The Potential of BIM in Disseminating Knowledge about Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems: Learning through the Design Process

Despite the low rate of sewer service coverage in developing countries, especially small towns and rural areas, decentralized wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) are alternatives to ensure public health. Nonetheless, understanding physical or functional aspects these system constructions remains difficult when there is no bibliography, a teaching professional, even prototype that allows technical conclusions about specific processes. Although resource combination BIM environment works as facilitator obtain compact sustainable results, purpose this collaboration not only simplify design process. This paper aims propose way use concepts learning tool throughout modeling To do so, we developed template with DEWATS characteristics order provide information needed for construction, but also can favor learning. We measured how much level development (LOD) influence during process, directing users make best implementation choices. The adoption qualitative analysis questionnaire answered by three groups professionals (general CADD software users, generic users) allowed us identify differences among them, such number known, considered LOD, learning, handicaps systems. results pointed out tools new unknown systems, which directly related LOD model.