Digital Twin solutions to historical building stock maintenance cycles

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to provide a framework for the vulnerability of traditional historical buildings. Buildings that are not constrained and do not have a design obligation for minor energy retrofit interventions. The digitization of the construction sector can help to design interventions with Digital Twin methodologies that can be integrated into a single document that collects them as the Digital Building Logbook. We propose a definition of an innovative workflow that defines integrations and technological innovations in the historical building stock. In this work are presented operational proposals to ensure and increase the protection and conservation of the Italian historical building stock, trying to strengthen the activities of designers and companies for the reduction of seismic vulnerability in case of maintenance or energy retrofit.

Towards the Definition of a European Digital Building Logbook: A Survey

“…In "Digital Twin solutions to historical building stock maintenance cycles" [24], the authors defined which data could be integrated with the DBL for the maintenance of historical buildings.…”

“…The national or regional initiatives are databases that can be accessed to retrieve some kind of building data. The majority of them and the easiest to access are the ones that are distributed as open data, like, for example, the CENED ("Certificazione ENergetica degli EDifici") dataset, 24 a practical list of EPCs for the energy certification of buildings of the Lombardy Region in Italy. In [10], a deep study on the already existing data sources of two regions, Lombardia in Italy, and Aragon in Spain, is conducted.…”

“…Within these applications, the Open BIM will lead to the generation of a DBL, enabling data to be exploited, and a DT, collecting static and dynamic data from building IoT sensors. In [24] it is shown how the DT approach can be applied along with the BIM tools to enhance the historic building stock, particularly in relation to some historical buildings in Rome. In this context, the DBL is integrated with the DT and is seen as an archive that is used to store and access strategic documents.…”

“…Authors in [24] presented a work about Traditional Historic Buildings (THB) that emphasises that DBL, combined with the DT, should become an essential tool for monitoring the condition of historical buildings. In this context, the DBL can be important because it can help to identify and categorise situations that pose a risk to THB and it can support planning long-term maintenance, renovations, and structural consolidation to enhance the quality of the buildings.…”

Digital Twins and Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Case Study of Best Practices and Reproducibility in Chiesa dei SS Apostoli e Biagio

“…The results of the process con rms the viability of using digital twin technology to assist in the archeological research. Other studies con rm the viability for archeological research and preserving deteriorating structures (Rosa, 2022;Wang et al, 2022). Taken together, the processes used by research teams above in creating digital twins requires multiple areas of expertise and collaboration between technicians and scholars in order to create usable prototyptes for digital cultural heritage sites.…”