comfort conditions. The concept of Cognitive Building steers the implementation of such networks in the assets considering the sensors as scattered systems to inform an...

p class="Abstract">In recent years, energy-savings policies have affected many aspects of everyday life. Considering a typical building, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is the most energy-consuming system. This consideration is especially true for large public-access buildings, such as schools, and public administration...

Considering the remarkable shift that the digitalisation is nowadays bringing about in the building sector, the paper focuses on how the great amount of data collected around assets is changing the way buildings are operated, particularly for what concerns innovation on products, processes and technologies. By establishing a connection between as-d...

The progressive paradigm shift from the centralized generation of electricity towards decarbonized and distributed energy systems is deeply changing the way energy is produced, distributed, and consumed. A relevant attention is currently being paid to the development of innovative control strategies for the management of the increasing complexity o...

The new paradigm of smart building requires the accomplishment of occupants needs through the analysis of data gathered within the building, which switches from activities host to provider of customized services for occupants. The digitalization supports this new approach, as the implementation of Building Management Systems (BMS) in Building Infor...

Virtual reality (VR) is becoming common in the AEC/FM industry, closely linked to BIM implementation. VR tools can be used to anticipate operational issues, simulating them in a virtual prototype since early design. The paper investigates such a topic in relation to access, space and use performance of an existing hospital facility. A case study ha...

Building Information Modelling is a methodology, which is able to take into account many data, both geometrical and non-geometrical, in order to evaluate at the actual condition of the asset. The project has the scope of evaluating the conditions of different school buildings, in order to develop a way to choose the best-tailored management solutio...

Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is today strongly related to technologies for the gathering, storing and mining of big data. The use of data is paramount in today management and design is also interpreting this dictat as a new and crucial paradigm. A building is no longer a static body of material but a dynamic flow of dat...

Buildings become constantly smarter during the last decades. Using sensors, varying information of the building environment, e.g. temperature, energy consumption or building utilization, can be measured and used to improve the user experience. The Internet of Thing (IoT) paradigm increases the number of sources of information from which collect dat...

Rule-based Code Checking validates the design phase comparing Building Information Models against current codes and regulations translated into parametric rules. The proposed paper fits into a wider project for implementing design verification and validation within a BIM environment. The design of construction site layouts and safety plans is an es...

Lean Construction (LC) and Building Information Modelling are the two methodologies linked by the same objectives. The former is an industrial optimization, which want to achieve the aim of performance increasing with the application to the AEC industry. These two concepts leaded Melzo school tender process writing. There are huge differences from...

The increased awareness on sustainability matters is contributing to the evolution of energy and environmental policies for the building sector at the EU level, oriented toward resource efficiency. There exist today several possible strategies to model building performance through the life cycle. The increase of available computational capacity and...

In spite of the growing implementation of Computer-aided technologies and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in AEC industry, building activities in construction sites are ineffectively monitored even now. Current formats of reporting and communicating the construction progress (e.g., textual progress reports, progress lines, and photographs) may...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) represents a long-term investment that could allow time reduction and a cost enhancement by means of optimised design and construction processes. The paper focuses on the first official Italian Public Pilot Project, dealing with the implementation of BIM-based validation and construction optimisation in a constr...

Technologies for the acquisition, storage and mining of big data are increasingly affecting the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, modifying the way buildings are conceived and developed. Indeed, they will be no longer designed and managed only as financial products, but also as service providers to support the needs of the...

New paradigms are increasingly affecting and changing traditional building processes. Indeed, innovative methods, iterative processes, new roles and identities, and advanced technologies are emerging and characterising the construction sector. This shift is connected to several aspects; among them, the evolution of buildings has to be mentioned: no...

The implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) methods and tools is deeply changing the AEC industry, acting on roles, relationships and interactions of stakeholders. New keywords are emerging related to collaborative workflows, anticipated evaluations and integration of knowledge throughout the building process. The paper aims to provi...

Please find the e-book at this link: http://www.ingenio-web.it/Sfogliabile/Digitizingtheanalogicalthoughtsinarchitecture/html5forwebkit.html?page=0 It contains chapters written by BIM academics and experts and results of the BIM laboratory of Building Design of the M.Sc. degree in Building Engineering of the University of Brescia.

