Digital twin

Connect Buildings, Spaces, Systems and Assets in Context

A reading, a fault or a work order only means something in relation to where it is and what it serves. The twin is that relationship, maintained.

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The business problem

Location data too coarse to act on

Records that place an asset "in Building B" cannot answer which tenancies lose cooling if it fails, which riser it sits on, or which other equipment shares its supply. Impact assessment then depends on an engineer who knows the building — and on that engineer being available.

Location recorded as a name, not a position in a hierarchyService relationships between assets undocumentedImpact of a failure assessed from personal knowledgeSpace and system data held separately from operations

The IntelliGrid approach

One hierarchy, from portfolio to sensor

IntelliGrid maintains a structured model spanning portfolio, region, site, building, floor, zone, room, system, asset and sensor. Every work order, reading and document attaches somewhere in that structure, so impact and history can be read in either direction.

Ten-level hierarchy from portfolio down to sensorService relationships recorded between systems and spacesImpact assessment from the model rather than memoryBIM handover data used to establish the structure

The structural model

Portfolio Site Building Floor Zone Room System Asset Sensor

What the twin connects to

BIM IoT Asset Register Work Orders Documents Energy Data

Capabilities

What the model enables

Impact assessment

Which spaces, tenancies and systems are affected if an asset fails.

Location-aware dispatch

Work routed with precise location and access detail.

Space-level reporting

Work volume, cost and comfort issues attributable to a floor or tenancy.

System relationships

Upstream and downstream dependencies between plant and served spaces.

Sensor placement

Readings interpreted with knowledge of exactly where the device sits.

Portfolio roll-up

The same structure supporting local operations and central comparison.

Business benefits

Failure impact understood without relying on individual knowledge Work orders carrying precise location and access context Cost and service issues attributable to specific spaces Sensor readings interpreted in their physical context One structure serving operations and portfolio reporting