TECHNOLOGY & AI
VIRTUES OF VIRTUALISATION
Martin Huber, CEO and Co-Founder of 3D modelling and spatial data company Amrax, discusses how facilities managers can leverage virtualisation to improve building management and solve many of the challenges they face.
The way we use buildings is changing, driven by changes in working practices, new technology and greater emphasis on sustainability and healthy environments. At the same time costs are increasing, expectations are rising and managing buildings is simply becoming more complex. Stuck in the middle of this is the facilities manager. Their inbox of tasks and challenges has grown markedly over the past decade. Juggling these various demands, while at the same time operating with maximum effectiveness and efficiency can seem an impossible goal. The good news is that there is a raft of new innovations that are giving facility managers new tools and techniques to revolutionise their profession.
One of the most powerful new weapons is 3D modelling and spatial design. Thanks to new platforms and devices, scanning buildings and creating virtual models that can then be experimented with is now incredibly accessible. Anyone can quickly create their own model and then modify a huge range of factors such as wireless network layout and lighting design to find the most optimal solution. An astonishing number of data points can be collected that really drill down into how buildings are used in practice - everything from the route people take to their desks through to which windows lose the most heat and the efficiency of insulation or air conditioning. This information can be used to give facility managers unprecedented insight into how their building runs in practice and what can be done to make it more ergonomic, efficient and functional.
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Sharing these digital representations also allow teams to visualise, simulate, and analyse facility management decisions in real-time, ensuring alignment of vision and reducing costly error. Innumerable tweaks can be made to marry what would work best in theory with practical reality. This is no small thing - it is manifestly different experiencing a design in 3D, VR or AR versus seeing it on a flat screen or as a proposal on a piece of paper.
And that’s just the start. Eventually, the majority of buildings will be embedded with smart devices and beacons that will monitor energy consumption and a range of other factors in real-time. When combined with AI automation and visualisation platforms, facility managers will have all the tools needed to create ultra-efficient and highly responsive ‘living buildings' that will use considerably less energy and resources to maintain. With AI, spatial data and 3D visualisation advancing hand-in-hand, the speed and precision of room and building design and ongoing maintenance are only going to accelerate. In the not so distant future, machine learning algorithms will be powerful enough to create design proposals with optimal efficiency.
In short, we are on the cusp of a digital revolution. This will be instrumental as challenges such as urbanisation, sustainability requirements and resource management play a critical role in combating climate change.
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