Jaberi, Meisam, Dautremont, Charlotte et Poirier, Erik A..
2025.
« An evaluation of digital capabilities to enable a sustainable built asset industry: Developing a Consolidated Sustainability Matrix to inform digital use cases and practices ».
Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 114.
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Current digital capabilities supporting the achievement of sustainability goals in the built asset industry tend to focus on isolated aspects such as energy simulation or emissions tracking. This limits the broader application of digital tools and workflows, namely Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Twins (DT), to support achievement of a comprehensive set of sustainability goals across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. One of the many issues hindering this broader perspective is the lack of holistic understanding of how digitalization can enable sustainability in the built asset industry. The research presented in this paper introduces the Consolidated Sustainability Matrix (CSM), a unified framework that synthesizes 189 indicators from 25 certification schemes and 26 standards into 15 categories. Using a four-phase methodology, BIM and DT capabilities were mapped against these indicators. To enhance methodological rigor, two complementary metrics were proposed: a Cumulative Weighted Score (CWS) that accounts for respondent expertise levels, and a Weighted Agreement Score (WAS) that quantifies consensus among participants. The findings reveal that advanced digitalization, particularly sensor-enabled federated models and comprehensive digital twins, can support a considerable number of environmental indicators, especially energy, emissions, and indoor environmental quality management. However, current digital tools show limited support for social and economic sustainability indicators, revealing significant gaps in these areas. The study makes three key contributions: first, the CSM provides a harmonized framework linking sustainability indicators with digital capabilities; second, the CWS and WAS metrics offer robust methods for evaluating digital tool applicability and expert consensus; third, the research presents the first systematic assessment of how BIM and DT can transcend isolated applications to enable integrated sustainability management. These findings provide actionable guidance for industry practitioners and policymakers while identifying critical research and innovation priorities needed to advance digitalization toward more balanced and comprehensive sustainability outcomes in the built asset industry.
| Type de document: | Article publié dans une revue, révisé par les pairs |
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| Professeur: | Professeur Poirier, Erik Andrew |
| Affiliation: | Génie de la construction |
| Date de dépôt: | 07 nov. 2025 17:12 |
| Dernière modification: | 14 nov. 2025 20:45 |
| URI: | https://espace2.etsmtl.ca/id/eprint/32959 |
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