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The digital reflection: how digital twin technology is transforming architecture, construction, and building operations Cover

The digital reflection: how digital twin technology is transforming architecture, construction, and building operations

Construction of Optimized Energy Potential
Volume 14 (2025): Issue 1 (December 2025)
By: Ahmad Abuzaid and  Basil Al-Falahat  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Digital Twin Technology Framework for Smart Buildings (own research)
Digital Twin Technology Framework for Smart Buildings (own research)

Fig. 2.

Digital Twin Technology service for MEP facility (ArchiTube Sp. z o.o. /Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)
Digital Twin Technology service for MEP facility (ArchiTube Sp. z o.o. /Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)

Fig. 3.

Integration with BIM model provided by Revit & Tandem (ArchiTube Sp. z o.o./Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)
Integration with BIM model provided by Revit & Tandem (ArchiTube Sp. z o.o./Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)

Fig. 4.

3D laser scanning creates point cloud results (ArchiTube Sp. z o. o. /Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)
3D laser scanning creates point cloud results (ArchiTube Sp. z o. o. /Dawood Engineering, https://dawood.net/service/digital-twins/)

Fig. 5.

Chart: Comparative Matrix – BIM vs. Digital Twin (own research)
Chart: Comparative Matrix – BIM vs. Digital Twin (own research)

Fig. 6.

Application of digital twins in construction project lifecycles (Zhou, 2024)
Application of digital twins in construction project lifecycles (Zhou, 2024)

Fig. 7.

Essential components to create a digital twin of building and difference with BIM (Khajavi et al., 2019)
Essential components to create a digital twin of building and difference with BIM (Khajavi et al., 2019)

Fig. 8.

Digital twins in facility management (https://intellias.com/digital-twins-in-facility-management-the-clear-path-forward-for-intelligent-buildings/)
Digital twins in facility management (https://intellias.com/digital-twins-in-facility-management-the-clear-path-forward-for-intelligent-buildings/)

Fig. 9.

Digital twins trends (https://research.aimultiple.com/digital-twin-trends/)
Digital twins trends (https://research.aimultiple.com/digital-twin-trends/)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2025.14.15 | Journal eISSN: 2544-963X | Journal ISSN: 2299-8535
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Language: English
Page range: 146 - 158
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
Published by: Technical University in Czestochowa
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
digital twins,
architecture,
Building Information Modeling (BIM),
smart buildings,
real-time data,
predictive maintenance,
facility management,
building performance,
IoT (internet of things),
point clouds
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture and design, other,
Engineering,
Civil engineering,
Materials,
Environmental engineering

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