Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012

Using Schedules

You can repurpose many tools in Revit for other uses. Schedules are a great example of this. In Chapter 5, “Managing a Revit Project,” we discussed how to use schedules to perform quality control of your model. Schedules are also a useful tool in sustainable design because they can help track the amount of recycled materials used in the design of a project. If one of your design objectives is to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification (www.usgbc.org/leed), one of the possible points is for the use of recycled materials. Based on how LEED calculates their recycled content requirements (by volume and cost), some of the key materials for recycled content tend to be steel and concrete. Although ...