# UAB team is developing AI digital twins for building retrofit planning

> UAB team is developing AI digital twins for building retrofit planning. The University of Alabama and UAB are undertaking a three-year NSF-supported digital-twin project for building audits and retrofit simulations.

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- Published: 2026-10-15T23:21:07+00:00
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- Event / data period: 2026-10-12
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UAB researchers will develop AI agents using knowledge graphs and retrieval-augmented generation to find and reason over building data, documents and analytical tools. The project aims to connect measurements and inspection information with energy models. The announcement reports no completed tool or measured building-energy savings.

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| 2026-10-12 | UAB team is developing AI digital twins for building retrofit planning | UAB team is developing AI digital twins for building retrofit planning. The University of Alabama and UAB are undertaking a three-year NSF-supported digital-twin project for building audits and retrofit simulations. | occurred |

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- [UAB News](<https://www.uab.edu/news/research-innovation/ai-assisted-digital-twins-for-building-retrofits>) (Source checked: 2026-10-15; Published: 2026-10-12)

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