Smart Buildings – The Foundation of Truly Intelligent Cities. Walking through a modern city center today feels different than it did even a decade ago. Buildings are no longer passive structures of concrete, steel, and glass they’re becoming active participants in urban life, communicating with occupants, optimizing their own performance, and interacting with the broader...
Reality’s Echo – When Digital Twins Become Infrastructure’s Most Trusted Advisor. Two weeks ago, I sat in a city planning meeting that would have been unrecognizable a decade earlier. Instead of arguing over traffic models or debating flood maps, we were all gathered around a holographic display of our city’s Digital Twin. The planning director...
Machine Learning for Predictive Equipment Maintenance in Industrial Settings. Three months ago, I stood in a steel mill watching a maintenance team disassemble a massive rolling machine that had failed without warning. Production had stopped completely. Workers stood idle. The plant manager estimated the cost at ₹15 lakh per hour of downtime, and they were...
Last Tuesday, I killed three meetings with a single line of code. As our company’s sustainability lead, I wasn’t focusing on installing new solar panels or switching to electric vehicles. Instead, I was finalizing an algorithm that would eliminate unnecessary cross-country flights by optimizing our quarterly planning process. Carbon savings? Nearly 75 tons annually with...