Cognitive Digital Twins for Construction Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 December 2020) | Viewed by 414
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence; built environment; Internet of Things; smart infrastructures; BIM; energy efficiency; big data science
Interests: architecture; building engineering; sustainability; education; digital influence—tools and competencies; BIM; training; energy efficiency
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The digital transformation of the construction industry has been triggered by the continuous growth in data generated in the construction life-cycle and the entire value chain.
In this context, cognitive digital twins promise to advance industries towards achieving a higher order of intelligence to support the integration, adaptation, regulatory compliance and governance of processes in the sector. In particular, cognitive digital twins deliver effective methods to manipulate data, information models, intelligence, and services as a means to manage, plan, predict and optimise resources, activities and processes in the construction sector.
This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research articles on the latest developments of cognitive digital twins and associated tools, techniques and methods, seeking to address:
- Energy efficiency and sustainability in the construction sector to enable a more rapid and global low-carbon transition;
- Digital upskilling and wider implications on society and our built environment, including education and training for new skills and competencies.
The topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Digital Twin services and platforms;
- Cognitive and intelligent systems;
- Artificial intelligence and big data science;
- Internet of Things: services, devices and people ;
- Energy decarbonisation and efficiency;
- Sustainable urban development;
- Circular and sharing economies;
- Smart cities, buildings and industries;
- Industrial Internet and Blockchain;
- Semantics, ontologies and multiagent systems;
- Building Information modelling ;
- Sustainable built environment;
- Digital upskilling and training ;
- Energy efficiency education
Dr. Ioan Petri
Assoc. Prof. Sunil Suwal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Digitalisation
- Cognitive Systems
- Sustainability
- Climate change
- Construction sustainability
- Energy Efficiency
- BIM
- Education
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