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Digitization and Energy Transition of the Built Environment – Towards a Redefinition of Models of Use in Energy Management of Real Estate Assets

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Thousands of years of progress in urban development led to complex urban environments that can be considered as complex systems. The management of complex systems must account for uncertainty, unpredictable future states and nonlinear behaviour. In this context, digitalisation can play a key role in the development of innovative tools to support strategic decisions and emergency management. In particular, the management of university building stocks can be facilitated with the creation of digital environments.

In the Italian case, university campuses are often complex assets composed of widespread buildings and the management process is still based on fragmented databases handled by different administrative divisions resulting in a lack of information among stakeholders.

The integration between Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information System (GIS) is already making some steps towards the creation of a digital model of the city. The combination of BIM-GIS with a platform for the data management is the base to develop an Asset Management System to exploit Business Intelligence (BI) tools for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) in smart campuses.

This research aims to integrate BIM, GIS and BI tools in a digital framework for the development of an AMS and web-based application for the improvement of the experience among users and the optimal use of resources. A real case study is proposed for the development of the research project, namely the University of Turin building stock, in Italy.

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Accardo, D., Meschini, S., Tagliabue, L.C., Di Giuda, G.M. (2023). Digitization and Energy Transition of the Built Environment – Towards a Redefinition of Models of Use in Energy Management of Real Estate Assets. In: Gengnagel, C., Baverel, O., Betti, G., Popescu, M., Thomsen, M.R., Wurm, J. (eds) Towards Radical Regeneration. DMS 2022. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13249-0_14

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