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Educ. Sci. 2012, 2, 136-149; doi:10.3390/educsci2030136 OPEN ACCESS education sciences ISSN 2227-7102 /journal/education Case Report Teaching Sustainable Design Using BIM and Project-Based Energy Simulations Zhigang Shen *, Wayne Jensen, Timothy Wentz and Bruce Fischer The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 113 NH, Lincoln, NE 68588-0500, USA; E-Mails: wayne.jensen@ (W.J.) ; twentz 1@ (T.W.) ; bfischer2@ (B.F.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: shen@; Tel.: +1-402-472-9470; Fax: +1-402-472-4087. Received: 11 July 2012; in revised form: 4 August 2012/ Accepted: 20 August 2012/ Published: 27 August 2012 Abstract: The cross-disciplinary nature of energy-efficient building design has created many challenges for architecture, engineering and construction instructors. One of the technical challenges in teaching sustainable building design is enabling students to quantitatively understand how different building designs affect a building’s energy performance. Concept based instructional methods fall short in evaluating the impact of different design choices on a buildings’ energy consumption. Building Information Modeling (BIM) with energy performance software provides a feasible tool to evaluate building desi