01157nas a2200121   4500008004100000050001500041245007900056210006900135260003000204520069600234100002300930856008200953       2004                        eng d  aLBNL-5607200aVirtual Building Environments - Applying Information Modeling to Buildings0 aVirtual Building Environments Applying Information Modeling to B  aIstanbul, Turkeyc09/20043 a<p>A Virtual Building Environment (VBE) is a place where building industry project staffs can get help in creating Building Information Models (BIM) and in the use of virtual buildings. It consists of a group of industry software that is operated by industry experts who are also experts in the use of that software. The purpose of a VBE is to facilitate expert use of appropriate software applications in conjunction with each other to efficiently support multidisciplinary work. This paper defines BIM and virtual buildings, and describes VBE objectives, set-up and characteristics of operation. It informs about the VBE Initiative and the benefits from a couple of early VBE projects.</p>1 aBazjanac, Vladimir  uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/virtual-building-environments