Digital Twin Technology as a Paradigm for Smart Management in the Built Environment

Olushola Akinshipe, Clinton Aigbavboa, Chimay Anumba

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Abstract

The 21st-century industry world is constantly seeking diverse ways to shrink costs and time while boosting productivity and efficiency. Utilising digital twin technology is a veritable means of achieving that in the building sector. This will help better predict the future, enhancing decision-making and, in turn, reducing operational cost and downtime while simultaneously enhancing building efficiency and productivity. This study, therefore, investigates ways that digital twin technology can be used to make facility management systems proactive in nature. The study is designed to follow a methodical review of literature. It draws relevant data and information from extant studies conducted on digital twin technology within the built environment field as well as the entire field of science, technology, and engineering. A framework for management was conceptualised through this research and named ‘Digital Twin Based Smart Management Plan’. A strategic process for the Smart Management Plan was developed and classified into initiation, modelling, utilisation and reuse phases. The Digital Twin-Based Smart Management Plan framework ensures complete interaction among the process, people, place, and device.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Information Technology in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of ICCCBE 2022 - Volume 1
EditorsSebastian Skatulla, Hans Beushausen
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages417-430
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783031353987
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2022 - Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 26 Oct 202228 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume357
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, ICCCBE 2022
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Period26/10/2228/10/22

Keywords

  • Building management
  • Building Automation Systems
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Digital twin
  • Facility management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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