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A Systematic review of the BIM Methodology Applied to the Management and Sustainability of Hospital Centers. The Digital BIM Twin in the Management and Sustainability of Hospital Buildings. Case Study: University Hospital of Jaén

Abstract:

Due to the high technification of the health sector, it is expected that the future of hospital centers goes through the development of the concept of smart hospitals, where efficiency, safety and patient well-being must be highlighted as priorities. For this, it is necessary to develop and implement new and cutting-edge technologies that offer alternatives and solutions that improve the management, planning, analysis, design, development and operation of hospital buildings to make them more sustainable. To all this, we must add the high energy consumption of these buildings, due to their great activity that they carry out continuously (24/7/365), which also represents a great challenge to be able to decarbonize these buildings and make them more sustainable. On the other hand, BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a collaborative work methodology for the management of building projects through a digital model (digital twin), which allows these projects, throughout their life cycle, to be more efficient and sustainable. Having the digital twin of the hospital building offers many possibilities for improvement in management and help to make decisions, such as: distribution and classification of spaces, organization of workstations, and services, preventive maintenance, integration with control systems, asset data, energy management, indoor air quality, safety, etc. In this work, the experience of implementing the BIM work environment for the management and sustainability of an existing Hospital of more than 50 years old, such as the University Hospital of Jaén (HUJ), is shown.