AI + Digital Twin Empower Building Automation, the Industry Enters a New Era of Active Intelligent Control
Recently, at the 2026 China Refrigeration Exhibition and Intelligent Building Exhibition, the industry released a clear signal: Building Automation Systems (BAS) are accelerating the iteration from "passive monitoring" to "active intelligent control". The in-depth integration of AI and digital twin technologies has become the core engine driving the industry transformation, injecting new vitality into the low-carbon development of buildings.
As the national "dual carbon" strategy enters a deep-water period, buildings, as major carbon emitters, are facing an urgent need for energy-saving transformation. Data shows that the total carbon emissions from the whole life cycle of buildings account for a persistently high proportion of the country's total carbon emissions. Traditional building automation relies on manual experience for regulation, which has pain points such as invisible energy consumption and opaque data, leading to serious energy waste. Against this background, the new generation of building automation systems has broken technical barriers, and through the coupling of AI algorithms and digital twin technologies, it has achieved a leap from "monitoring" to "predictive optimization".
It is reported that leading enterprises such as Schneider Electric and Midea Building Technology have launched innovative solutions. Among them, the SpaceLogic AI BOX building energy-saving box can simulate and optimize the HVAC system through AI algorithms, and Shilian Technology's AIoT intelligent control system realizes "autonomous driving" of air conditioners. After the renovation of a certain building, the energy saving rate reached 33%. Digital twin technology builds a high-precision virtual model for buildings, realizing two-way interaction between the physical and digital worlds and greatly improving operation and maintenance efficiency. Insiders said that technological integration is reconstructing the logic of building energy management. In the future, active intelligent control systems will become the standard configuration for new buildings, helping to achieve the carbon emission reduction goal in the construction field. This article is about 600 words.
