Research Progress, Hotspots, and Trends of Using BIM to Reduce Building Energy Consumption: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

Xun Liu; Zhenhan Ding; Xiaobo Li; Zhiyuan Xue

doi:10.3390/ijerph20043083

Research Progress, Hotspots, and Trends of Using BIM to Reduce Building Energy Consumption: Visual Analysis Based on WOS Database

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 9;20(4):3083. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043083.

Authors

Xun Liu¹, Zhenhan Ding¹, Xiaobo Li¹, Zhiyuan Xue¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Civil Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, No. 1 Kerui Rd., New District, Suzhou 215000, China.

Abstract

With the development of engineering technology, building information modeling (BIM) has attracted more and more attention and has been studied by many experts on building energy consumption in recent years. It is necessary to analyze and forecast the application trend and prospect of BIM technology in building energy consumption. Based on 377 articles published in the WOS database, this study adopts the technique of combining scientometrics and bibliometrics to obtain relevant research hotspots and quantitative analysis results. The findings demonstrate that the building energy consumption field has made extensive use of BIM technology. However, there are still some limitations that can be improved, and the use of BIM technology in construction renovation projects should be emphasized. This study can help readers better understand the application status of BIM technology and its trajectory of development with regard to building energy consumption, providing a valuable reference for future research.

Keywords: BIM (building information modeling); Citespace; building energy consumption; review; scientometrics.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual
Engineering*
Technology*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Philosophy and Social Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. 2020SJA1394), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 331711105), Jiangsu Provincial Construction System Science and Technology Project of Housing and Urban and Rural Development Department (Grant No. 2017ZD074), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. SJCX21_1417), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (S Grant No. JCX22_1568).