The Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI) has created a new technical committee BIM* & ICT that will also focus on ICT and other technologies of the future like drones, 3D prints, Internet of Things, etc.
One of the actual tendencies is the demand for integrated home automation systems: the sun that controls the ventilation and the closing of the curtains, remote control, tele security, … In other words, objects start to communicate with each other and need therefore the right information. Thanks to the BIM-protocol the lamp that switches on can “say” to the curtains: “close”. The protocol takes also the level of execution, the expected live span and the energy consumption into consideration.
The BBRI is also setting up a BimPortal, an information and sensitization portal on BIM. The portal aims to centralize all information on BIM.
*BIM: Building Information Modeling
Source: CSTC-Contact 2016/2