@inproceedings{PB-VRVis-2018-005,
author = {Walch, Andreas and Kr{\"o}sl, Katharina and Luksch, Christian and Pichler, David and Pipp, Thomas and Schw{\"a}rzler, Michael},
title = {An Automated Verification Workflow for Planned Lighting Setups using BIM},
year = {2018},
booktitle = {REAL CORP 2018, Proceedings},
editor = {M. Schrenk and V. V. Popovich and P. Zeile and P. Elisei and
  C. Beyer and G. Navratil},
url = {https://www.vrvis.at/publications/PB-VRVis-2018-005},
isbn = {978-3-9504173-5-7},
pages = {55--65},
abstract = {The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) methods is  becoming more and more established in the planning stage, during  the construction, and for the management of buildings. Tailored  BIM software packages allow to handle a vast amount of relevant  aspects, but have so far not been covering specialized tasks  like the evaluation of light distributions in and around a 3D  model of a building. To overcome this limitation, we demonstrate  the use of the open-source IFC format for preparing and  exchanging BIM data to be used in our interactive light  simulation system. By exploiting the availability of 3D data and  semantic descriptions, it is possible to automatically place  measurement surfaces in the 3D scene, and evaluate the  suitability and sustainability of a planned lighting design  according to given constraints and industry norms.  Interactive  visualizations for fast analysis of the simulation results,  created using state-of-the-art web technologies, are seamlessly  integrated in the 3D work environment, helping the lighting  designer to quickly improve the initial lighting solution with a  few clicks.},
}