AI-empowered Digital Twin for Smart Building Management

Overview

Our next-generation AI-powered smart building management platform seamlessly integrates semantic models, artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins (DT), the Internet of Things (IoT), and mixed reality (MR), offering scalable, AI-empowered energy-efficient solutions to accelerate decarbonisation in building sector. Long-term trials in several pilot studies have shown average energy savings exceeding 20%.

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Commercialisation opportunities
Technology licensing agreement
Problem addressed

We provides AI-empowered scalable energy-efficient technologies to address the challenges of decarbonisation in the building sector.

Innovation
  • We provide AI-empowered optimal control and predictive maintenance strategies for smart building management, achieving over 20% average energy savings in long-term trials.
  • The platform integrates mixed reality (MR) technology to align digital building models with real-world systems. It enables facility managers to engage in real-time data visualisation, model visualisation, indoor navigation, and remote control within an immersive environment, significantly enhancing operational efficiency.
  • The platform supports semantic models for standardised multi-source data integration in buildings, enabling cost-effective and scalable deployment of AI applications in the building sector.
Key impact
  • Comprehensive Sustainable Energy Solutions: We provide innovative smart building solutions for diverse building types, offering holistic services for sustainable building energy management, including smart grids, carbon trading, and ESG reporting.
  • Significant Long-Term Energy Savings: Our platform has been tested from single buildings to building clusters, achieving over 20% average energy savings in long-term trials using our advanced AI algorithms.
  • Low Initial Investment, Easy Upgrade: Our AI solutions are compatible with current building management system and only requires an upgrade of data communication devices. They can be implemented via cloud services or local AI stations. Once data communication is set up, AI deployment takes 2 to 3 weeks.
Award
  • Global AI Challenge: Sliver Award
  • PolyU AR&VR Contest: Champion
  • 20th Design Application of MDV Central Air Conditioning: Champion
  • Hong Kong Techathon 2023: 1st runner up
  • 21th Design Application of MDV Central Air Conditioning: Second Prize
  • Greater Bay Area Data Application Innovation Competition: First Prize
  • the 10th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition: Second Prize
Application
  • Various types of buildings

Patent

  • Mixed Reality Enhanced Building Digital Twin Energy Management Platform V1.0：2024SR0416044
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

With over 80 years of proud tradition and ranking among the world’s top 100 institutions, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) aspires to be a leading university with world-class research and education.

PolyU is a home for educating thinkers, discoverers, innovators and communicators in delivering positive impact. We are committed to nurturing tomorrow’s leaders today, through a holistic education that provides graduates unrivaled placements to thrive in communities, industries and businesses.

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