Digital twin for healthy indoor environment: A vision for the post-pandemic era

Frontiers of Engineering Management · 5 authors, 4 centres

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The provided source is a title and keywords for a narrative review or vision paper. The paper proposes a concept for using digital twin technology, in conjunction with building information modeling and occupant-building interaction, to promote healthy indoor environments in a post-pandemic context. The content consists only of a title, keywords, and an empty reference list. No specific methods, data, results, limitations, or concrete implications are detailed in the source text.

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Digital twin for healthy indoor environment: A vision for the post-pandemic era

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Abstract Indoor environment has significant impacts on human health as people spend 90% of their time indoors. The COVID-19 pandemic and the increased public health awareness have further elevated the urgency for cultivating and maintaining a healthy indoor environment. The advancement in emerging digital twin technologies including building information modeling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, and smart control have led to new opportunities for building design and operation. Despite the numerous studies on developing methods for creating digital twins and enabling new functionalities and services in smart building management, very few have focused on the health of indoor environment. There is a critical need for understanding and envisaging how digital twin paradigms can be geared towards healthy indoor environment. Therefore, this study reviews the techniques for developing digital twins and discusses how the techniques can be customized to contribute to public health. Specifically, the current applications of BIM, IoT sensing, data analytics, and smart building control technologies for building digital twins are reviewed, and the knowledge gaps and limitations are discussed to guide future research for improving environmental and occupant health. Moreover, this paper elaborates a vision for future research on integrated digital twins for a healthy indoor environment with special considerations of the above four emerging techniques and issues. This review contributes to the body of knowledge by advocating for the consideration of health in digital twin modeling and smart building services and presenting the research roadmap for digital twin-enabled healthy indoor environment. Keywords: digital twin, healthy indoor environment, building information modeling, occupant—building interaction, COVID-19

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Jiannan Cai, Jianli Chen, Yuqing Hu et al.. Digital twin for healthy indoor environment: A vision for the post-pandemic era. Frontiers of Engineering Management. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-022-0244-y

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Jiannan Cai, Jianli Chen, Yuqing Hu, Shuai Li, Qiang He

1School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
2Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
3Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA