Digital Twins for Intelligent Green Buildings

Abstract

At present, the integration of green building, the intelligent building industry and high-quality development are facing a series of new opportunities and challenges. This review aims to analyze the digital development of smart green buildings to make it easier to create contiguous ecological development areas in green ecological cities. It sorts out the main contents of Intelligent Green Buildings (IGB) and summarizes the application and role of Digital Twins (DTs) in intelligent buildings. Firstly, the basic connotations and development direction of IGB are deeply discussed, and the current realization and applications of IGB are analyzed. Then, the advantages of DTs are further investigated in the context of IGB for DT smart cities. Finally, the development trends and challenges of IGB are analyzed. After a review and research, it is found that the realization and application of IGB have been implemented, but the application of DTs remains not quite integrated into the design of IGB. Therefore, a forward-looking design is required when designing the IGBs, such as prioritizing sustainable development, people’s livelihoods and green structures. At the same time, an IGB can only show its significance after the basic process of building the application layer is performed correctly. Therefore, this review contributes to the proper integration of IGB and urban development strategies, which are crucial to encouraging the long-term development of cities, thus providing a theoretical basis and practical experience for promoting the development of smart cities.

Setting up a Digital Twin Assisted Greenhouse Architecture

“…In general, a greenhouse is necessary for the modification of climatic conditions internally in contrast to the external environment, to plant plants, and production of plant products regardless of the external climatic conditions. In case of an unwanted temperature rise, ventilation is necessary, while for cold nights or days, a heating system is necessary to maintain the desired temperature for plant growth (Howard et al, 2021;Verdouw et al, 2021;Pylianidis et al, 2021;Tekinerdogan and Verdouw, 2020;Monteiro et al, 2018;Howard et al, 2020a;Mukhtar et al, 2022;Borowski, 2021;Howard et al, 2020b;Yang et al, 2022). The necessary prerequisites for the creation of a greenhouse are depicted in Fig.…”

Digital Twin and Cloud BIM-XR Platform Development: From Scan-to-BIM-to-DT Process to a 4D Multi-User Live App to Improve Building Comfort, Efficiency and Costs

“…Consequently, the computational aspect is decisive for most disciplinary sectors for preparing calculations and simulations addressing the management of the building during its long life cycle (LLCB), both for existing buildings and new constructions [19][20][21]. Volumes, areas, and costs automatically extracted from BIM projects have become fundamentals in calculating structural simulations, energy analyses, and conservation and preservation projects [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

Digital Twin for Processes and Products

“…Performance of a company is managed with help of this digital twin technology in global market Performance and life cycle of existing assets are supervised by this twin prototype technology. Digital twin technology helps an organisation to maintain their several types of existing assets such as: refining facilities, wind farms, offshore installations and solar projects [12]. Automotive industry is also benefited by this process.…”