Digital twins: a key enabler to sustainability
A digital twin – a virtual representation of real-world entity – is an area of technology that can provide substantial sustainability outcomes.
For the built environment, a digital twin is a digital representation of a building. It is a transformative tool that gathers information and guides action. Increasingly, this includes sustainability outcomes.
At a time where the effects the built environment has on the climate crisis are gaining more attention, it is our responsibility to embrace ways of working that can help. Digital twin technology can play a role in ensuring positive and effective sustainability outcomes for our clients.
Various data modelling scenarios are possible. This includes modelling for energy consumption, emissions, and reducing waste and resource use. This allows forecasting and informed decisions on energy and water use and waste, enabling the building in of resilience and efficiency.
Digital twins can be a key component of a powerful suite of technologies that can help the built environment fight climate change.
Cristina Savian
Cristina Savian, digital twin advisory and consulting services lead at 海角视频, says: “With concerns around sustainability on the rise, we can look at ways digital twins can help with actionable insights into emissions and energy use, increased productivity and operational efficiency in design, construction and handover. They can be a key component of a powerful suite of technologies that can help the built environment fight climate change.”
This white paper explores why the built environment must act to tackle the climate crisis. It looks at how digital twins can provide solutions, their role in reaching net-zero carbon, and examples of where we have made a difference.
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