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Fig. 5
Energy consumption for a selected building
During the mentioned presentation (Hoel
2012
), this was done by all three
clients in turn thereby showing the connection to a life model, which could be
altered freely by the connected clients. The alteration in the model happened
automatically without interference by the passive users. As a curiosity it should
be mentioned, that the model server was running in a different country in a home
environment. It should be clear by now that a similar effect could be obtained
moving around with manholes and light poles. Although this example perhaps
makes it even more clear what effect such a system could have in a working envi-
ronment during the design phase, since all involved partners/clients immediately
can see changes carried out by other partners in a project.
4 Concluding Remarks and Future Work
The InfraWorld research project had its origin in the challenge of increasing the
usability of design data produced during a design and construction phase within
the cross disciplinary fields of an infrastructure project. The solution, if one
chooses to call it that, turned out to be much more and something else than an
application, another standard or database. It turned out to be a completely new
