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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Douglas D. Lopez, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Robert L. Klug, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Douglas D. Lopez, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Robert L. Klug, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Uniloc Luxembourg S. A., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a rapid and automated creation of a price schedule and/or a 'green' schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of construction (or other) plans created with an architectural, civil, industrial or other software design tool, such as CAD, and optionally a palette of 2-dimensional and/or 3-dimensional architectural parametric symbols that correspond to respective construction plan elements, such as windows, doors, acrylic glass blocks and/or sky lights. At least one parametric symbol corresponding to a construction plan element is preferably inserted into the construction plans. A cost value and a statement indicating whether or not a parametric symbol is 'green' for each of the inserted parametric symbols is calculated and/or determined corresponding to respective plan elements. A price schedule, a “green” schedule or both are then created, which can include the total cost for all of the inserted parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements, and a statement for each of the inserted symbols indicating whether or not they are certified as being energy efficient or rated “green.”