June 14, 2004—GeoPraxis, an architectural, engineering and construction software company, announced that leading heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) manufacturers have adopted and are deploying gbXML, streamlining building design and providing interoperability for architects and building design teams. This critical breakthrough by the AEC industry will speed building design and drive down the costs by seamlessly sharing building design information between architects, building engineers, HVAC systems designers, and sales teams. Green Building XML (gbXML) is an open schema available at no charge to the AEC industry.
Market leader HVAC manufacturers standardizing on gbXML include: Trane, Carrier Corporation, and YORK International. Leading architectural design software and engineering companies supporting gbXML also include Autodesk(R), Graphisoft, Bentley Systems, Elite Software, ECOTECT, and GeoPraxis. While Trane has supported gbXML for several years, the adoption of gbXML by other leading HVAC manufacturers indicates that the industry is now standardizing on gbXML. These companies will realize significant competitive advantage over others in the industry who are slow to adopt the schema.
Using gbXML, the building design process is streamlined allowing the project team to complete the design and analysis of building scenarios faster and more accurately than traditional processes, eliminating the need for plan take-offs. For example, gbXML seamlessly links architects using Autodesk(R) Revit(R) 6.1 with HVAC engineering teams at Trane using Trace(TM) 700 for design specifications, allowing them to develop geometrically accurate building models in minutes, rather than days or weeks. It allows the building energy analysis team to assess design alternatives using whole building energy analysis like GeoPraxis’ Green Building Studio, and supports the immediate development of detailed input files for DOE-2, EnergyPlus, and eQUEST, leading building energy modeling tools. It also allows immediate information sharing with Elite Software’s HVAC duct design tools, and ECOTECT’s environmental analysis tools.
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