Synergies between digital construction technologies in smart buildings and smart city development to meet building users' expectations

Heliyon. 2024 Apr 12;10(8):e28585. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28585. eCollection 2024 Apr 30.

Abstract

In smart buildings, digital construction technologies can support more efficient management of data and information related to building components. This paper aims to draw a robust linking mechanism between digital construction technologies that support smart buildings and smart city development to satisfy building users' expectations. Data was attained using a qualitative approach via secondary data from literature and primary data in the context of case study with building users. The study suggests the importance of recognising single/multi-purposed data to support better synergy between digital construction technologies and in smart buildings and smart city development to satisfy building users' expectations.

Keywords: BIM; Blockchain; Building users; IoT; Smart buildings; Smart city.