The paper shows the client's attitude towards the quasi-automation of the procurement processes in the backdrop of a digital environment in some European countries. The construction industry is increasingly competing on new bases, implementing a digital approach. The client plays a key role in defining digital requirements and controlling the entir...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of an Integrated Public Procurement Approach on the main contractor's attitude and to investigate how Building Information Modelling (BIM) can support emerging needs. Innovative Procurement Approaches that promote collaboration and sharing of risks among counter parties are spreading in the Public...

The aim of this paper is to investigate different approaches adopted to define the content of a Building Information Model (BIM). In order to improve the effectiveness of the Built Asset during the whole life-cycle, the Construction Industry is moving towards a digital ecosystem. Thus, the implementation of Data-Driven Projects based on Building In...

Occupant’s behavioural patterns determine a significant level of uncertainty in building energy performance evaluation. It is difficult to account for this uncertainty in the design phase when operational and occupancy profiles are unknown. The relevant “performance gap” usually encountered between simulated and measured energy performance is clear...

Advanced analysis tools to describe the reality by data collection are fundamental for the development of urban strategies for energy management and refurbishment of the built environment. The smart city concept connects the “parts” of the urban “body” to promote a complex energy balance. The definition of the balance focuses on the time schedule o...

Energy efficiency is a requirement included in building for the future constructions; modelling tools to manage the design, construction and maintenance of the building are available to assure quality in the process by controlling the interaction between disciplines connected with the built environment (i.e. architectural design, structural design,...

The widespread availability of data enables the knowledge of urban phenomena: this knowledge relies on the development of a built environment information system. District Information Modelling at urban and building scale is a starting point that allows the creation of relationships between existing data, aimed to describe the performances of struct...

The construction industry, particularly the public sector, started drawing attention towards containing costs and increasing performance. This is why several public entities worldwide are promoting new strategies and adopted innovating approaches such as the Building Information Modelling (BIM). Countries like the UK, Germany, France and Spain are...

L’industria delle costruzioni, e in particolar modo il settore pubblico, ha iniziato a porre più attenzione al contenimento dei costi e all’aumento delle prestazioni. Per questo motivo diversi enti pubblici in tutto il mondo stanno promuovendo nuove strategie adottando approcci innovativi come il Building Information Modelling (BIM). Paesi come Reg...

The project is framed into the activities addressing the Smart Campus at University of Brescia. The classroom building is used as demonstrator of the energy strategies to improve the performance of existing buildings toward zero energy goals. Innovative systems to reduce energy consumption (i.e. heating, cooling and ventilation, lighting and electr...

Occupant’s behaviour determines a significant level of uncertainty in building energy use. The relevant “performance gap” usually encountered between energy performance simulation with standard design conditions and actual energy performance is clearly connected to the biased assumptions made, especially for the parameters that can have a large var...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a powerful tool to realize the architectural and MEP project, to manage the building construction and plan and the future needs of maintenance of the building. Furthermore, the energy consumption during the life of the building is an additional topic that has to be consistently controlled by energy manager or...

La Digitalizzazione dell’Ambiente Costruito possiede indubbiamente un vasto potenziale trasformativo per il Settore delle Costruzioni e, in particolare, per le Professioni Intellettuali dell’Architettura e dell’Ingegneria all’Epoca della Digitalizzazione. E’ comprensibile, tuttavia, che al di là di acute osservazioni tra le relazioni che intercorro...

BIM based Italian construction company. The object of the experimentation is a big size hospital building currently in construction in Italy. The simulation has been held in same time as the traditional process, from the design stage to the construction stage, in collaboration with designers and construction company. The comparison between the two...

The public construction sector has recently started to put more effort into cost savings and improvement of efficiency. Therefore, public clients have started to promote new strategies, embracing innovative approaches such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and e-Procurement. Tendering plays a key role for the success of the overall process; h...

The essence of Information Modelling in the Construction Industry lies in the methods of evolution of the information content through the lifecycle of the commission and the work. Such progress in the levels of development of the model is profoundly different from normal progress as it is strongly affected by the goals of whoever is managing the In...

The paper reports a research started with a simple case study and a simple question. The case study is an Italian social housing quarter, served by a district heating system, which needs – as many others in many other countries – a reasonable refurbishment. The question is: «may savings, derived from its energy retrofit, pay refurbishment costs?»....