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The University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia uses Building X as its asset lifecycle management and digital twin platform to centrally manage and optimize campus buildings and systems.
University of Wollongong

Reliability and efficiency in campus operations

With Building X as its asset lifecycle management and digital twin platform, the University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia is elevating the central management and optimization of campus buildings and systems to a new level.

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Building X streamlines campus operations

Managing a campus of over 60 buildings including critical research environments is highly complex. With Building X, the University of Wollongong (UOW) can centrally monitor building health, respond quickly to events, optimize energy use, and give staff instant access to key data for efficient, reliable operations.

The Molecular Horizons Building at UOW, home to advanced labs and an observatory, demands reliable management and high energy performance. By adopting Building X for this building, the university is taking a new approach to campus operations: Energy Manager provides real-time monitoring and analytics to reduce energy consumption, Operations Manager enables advanced building health monitoring and rapid response, and Lifecycle Twin centralizes asset and space data, documentation, and BIM models for efficient, reliable operations management in one place.

The Building X Lifecycle Twin of the Molecular Horizons Building at UOW enables the efficient access and management of all relevant asset information.

Asset transparency

Efficient access to and management of information from 1,000 maintainable assets, 500 data points from the BMS, three energy meters, and numerous documents.

The Building X Lifecycle Twin of the Molecular Horizons Building at UOW makes access to critical asset information much faster, speeding up maintenance.

Instant information

Faster access to critical plant and equipment information during both reactive and condition-based maintenance activities.

The Building X Lifecycle Twin of the Molecular Horizons Building at UOW enables virtual interaction with the facility from remote.

Remote access

3D walkthrough and platform linking to operational data enable virtual interaction with the facility, paving the way for a future remote operations center.

The digital platform gives people more information, more knowledge to work with, rather than trying to diagnose an issue when they don’t have all the facts.
James Roth, Sustainability Manager, University of Wollongong

Fully operational in just three months

The common data environment and digital twin platform powered by Building X integrates all existing BIM data, asset and maintenance information, as-built documentation, and BMS readings. Supported by Siemens, Building X partner Greenedge Automation completed the implementation in just three months.

Building X Lifecycle Twin asset information management

The implementation process began with configuring the Building X Lifecycle Twin of the Molecular Horizons Building for asset information management, document management, task and issue management, and 3D model viewing. This required consolidating multiple data sources, such as digital as-built documentation, drawings and operation and maintenance manuals, asset and space data, digital maintenance records, existing BIM models, as well as integrating the building management system to bring real-time operational data into the platform.

The Building X Lifecycle Twin of the Molecular Horizons Building integrates data from numerous sources.
Building X applications enable continuous optimization of building operations and energy performance of the Molecular Horizons Building on the UOW campus.

Building and energy analytics

In a second step, Building X applications were set up to enable continuous optimization of building operations and energy performance of the Molecular Horizons Building. Building X Operations Manager provides continuous building-health monitoring including equipment readings and alarms, while Building X Energy Manager, with utility data incorporated, delivers granular energy analytics.

Let’s unlock efficiency and transform campus operations together!

By connecting systems, improving visibility, and enabling proactive management, Building X helped the University of Wollongong centralize operations, monitor assets, and boost operational efficiency across its Molecular Horizons Building. If you want to achieve similar results in energy performance, asset management, and campus operations, get in touch with our experts to explore the possibilities.

Unlock efficiency and transform campus operations together with our HEI experts