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Research and Experimentation

Research and Academic Entrepreneurship: Technological Transfer in the Contexts of Digital Transition and Decarbonisation of the Built Environment

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  • Maria Azzalin
Maria Azzalin
Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-17419

Published 2025-11-07

Keywords

  • Digital Transition,
  • Decarbonization,
  • BIM,
  • Digital Twin,
  • Predictive Maintenance

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Azzalin, M. (2025). Research and Academic Entrepreneurship: Technological Transfer in the Contexts of Digital Transition and Decarbonisation of the Built Environment. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (30), 95–107. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-17419

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Abstract

Interoperability, digitisation, information management, smart technologies, and digital twins are some of the key elements defining the corporate mission of BIGsrl, an Academic Spin-off. These open issues present research and development opportunities capable of driving economic growth and sustainability within the processes of transformation of the built environment. Simultaneously, the construction, experimentation, and implementation of a Management Model for the digital management of the built environment define its operational framework, creating specific technological transfer experiences. These experiences involve their related impacts and benefit, returns in terms of training, and new potential research horizons, thereby confirming BIGsrl’s role as an innovation player.

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