When Buildings Learn to Think: MFEC’s Perspective from the CU Living ARCH 5.0 Project with Digital Twin Technology
Climate change is a critical global challenge that impacts both the environment and human livelihoods. Today, technology plays a vital role in mitigating these effects and addressing such challenges—ranging from clean energy to intelligent systems—all in pursuit of sustainable development. This raises an important question: in an era driven by AI, can technology help humanity effectively respond to environmental changes? The CU Living ARCH 5.0 project is a collaboration between Chulalongkorn University, Cisco, and MFEC Public Company Limited. In this initiative, MFEC designed the role of Digital Twin technology to go beyond being merely a data visualization tool, evolving into a proactive management system that integrates environmental data, building systems, and real-world usage. CU Living ARCH 5.0 is therefore more than just a smart building project—it represents the creation of a “living building” capable of sensing and analyzing changes both inside and outside the structure. For example, when the number of occupants increases,