- Ci Digital Twin is designed to integrate fire prevention with wider building systems and data.
- The platform uses AI to identify developing situations and support real-time decision-making.
- Its bi-directional capability is intended to allow authorised actions through connected systems.
Ci Digital Twin integrates data from technologies including intelligent fire prevention, CCTV video analytics, building management systems, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and occupancy detection.
The approach is intended to address a common challenge in increasingly connected buildings: individual systems can generate large amounts of useful information but may operate independently, making it harder for operators to build a complete picture of what is happening.
According to Ci Global’s LinkedIn page, its platform brings these data sources into a connected environment, creating a live representation of activity within a building.
The platform also incorporates AI-powered intelligence to help identify and interpret developing situations in real time. Its bi-directional capability is designed to allow authorised actions to be taken through connected systems and devices, rather than limiting the digital twin to monitoring and displaying information.
For fire and life-safety teams, this could provide a way of linking fire prevention information with other building data, potentially giving operators greater context when assessing an emerging incident.
The concept reflects a wider move towards integrated building management, where fire, security, access control and other building systems can share information rather than being managed as separate technologies.
However, the effectiveness of such an approach will depend on how systems are integrated, how data is managed and how automated or remote actions are governed. For safety-critical applications, those considerations remain as important as the technology itself.
Ci Digital Twin is being promoted as a platform designed to support both prevention and response by connecting building intelligence with the systems capable of taking action.
