This article examines the degree of study of the methodological foundations of BIM technology. A generalization of the BIM technology features for the main stages of the life cycle is given. The aspects of information modeling (BIM) technology implementation are considered. One of the possible methods for evaluating the decision effectiveness in the process of introducing BIM technology is proposed using the energy efficiency formula as an example. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).