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AbstractIn the light of AEC firms change management, the key emerging trends are surveyed fostering practitioners point of view. In particular, the focus is on the current state of Building Information Modelling (BIM), Green BIM and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in practice. Indeed, BIM is rapidly transforming the global construction industry representing the starting point for the digital transformation, being spread worldwide whilst with different level of maturity. Moreover, to meet sustainability, BIM is increasingly used to improve building performance and to encourage integrated design and construction processes over the building life cycle, turning out in Green BIM. Finally, practitioners start experiencing LCA in practice, since internationally recognized as the most scientific methodology to assess the environmental impacts of products, components and buildings throughout the whole life cycle.KeywordsSustainable practiceSustainable buildingsBuilding Information ModellingGreen BIMLife Cycle Assessment

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