Digital Twin
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Digital Twins Advance the Journey Towards Improved Commercial Building Outcomes
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. While the benefits of Digital Twin solutions have been seen in pilot projects, this early adopter phase has yet to fully deliver on the promise of improved outcomes for commercial buildings. This was the conclusion of our 2020 article on Early Innovators at the Forefront of […]
Solving the Design-Build-Operate Divide with Ontology-based Digital Twins
“I think it is key that the smart building design and operation phases be better joined up. That’s the most important technical gap in my opinion, which must be addressed to trigger the biggest impact on smart buildings,” Ray D’Urso, building technology consultant, told Memoori. “I agree, there is a significant divide between the design, […]
Is the Path to the Digital Twin Future of Buildings Paved By APIs?
A digital twin is a digital representation of a real-world entity or system. In the context of a building, digital twins express the location and characteristics of every wall, door, and window, but also every pipe, cable, and switch in a virtual model. In our increasingly smart buildings, digital twins must also mirror every system, […]
The Emerging Blockchain Across the Entire Lifecycle of Buildings
Blockchain is one of those technological innovations that promise to revolutionize anything it touches. While cryptocurrencies do appear to be surviving the test of time, the actual use of blockchain in the buildings industry has so far been struggling to match the hype that surrounds it. Blockchain is essentially a decentralized database that chronologically and […]
The Post-COVID Urban Agenda: Cities Should Be Smart but MUST Be Fair
Some of the most symbolic images of the past year have been of empty city centers. Deserted images Times Square, Covent Garden, Champs-Élysées, and Shibuya commercial district would have been impossible to capture before the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that COVID-19 brought about. Our cities have felt the greatest impact of the pandemic and this […]
Low Code & No Code Platforms Bringing Legacy Building Equipment Online
“Coding is fundamental to literacy in the future,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. “We think coding should be required in every school because it’s as important as any kind of second language,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing, and […]
A Year in The Life of a Building — The Turbulent Story of 2020
The beginning of 2020 seems like a long time ago. While COVID-19 was already starting to make an impact in China and neighboring countries, for the rest of the world it was just another January. In the smart building industry, we were talking about Amazon, Apple, and Google asserting their dominance over the smart home […]
Eyes on the Building – Drones Take Structural Inspections to the Next Level
The building envelope is the protective layer that creates the indoor environment by separating it from the outside world. It is central to ventilation, insulation, fenestration, and just like other essential parts of the structure, the building envelope is prone to unexpected damage as well as wear and tear over time that requires maintenance to […]
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