For the first time, Gree (Gree Electric Appliances, Inc.) integrates certified data from Eurovent into its BIM objects.
In partnership with BIM&CO, Gree has worked in this sense to boost the quality of its clients’ deliverables. It allows its customers to save significant time and access critical data.
BIM objects with Eurovent certified data
Gree, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of air conditioners, has switched to BIM because according to Philippe Caron, the Marketing Director at Gree, “The digital world of construction projects is moving fast, and without tools to simulate projects, there is no hope of survival.”
The manufacturer is now innovating by focusing on BIM objects with certified data
The manufacturer is now innovating by focusing on BIM objects with certified data, in order to facilitate the prescription of its products for its customers. It will be provided with packages, guaranteed by Eurovent Certita Certification on their HVAC products.
Benefits of Eurovent certified data
Eurovent Certita Certification is recognized as the leader in third-party certification of product performance, in the fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration. Its participants from all over the world represent more than 700 manufacturers.
For Philippe Caron, the benefit of Eurovent certified data for an HVAC manufacturer lies in ‘the quality and richness of the information provided, the confidence of the customer, the simplification of its work, because checks by an independent body would have been carried out beforehand’.
Using encapsulated data to save more time
Philippe Caron adds, “In the long term, publishers will also use their encapsulated data and save even more time. There will no longer be any need to tediously search for information on the current database sites.”
For a user, the value of an HVAC BIM object whose data is Eurovent certified, includes the quality of the objects, the veracity of the information provided, as well as the wealth of information as Eurovent data is full of it. Using this type of object also simplifies one’s work, avoiding the numerous trips to the manufacturer himself, or even to Eurovent Certita Certification or Edibatec.
Project deployment with BIM&CO
As for the choice of deploying this project with BIM&CO, Philippe Caron commented, “We were looking to enter this world, and we found ourselves at the right time, with an approach that was really nice.”
The BIM&CO platform benefits from advanced features for collaborative work
Structured around a centralized database in a Cloud, the BIM&CO platform benefits from advanced features for collaborative work and promotes the standardization of object properties, in order to facilitate exchanges and interoperability.
The integration of certified data is a step forward, allowing the creation and distribution of components or catalogues of BIM objects with certified technical properties. It also provides the means to use this data to create digital mock-ups.
Gree and BIM&CO partnership
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of air conditioners. Founded in 1991, in Zhuhai, China, it is the only air conditioner brand in China classified as a ‘global brand’.
Gree has 84 research institutes and centers, 727 laboratories, more than 10,000 engineers and 9 production plants located in China, Vietnam, Pakistan and Brazil. These plants are capable of manufacturing 60 million units per year, for the residential and commercial market.
In addition, Gree produces, develops and manufactures the internal components of its equipment, in order to maintain the coherence of its systems, optimize them and improve their quality.
Eurovent Certita Certification
Eurovent Certita Certification, founded in 1991, is recognized as leader in third-party certification of product performance in the fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration. Based on a voluntary approach, its certification schemes are open to all manufacturers and distributors.
Eurovent Certita Certification is internationally recognized by the signatories of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and is accredited as an ISO/IEC 17065:2012 compliant certification body by COFRAC (Accreditation N°5-5017).