DIGEST project steps forward in BIM Modeling, thanks to IoT and AI with the collaboration of CeDInt

Under Work Package 4 of the DIGEST project, this integration of BIM with IoT and AI shall be further forwarded by the leadership of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). In this regard, the activity is to be conducted in close cooperation with the UPM’s R&D+i Center for Energy Efficiency, Virtual Reality, Optical Engineering and Biometry (CeDInt), which is a research center at UPM, specialist in smart environments, energy efficiency, and immersive visualization.

The collaboration, thus, is looking forward to creating BIM models that integrate real-time IoT data streams. Embedding IoT devices onto BIM-based reference models, the project will develop dynamic digital twins of infrastructures for the purpose of better monitoring, predictive analytics, and developing an operational strategy. This kind of advanced modeling offers full visualization of the building’s systems and will enable simulation in real time using sensor data.

One of the major novelties brought about by this project is AI-driven analytics to unearth patterns, trends, and optimization strategies pertaining to smart building operations. Large-scale data, garnered from IoT sensors, will be fed into and processed by the AI models for actionable insights into energy efficiency, predictive maintenance, and better decision-making. In this way, it will contribute much to the sustainability and digitalization goals of the DIGEST Project.

The experience of CeDInt in virtual reality, IoT integration, and energy optimization will be fundamental in developing intelligent BIM environments that will boost new levels of data-driven decision-making in smart infrastructures. Thanks to this collaboration, DIGEST WP4 will deliver a disruptive framework for digital transformation toward energy-efficient buildings, aligned with the European Union’s push for smart, sustainable, and interconnected urban spaces.

This initiative marks a significant step towards automated, AI-enhanced building management, setting new standards in BIM-IoT integration for intelligent infrastructure development.