EstateTWIN aims to create a Digital Twin of the University of Edinburgh Campus Estates to support its Net Zero Strategy. 

It is a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, and Historic Environment Scotland, with funding and support from the Centre for Net Zero High Density Buildings and Bentley Systems.

Information Layers

We aim to integrate 5 layers of information to help stakeholders make operational and maintenance decisions:

  • Geometry & topology: the geometry and topology of the spaces, the buildings and the campus.
  • Energy: real-time energy consumption data for the individual buildings
  • Fabric: composition, performance and condition of the walls, roofs and openings of buildings
  • Occupancy: real-time space occupancy data for rooms and zones in campus buildings.
  • Indoor Environment: real-time room indoor air quality (IAQ).
The 5 layers of information to evaluate space and building performance
Schematic representation of the Digital Twin system with data flows from the physicial building to its digital twin to enable the evaluation of the building performance and establishment of actions to enhance performance.

Outcomes

Our latest outcomes are summarised in the video below that focuses on the multi-modal data integration in an easily navigable digital twin environment.

Video showcasing the integration of multi-modal building operation data with spatial information to enhance building performance assessment.

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