ABSTRACT: The construction industry is a great generator of environmental impacts by excessive consumption of raw materials, high energy consumption and amount of waste generated. In this context, there is an effort to mitigate these negative impacts, seeking better alternatives to create more sustainable buildings. Through the literature review methodology, this study aims to explore the use of BIM Building Information Modeling as a facilitator in the sustainable buildings production process. Besides the exhibition of key-concepts about the subject, showing the possible integration and collaboration between them, some case studies are reviewed, presenting the results of practical applications of BIM, aiming sustainability, in other studies. It is concluded that BIM can be a useful tool in the search for sustainability, because, as using a multidisciplinary model full of data and digital representations, it allows decisions be made in advance, avoiding rework. It can be used alone, to extract quantities, or in combination with other performance and LCA software for more complete analysis. Despite the positive aspects, BIM still has limited impact in the process of obtaining sustainable buildings, existing a need for further studies, in addition to the improvement and development of tools.
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